Proverbs 29:6-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:6

Here is, 1. The peril of a sinful way. There is not only a punishment at the end of it, but a snare in it. One sin is a temptation to another, and there are troubles which, as a snare, come suddenly upon evil men in the midst of their transgressions; nay, their transgression itself often involves them in vexations; their sin is their punishment, and they are holden in the cords of their own iniquity, Prov. 5:22. 2. The pleasantness of the way of holiness. The snare that is in the transgression... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:7

It is a pity but that every one who sues sub formâ pauperis?as a pauper, should have an honest cause (they are of all others inexcusable if they have not), because the scripture has so well provided that it should have a fair hearing, and that the judge himself should be of counsel, as for the prisoner, so for the pauper. 1. It is here made the character of a righteous judge that he considers the cause of the poor. It is every man's duty to consider the poor (Ps. 41:1), but the judgment of the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:8

See here, 1. Who are the men that are dangerous to the public?scornful men. When such are employed in the business of the state they do things with precipitation, because they scorn to deliberate, and will not take time for consideration and consultation; they do things illegal and unjustifiable, because they scorn to be hampered by laws and constitutions; they break their faith, because they scorn to be bound by their word, and provoke the people, because they scorn to please them. Thus they... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:9

A wise man is here advised not to set his wit to a fool?s, not to dispute with him, or by contending with him to think either of fastening reason upon him or gaining right from him: If a wise man contend with a wise man, he may hope to be understood, and, as far as he has reason and equity on his side, to carry his point, at least to bring the controversy to a head and make it issue amicably; but, if he contend with a foolish man, there is no rest; he will see no end of it, nor will he have... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 29:10

Note, 1. Bad men hate their best friends: The blood-thirsty, all the seed of the old serpent, who was a murderer from the beginning, all that inherit his enmity against the seed of the woman, hate the upright; they seek the ruin of good men because they condemn the wicked world and witness against it. Christ told his disciples that they should be hated of all men. Bloody men do especially hate upright magistrates, who would restrain and reform them, and put the laws in execution against them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare ,.... Or, according to the accents in some copies, "in the transgression of a man is an evil snare", as Aben Ezra observes the words may be read; there is a snare in sin to man himself; one sin leads on to another, and a man is snared by the works of his own hands, and is implicated and held in the cords of his own iniquity, and falls into the snare of the devil, out of which he is not easily recovered; and the transgression of one man... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:7

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor ,.... Not his poverty and distress, so as to relieve him, which yet he does, Psalm 41:1 ; nor the person of the poor in judgment, and which he ought not to do; for as he should not regard a rich man's person, and favour him, because he is rich; so neither a poor man, because he is poor, through an affectation of mercy, Leviticus 19:15 ; but the cause of the poor, and the justice of that, and do him justice, though a poor man. This is to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:8

Scornful men bring a city into a snare ,.... Such as despise dominion, speak evil of dignities; proud and haughty men, that speak Loftily, and with a contempt of their superiors; or who make a mock at religion, and scoff at all that is good and serious; these bring the inhabitants of a city into a snare, to rebel against their governors, and so into mischief and ruin: or, they "burn a city", as the Septuagint and Syriac versions F15 "Inflammant urbem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man ,.... Enters into a controversy with him, either by word or writing, in order to convince him of his folly and wickedness, of his errors and mistakes; whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest ; that is, either whether the fool is angry with the wise man, and rages at him and abuses him, and calls him names, or laughs at him, and scoffs at all his arguments, reasons, and advice; yet the wise man does not cease from proceeding in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the upright ,.... Cain did Abel; and as the wicked world hate all good men, and persecute them, even unto death; but the just must seek his soul ; either the soul of the bloodthirsty, and that either the good of their souls; seek their spiritual welfare, and pray for it, even though they are so cruel and inhuman: or just magistrates will seek after such persons, to punish them for shedding the blood of the upright. Or else the meaning is, that just persons seek the... read more

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