If a ruler hearken to lies, delight in flatteries or calumnies, or any lying words or deceitful and wicked practices, all his servants are wicked; partly because he chooseth only such for his service; and partly because they are either corrupted by his example, or engaged by their place and interest to please him, and comply with his base lusts. read more
The deceitful man, Heb. the man of deceits, or of usuries, i.e. who hath enriched himself by such practices, meet together; converse together, and one needeth the other, as Proverbs 22:2. The Lord lighteneth both their eyes; either their bodily eyes with the light of the sun, which promiscuously shines upon both; or the eyes of their minds with the light of reason and grace, which he indifferently gives to them; and therefore the one should not envy nor despise the other, but be ready to do... read more
CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 29:10. Delitzsch translates this verse:—“Men of blood hate the guiltless and the upright; they seek his soul.” Proverbs 29:11. His mind. Rather his wrath. Keepeth it till afterward. Rather restraineth it, keeps it in the background. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:10SOUL-SEEKERS AND SOUL-HATERSI. A proof of the unnatural condition of the human family. When we look at a human body we see that every limb and organism belonging to it ministers to the well-being of the whole... read more
CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 29:13. The deceitful. Rather “the usurer.” A man of usury is only a more concrete expression for a rich man, and this is the corresponding term in chap. Proverbs 22:2 (Zöckler). MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:12A MORAL CANCER IN A KING’S COURTI. A man in authority should be a discerner of character. The man whose bodily sight is defective is not fit to be entrusted with the destinies of others in any case in which clear vision is needed. A purblind seaman would not be... read more
Chapter 29He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy ( Proverbs 29:1 ).That is a heavy, heavy proverb. The person that is often reproved by God. How many times God has reproved you for your evil. God has reproved you for your sin. And you've hardened your heart to God's reproof. You go right back into the same thing. You do it over again. And God has reproved you. He, that being often reproved, you begin to harden your heart against... read more
Proverbs 29:1 . He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck. The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθαι και δεδοικεναι οφειλουοιν . Αυξεται γαρ αυτοις τα τες τιμοριας δια τες ατιμωρησιας . He who often offends, and is not punished, ought to fear that his punishment augments by the delay of justice. Aged and hardened sinners should remember this; it is the voice of philosophy, the voice of the bible, the voice of God. Some men after smarting for a... read more
Pro 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards. Ver. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind. ] He is full of chinks, and can hold nothing; his heart lies so near his mouth, that he will out suddenly. פתי , a fool , and פתאם , suddenly , are from the same root. He hath little command of himself at any time, but especially when he is angry; then he sputters and spews out all that he hath in his heart. The Septuagint here translate, A fool uttereth all his... read more
Pro 29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked. Ver. 12. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. ] He shall have his Aiones and Negones, that will say as he says, and fit his humour to a hair, as Doeg did Saul’s, as the false prophets did Ahab’s, as Herod’s courtiers did him on his birthday feast, &c. These were fit helves for such hatchets, fit lettuce for such lips, fit servants for such masters. “Mobile mutatur semper eum principe vulgus.” ... read more
Pro 29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. Ver. 13. The poor and the usurer meet together. ] That is, The poor and the rich, as Proverbs 22:2 ; because commonly usurers are rich men, and many rich men usurers. "The Lord lighteneth both their eyes"; that is, he gives them the light of life, Job 1:8 and the comforts of life, Mat 5:45 so that their eyes are lightened, as Jonathan’s were after he had tasted of the wild honey. 1Sa 14:25-30 Others... read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 29:11
All his mind; all at once, unnecessarily and unseasonably, without reservation or caution. Till afterwards; till he have fit occasion to express it. read more