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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:2

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof. This implies that the wickedness of a nation is punished by frequent changes of rulers, who impose new laws, taxes, and other burdens, which greatly oppress the people; but regarding the antithesis in the second hemistich, we take the meaning to be that when iniquity, injustice, apostasy, and other evils abound, a country becomes the prey of pretenders and partisans striving for the supremacy. The history of the northern kingdom... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:3

A poor man that oppresseth the poor. The words rendered "poor" are different. The former is rash , "needy," the latter dal , "feeble" (see on Proverbs 10:15 ). Delitzsch notes that, in accordance with the accents in the Masoretic text, we should translate, "A poor man and an oppressor of the lowly—a sweeping rain without bringing bread," which would mean that a tyrant who oppresses the lowly bears the same relation to the poor that a devastating rain does to those whom it deprives of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:4

They that forsake the Law praise the wicked. This they do because they love iniquity, and like to see it extend its influence, and arm itself against the good, who are a standing reproach to them. St. Paul notes it as a mark of extreme wickedness that gross sinners "not only do the same iniquities, but have pleasure in them that do them" ( Romans 1:32 ). Such as keep the Law contend with them ; are angry with them. They are filled with righteous indignation; they cannot hold their peace... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:4-5

The practice and effect of sin and righteousness We have a double contrast here between the practice of the sinner and of the righteous man, and between the consequence of sin and of goodness upon the mind of the guilty and of the good. I. THE PRACTICE OF SINFUL MEN . They "praise the wicked;" they "bless the covetous" ( Psalms 10:3 ). 1 . It is a fact that they do so . We hear the voice of ungodliness lifted up in favour of what is utterly wrong in the sight of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:5

Evil men understand not judgment; or, what is right . An evil man's moral conception is perverted, he cannot distinguish between right and wrong; the light that was in him has become darkness (comp. Proverbs 29:7 ). Many men, by giving themselves over to wickedness, awe judicially blinded, according to John 12:1-50 :89, 40. They who seek the Lord understand all things. These who do God's will, seeking him in prayer, know what is morally right is every circumstance, have a right... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:6

This is almost the same as Proverbs 19:1 , but varies a little in the second hemistich: than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. The Hebrew literally is, perverse of two ways ; i . e . who, going one way, pretends to go another; the "two ways" being the evil which he really pursues, and the good which he feigns to follow. Delitzsch calls him "a double-going deceiver." So Siracides imprecates, "Woe to the sinner that goeth two ways" ( Ecclesiastes 2:12 ). "A... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:6-12

The moral quality of life Nothing we can touch, no relation we can enter into or observe, but has its moral bearing. This, indeed, is the great lesson, in hundredfold iteration, of this book. I. POVERTY WITH INNOCENCE , WEALTH WITH PERVERSITY . ( Proverbs 28:6 .) Whatever be the compensations of poverty in a lower point of view, most men would vote for riches if they had the opportunity at the price of all its inconveniences, and we need to be reminded that he who would... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:7

Whoso keepeth the Law is a wise son . "Law" is torah , as Proverbs 28:4 ; but it seems here to include not only the Decalogue, but also the father's instruction and commands. Such an obedient and prudent son brings honour and joy to a parent's heart (see Proverbs 10:1 ; Proverbs 29:3 ). He that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father; literally, he that feedeth , hath fellowship with , gluttons ( Proverbs 23:20 ). The son who herds with debauchers, and wastes... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:8

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance. "Usury" ( neshek ) is interest on money lent taken in money; "unjust gain" ( tarbith ) is interest taken in kind, as if a man, having lent a bushel of corn, exacted two bushels in return. All such transactions were forbidden by the Law of Moses, at any rate between Israelites (see Le 25:36, 37, "Thou shalt not give thy brother thy money upon usury ( neshek ), nor lend him thy victuals for increase [ marbith , equivalent to ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:8

(See homily on Proverbs 28:20 , Proverbs 28:22 .)—C. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:4-5

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:6-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:8

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