Proverbs 28:6-10 NIV

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:9

Note, 1. It is by the word and prayer that our communion with God is kept up. God speaks to us by his law, and expects we should hear him and heed him; we speak to him by prayer, to which we wait for an answer of peace. How reverent and serious should we be, whenever we are hearing from and speaking to the Lord of glory! 2. If God's word be not regarded by us, our prayers shall not only not be accepted of God, but they shall be an abomination to him, not only our sacrifices, which were... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:10

Here is, 1. The doom of seducers, who attempt to draw good people, or those who profess to be such, into sin and mischief, who take pride in causing the righteous to go astray in an evil way, in drawing them into a snare, that they may insult over them. They shall not gain their point; it is impossible to deceive the elect. But they shall fall themselves into their own pit; and having been not only sinners, but tempters, not only unrighteous, but enemies to the righteous, their condemnation... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:9

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law ,.... Not merely the moral law, but the word of God in general, and any and every doctrine of it; though the law is to be heard and attended to, what it commands and forbids, its precepts, menaces, and curses: indeed the Spirit of God is not received by the hearing of the law, nor does faith come by that; but by hearing the word of God, particularly the Gospel; which yet then turn away their ears from, and are turned to fables, and choose to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:10

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way ,.... That is, who attempts to deceive them, and draw them into errors or immoralities, and so into a snare, into mischief and ruin; first into the evil of sin, in order to bring them into the evil of punishment; I say, who attempts to do it; for it is not possible that God's elect, those who are truly righteous and good, should be totally and finally deceived, Matthew 24:24 ; he shall fall himself into his own pit ; which he had... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:10

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:10

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