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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:32

Here is, 1. The desperate condition of a wicked man when he goes out of the world: He is driven away in his wickedness. He cleaves so closely to the world that he cannot find in his heart to leave it, but is driven away out of it; his soul is required, is forced from him, And sin cleaves so closely to him that it is inseparable; it goes with him into another world; he is driven away in his wickedness, dies in his sins, under the guilt and power of them, unjustified, unsanctified. His... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:33

Observe, 1. Modesty is the badge of wisdom. He that is truly wise hides his treasure, so as not to boast of it (Matt. 13:44), though he does not hide his talent, so as not to trade with it. His wisdom rests in his heart; he digests what he knows, and has it ready to him, but does not unseasonably talk of it and make a noise with it. The heart is the seat of the affections, and there wisdom must rest in the practical love of it, and not swim in the head. 2. Openness and ostentation are a mark... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:34

Note, 1. Justice, reigning in a nation, puts an honour upon it. A righteous administration of the government, impartial equity between man and man, public countenance given to religion, the general practice and profession of virtue, the protecting and preserving of virtuous men, charity and compassion to strangers (alms are sometimes called righteousness), these exalt a nation; they uphold the throne, elevate the people's minds, and qualify a nation for the favour of God, which will make them... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:35

This shows that in a well-ordered court and government smiles and favours are dispensed among those that are employed in public trusts according to their merits; Solomon lets them know he will go by that rule, 1. That those who behave themselves wisely shall be respected and preferred, whatever enemies they may have that seek to undermine them. No man's services shall be neglected to please a party or a favourite. 2. That those who are selfish and false, who betray their country, oppress the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown ,.... Houses built to perpetuate their names and eternize their memory; and which, though built high and stately, strong and firm, yet by one accident or another shall come to ruin, when they imagined they would continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations, Psalm 49:11 ; or their families shall become extinct, none to be their heirs and inherit their estates, and transmit their name to posterity; or the substance of their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man ,.... As the way of sin and wickedness does, it promising much carnal pleasure and mirth; there is a great deal of company in it, it is a broad road, and is pleasant, and seems right, but it leads to destruction; so the way of the hypocrite and Pharisee that trusts to his own righteousness, and despises others, and even the righteousness of Christ; or however does not submit to it, but tramples upon him, and counts the blood of the covenant an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ,.... As Belshazzar's was in the midst of his feast and jollity, when he saw the writing on the wall; so sin may stare a man in the face, and guilt load his conscience and fill him with sorrow, amidst his merriment; a man may put on a merry countenance, and feign a laugh, when his heart is very sorrowful; and oftentimes this sorrow comes by sinful laughter, by mocking at sin and jesting at religion; and the end of that mirth is heaviness :... read more

John Gill

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

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways ,.... One that is a backslider at heart, whose heart departeth from the Lord; in whom there is an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; and indeed apostasy begins at the heart, and shows itself in the life and conversation: there may be a backsliding when the heart does not wickedly depart from God; but is through the infirmity of the flesh and the force of temptation; from which backslidings the Lord's people are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:15

The simple believeth every word ,.... Every thing that is said to him every story that is told him, and every promise that is made him; and so is easily imposed upon, and drawn in to his hurt: every word of God, or doctrine of his, ought to be believed; because whatever he says is true, he cannot lie; every word of his is pure, free from all error and falsehood; it is a tried word, and found to bear a faithful testimony, and, if we receive the witness of then, the witness of God is greater;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:16

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil ,.... He fears God, and is careful not to offend him; wherefore he departs from sin, stands at a distance from it, abstains from all appearance of it; being influenced by the goodness and grace of God unto him, he fears the Lord and his goodness, and therefore avoids all occasions of sinning against him: his motive is not merely fear of punishment, as Jarchi, but a sense of goodness; and now, as it is through the influence of divine fear that men... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:32

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:33

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:34

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:16

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