proverbs-11:18-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:28

Observe, 1. Our riches will fail us when we are in the greatest need: He that trusts in them, as if they would secure him the favour of God and be his protection and portion, shall fall, as a man who lays his weight on a broken reed, which will not only disappoint him, but run into his hand and pierce him. 2. Our righteousness will stand us in stead when our riches fail us: The righteous shall then flourish as a branch, the branch of righteousness, like a tree whose leaf shall not wither, Ps.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:29

Two extremes in the management of family-affairs are here condemned and the ill consequences of them foretold:?1. Carefulness and carnal policy, on the one hand. There are those that by their extreme earnestness in pursuit of the world, their anxiety about their business and fretfulness about their losses, their strictness with their servants and their niggardliness towards their families, trouble their own houses and give continual vexation to all about them; while others think, by supporting... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:30

This shows what great blessings good men are, especially those that are eminently wise, to the places where they live, and therefore how much to be valued. 1. The righteous are as trees of life; the fruits of their piety and charity, their instructions, reproofs, examples, and prayers, their interest in heaven, and their influence upon earth, are like the fruits of that tree, precious and useful, contributing to the support and nourishment of the spiritual life in many; they are the ornaments... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:31

This, I think, is the only one of Solomon's proverbs that has that note of attention prefixed to it, Behold! which intimates that it contains not only an evident truth, which may be beheld, but an eminent truth, which must be considered. 1. Some understand both parts of a recompence in displeasure: The righteous, if they do amiss, shall be punished for their offences in this world; much more shall wicked people be punished for theirs, which are committed, not through infirmity, but with a high... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:18

The wicked worketh a deceitful work ,.... Such a wicked man as before described; that neither enjoys the good things of life he has, nor suffers others to enjoy them; and all to accumulate riches, which are deceitful and perishing; and who abstains from meats, which God has created for use, under a pretence of religion, and so deceives his own soul; and indeed every sin which a wicked man commits is a deceitful work; it promises him that pleasure, or profit, or liberty, which it does not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:19

As righteousness tendeth to life ,.... Or, is unto life: not mere outward acts of moral righteousness; these may be done where there is no principle of spiritual life, and are no other than dead works, and will never bring to everlasting life; indeed the best righteousness of man's is no justification of life, nor can it entitle to it, nor is meritorious of it. Godliness, or true holiness, has the promise of this life and that to come, 1 Timothy 4:8 ; and so here in the Hebrew text it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:20

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord ,.... Such as are men of perverse dispositions and principles; that are contrary to the light of nature, the law of God, and Gospel of Christ; who, like the Jews of old, please not God, and are contrary to all men, to all good men; as antichrist and his followers, these work abomination, and make a lie, and speak lies in hypocrisy; are double hearted men, hypocrites, that say one thing and mean another; and, under the pretence of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:21

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished ,.... Though they give the hand to one another, unite in their counsels, enter into combinations, confederacies, and strict alliances, and join all their force and strength together; or though with both hands, with all their might and main, endeavour to secure themselves, yet they shall not go unpunished. This may be exemplified in the kings of the earth, that will join each other, and gather their armies together, to make war... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout ,.... The allusion seems to be to the ringing of swine, to prevent their rooting up the earth; which is usually done by putting an iron ring into their snout; which is much more proper and suitable than a gold ring, or a jewel set in gold, which is very unbecoming such a creature; and is soon had to the dunghill, or to some miry place, and there defiled; so is a fair woman which is without discretion ; or, "has departed from taste" F25 וסרת ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good ,.... Or, "what is good" F26 אך טוב "tantummodo bonum quid est", Michaelis; "tantum bonum", Cocceius; "nihil cupiunt quod bonum non sit", Mercerus; "tamen bonum quid", Gussetius, p. 39. ; only good is the object of it. His desire is to do good, and that only; though be does not always do what he would do: as he delights in the law of God, after the inward man; as he is a righteous, holy, and good man, and would be conformable thereunto,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:30

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 11:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:23

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