Proverbs 28:6-8 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:6

Here, 1. It is supposed that a man may walk in his uprightness and yet be poor in this world, which is a temptation to dishonesty, and yet may resist the temptation and continue to walk in his uprightness?also that a man may be perverse in his ways, injurious to God and man, and yet be rich, and prosper in the world, for a while, may be rich, and so lie under great obligations and have great opportunities to do good, and yet be perverse in his ways and do a great deal of hurt. 2. It is... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:7

Note, 1. Religion is true wisdom, and it makes men wise in every relation. He that conscientiously keeps the law is wise, and he will be particularly a wise son, that is, will act discreetly towards his parents, for the law of God teaches him to do so. 2. Bad company is a great hindrance to religion. Those that are companions of riotous men, that choose such for their companions and delight in their conversation, will certainly be drawn from keeping the law of God and drawn to transgress it,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:8

Note, 1. That which is ill-got, though it may increase much, will not last long. A man may perhaps raise a great estate, in a little time, by usury and extortion, fraud, and oppression of the poor, but it will not continue; he gathers it for himself, but it shall prove to have been gathered for somebody else that he has no kindness for. His estate shall go to decay, and another man's shall be raised out of the ruins of it. 2. Sometimes God in his providence so orders it that that which one got... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness ,.... See Gill on Proverbs 19:1 ; than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich ; or, "in his two ways" F3 דרכים Heb. "duabus viis", Piscator, Cocceius; "pervertens duas vias", Baynus; "duplici via", Michaelis; "gemina via", Schultens, so Ben Melech. : that halts between two ways, or makes use of both; sometimes turns to the one, to the right hand, and sometimes to the other, to the left hand; or that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:7

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son ,.... That observes the law of God; for, though he cannot perfectly keep it, yet he delights in it after the inward man; and with his spirit serves it, from a principle of love, in faith, and with a view to the glory of God, without mercenary and sinister ends. Such a man enjoys peace, and has a reward "in" though not "for" keeping the commands of it; so that it is his wisdom to observe it; and he may be truly called a wise man, Deuteronomy 4:6 ; Or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:8

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance ,.... By biting and oppressing the poor; letting him have money at an exorbitant interest, and goods at an exorbitant price, and so increases his substance in this scandalous manner; hence usury is in Leviticus 25:36 , called "increase", and by the Greeks τοκος , a "birth", because money is the birth of money, as Aristotle F5 Politic. l. 1. c. 10. observes; and so by the Latins "foenus", as if it was "foetus" F6 A. Gell.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 28:8

He that by usury - increaseth his substance - By taking unlawful interest for his money; lending to a man in great distress, money, for the use of which he requires an exorbitant sum. O that the names of all those unfeeling, hard-hearted, consummate villains in the nation, who thus take advantage of their neighbour's necessities to enrich themselves, were published at every market cross; and then the delinquents all sent to their brother savages in New Zealand. It would be a happy riddance... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:1-25

(latter part) The source of disturbance and the secret of security We hardly need the pen of the wise man to assure us that— I. SIN MEANS DISTURBANCE TO OUR SOUL . 1 . It is bad enough to be unfortunate ; to suffer from privation or loss. 2 . It is far worse to be guilty . We soon accommodate ourselves to our misfortunes; we readily adjust ourselves to our circumstances, even though these may be very narrow. But sin strikes deep, and its wound lasts long.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:1-28

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 28:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 28:6

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