Proverbios 29:11-15 RVA

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:11

Note, 1. It is a piece of weakness to be very open: He is a fool who utters all his mind,?who tells every thing he knows, and has in his mouth instantly whatever he has in his thoughts, and can keep no counsel,?who, whatever is started in discourse, quickly shoots his bolt,?who, when he is provoked, will say any thing that comes uppermost, whoever is reflected upon by it,?who, when he is to speak of any business, will say all he thinks, and yet never thinks he says enough, whether choice or... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:12

Note, 1. It is a great sin in any, especially in rulers, to hearken to lies; for thereby they not only give a wrong judgment themselves of persons and things, according to the lies they give credit to, but they encourage others to give wrong informations. Lies will be told to those that will hearken to them; but the receiver, in this case, is as bad as the thief. 2. Those that do so will have all their servants wicked. All their servants will appear wicked, for they will have lies told of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:13

This shows how wisely the great God serves the designs of his providence by persons of very different tempers, capacities, and conditions in the world, even, 1. By those that are contrary the one to the other. Some are poor and forced to borrow; others are rich, have a great deal of the mammon of unrighteousness (deceitful riches they are called), and they are creditors, or usurers, as it is in the margin. Some are poor, and honest, and laborious; others are rich, slothful, and deceitful. They... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:14

Here is, 1. The duty of magistrates, and that is, to judge faithfully between man and man, and to determine all causes brought before them, according to truth and equity, particularly to take care of the poor, not to countenance them in an unjust cause for the sake of their poverty (Exod. 23:3), but to see that their poverty do not turn to their prejudice if they have a just cause. The rich will look to themselves, but the poor and needy the prince must defend (Ps. 82:3) and plead for, Prov.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:15

Parents, in educating their children, must consider, 1. The benefit of due correction. They must not only tell their children what is good and evil, but they must chide them, and correct them too, if need be, when they either neglect that which is good or do that which is evil. If a reproof will serve without the rod, it is well, but the rod must never be used without a rational and grave reproof; and then, though it may be a present uneasiness both to the father and to the child, yet it will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:11

A fool uttereth all his mind ,.... At once; tells all he knows, all that is in his breast; whatever he thinks, and all that he intends to do; what or whom he loves or hates. Or, "a fool brings out all his wrath"; so the Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions: he cannot restrain it, nor hide it; it breaks out at once, even all of it, and is soon known, as in Proverbs 12:16 ; but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards ; reserves his mind, and thoughts, and designs, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler hearken to lies ,.... To men that tell them in order to soothe and flatter him, or to hurt the character and reputation of others, that they may raise their own: rulers should not listen to and encourage such sort of persons; for, as lying lips do not become a prince, so it is not right to have liars about him; David would not suffer such to dwell in his court, Psalm 101:7 ; all his servants are wicked ; or the greatest part of them: for a ruler of such a disposition will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:13

The poor and the deceitful man meet together ,.... Or "the usurer" F17 איש תכבים "vir usurarum", Mercerus; "foenerator", Piscator, Tigurine version; "usurarius", Munster. ; who by usury, by fraud and deception, is possessed of the mammon of unrighteousness, and is become rich; he and the poor man meet together; and so the sense is the same as in Proverbs 22:2 ; See Gill on Proverbs 22:2 ; the Lord lighteneth both their eyes ; with the light of natural life, and with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:14

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor ,.... That truly executes justice and judgment among all his subjects, particularly the poor, who are too often neglected, because they cannot afford persons to plead their cause: such a king was Solomon; and especially the Messiah, of whom he was a type, Psalm 72:1 ; his throne shall be established for ever ; be secure to him as long as he lives, and to his posterity after; justice to all men, and mercy to the poor, are the support of a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom ,.... Are the means of giving wisdom to a child, reproved by its parent with the rod; and of driving out foolishness from him, and of making him wiser for the time to come; he shunning those evils for which he was before corrected, Proverbs 22:15 ; So the children of God grow wiser by the corrections and chastisements of their heavenly Father, which are always for their good; and he is a man of wisdom that hearkens to the rod, and to him that has appointed... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:15

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