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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:18

This intimates, 1. What should be done by the justice of men: The wicked, that are the troublers of a land, ought to be punished, for the preventing and turning away of those national judgments which otherwise will be inflicted and in which even the righteous are many times involved. Thus when Achan was stoned he was a ransom for the camp of righteous Israel; and the seven sons of Saul, when they were hanged, were a ransom for the kingdom of righteous David. 2. What is often done by the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:19

Note, 1. Unbridled passions embitter and spoil the comfort of all relations. A peevish angry wife makes her husband's life uneasy, to whom she should be a comfort and a meet help. Those cannot dwell in peace and happiness that cannot dwell in peace and love. Even those that are one flesh, if they be not withal one spirit, have no joy of their union. 2. It is better to have no company than bad company. The wife of thy covenant is thy companion, and yet, if she be peevish and provoking, it is... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:20

Note, 1. Those that are wise will increase what they have and live plentifully; their wisdom will teach them to proportion their expenses to their income and to lay up for hereafter; so that there is a treasure of things to be desired, and as much as needs be desired, a good stock of all things convenient, laid up in season, and particularly of oil, one of the staple commodities of Canaan, Deut. 8:8. This is in the habitation, or cottage, of the wise; and it is better to have an old-fashioned... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:21

See here, 1. What it is to make religion our business; it is to follow after righteousness and mercy, not to content ourselves with easy performances, but to do our duty with the utmost care and pains, as those that are pressing forward and in fear of coming short. We must both do justly and love mercy, and must proceed and persevere therein; and, though we cannot attain to perfection, yet it will be a comfort to us if we aim at it and follow after it. 2. What will be the advantage of doing... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:18

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous ,.... Not to make satisfaction for them, as Christ is a ransom for his people; but as a ransom is in the room of another, so the wicked cometh in the stead of the righteous, and into the trouble he is delivered from; as Haman for Mordecai, which instance Jarchi mentions; see Proverbs 11:8 ; or when a body of people are threatened with divine vengeance; and this falls upon the wicked, whose sins caused it, and the righteous are delivered from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness ,.... Where persons live without shelter, and are not only exposed to storms and tempests, but to beasts of prey; where is want of the necessaries of life, and no society; where no "speech" is, as the word F5 מדבר "a" דבר "loqui". for wilderness may signify; yet it is better to dwell in such a place, where no human voice is heard, than with a contentious and an angry woman ; that is always brawling and scolding, ever in a quarrelsome... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:20

There is a treasure to be desired ,.... Gold, silver, jewels, and precious stones; all sorts food, as Aben Ezra explains it, and rich and costly, raiment; all which may be lawfully desired and sought after, and, when obtained, laid up for future use; which may be spared for their own service and that of posterity: but there are riches of grace, a pearl of great price and treasure in heaven, more desirable than these, Matthew 6:19 ; and oil in the dwelling of the wise ; which is... read more

John Gill

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

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy ,.... Is eager, diligent, and fervent in his pursuit of these things: "after righteousness"; not a legal righteousness, such as the Jews followed after, but did not attain to; because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, Romans 9:31 ; by which there is no righteousness or justification before God; but an evangelical righteousness, the righteousness of Christ; see Isaiah 51:1 . To follow after it is to seek,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:18

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous - God often in his judgments cuts off the wicked, in order to prevent them from destroying the righteous. And in general, we find that the wicked fall into the traps and pits they have digged for the righteous. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:18

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous. The same thought occurs in Proverbs 11:8 (where see note). כֹּפֶר ( kopher ) , "price of atonement," means of reconciliation. Delitzsch instances that the great movement which gathered the nations together for the destruction of Babylon put an end to Israel's exile; and that Cyrus, the scourge of so many heathen peoples, was the liberator of the Jews (comp. Isaiah 44:28 ). And the transgressor for the upright. The faithless takes... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:20

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 21:18

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