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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 28:5

DISCOURSE: 815THE LIGHT ENJOYED BY THE GODLYProverbs 28:5. They that seek the Lord understand all things.THERE are, in the Holy Scriptures, broad, and, if I may so call them, sweeping expressions, which, if taken in their strict and literal sense, have not so much as even the semblance of truth. Yet are they not liable to be misunderstood, because every candid reader will of necessity supply the restrictions which are necessary for a just interpretation of them. For instance: no one who should... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:1-28

Chapter 28Twenty-eight:The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion ( Proverbs 28:1 ).The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the proverbs.For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged ( Proverbs 28:2 ).When the land is bad, there's many changes of dynasties, governments. When evil existing. But a man of understanding and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 28:1-28

Proverbs 28:2 . By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged. Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham’s time it was said, “We have a Pitt in England that will hold all France.” When counsel is denied to a nation, it is a sad mark of God’s highest displeasure against a guilty people. Per hominem, peritum, incolumitas reflorescet. SCHULTENS. The safety of a nation revives and flourishes by a man of wisdom... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 28:6

Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.Christianity, the health of a peopleThe poor man who walks in his integrity, must be supposed to possess that practical wisdom so much spoken of in this book. The rich man who is perverse in his ways is destitute of this wisdom. The presumed difference between the poor man and the rich is in the possession of true religious principle.I. The influence which true religion... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:5

Pro 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things]. Ver. 5. Evil men understand not judgment. ] They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge: their wits work not that way; they are bard and brutish as "horse and mule." Psa 32:9 Yea, they fall beneath the stirrup of reason, and know not their owner, which yet the ox and ass doth; Isa 1:3 no wiser at seventy years old than at seven. Ut liberius peccent, libenter ignorant, not... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:6

Pro 28:6 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich. Ver. 6. Better is the poor, &c. ] See Proverbs 19:1 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 28:5

Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 24:7, Psalms 25:14, Psalms 92:6, Jeremiah 4:22, Mark 4:10-1 Chronicles :, John 7:17, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:15, James 1:5, 1 John 2:20, 1 John 2:27 Reciprocal: Isaiah 44:18 - cannot Hosea 4:14 - therefore John 8:43 - do John 10:6 - they understood not read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 28:6

Proverbs 28:18, Proverbs 16:8, Proverbs 19:1, Proverbs 19:22, Luke 16:19-Isaiah :, Acts 24:24-Daniel : Reciprocal: Numbers 22:32 - thy way Psalms 84:11 - walk Proverbs 14:2 - that walketh Proverbs 15:16 - little Ecclesiastes 4:13 - is a poor read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 28:5

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.Judgment — What is just and right.All things — Which are necessary to be known by them. read more