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CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED
In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description
of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk
mischief. This theme is repea...
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SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 24:23.
This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the
Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. It contains a short collection of
sayings varying in form and...
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THE WICKED. Unto. wicked [king]: i.e. as well as to an ordinary man.
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.
PEOPLE. peoples....
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_the people_&c. Rather, PEOPLES SHALL CURSE HIM; NATIONS SHALL ABHOR
HIM, R.V. From this it appears that it is to rulers and judges that
the proverb primarily, though not necessarily exclusively, appl...
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TEXT Proverbs 24:23-34
23.
These also are sayings of the wise.
To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
24.
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous,
Peoples shall curse him,...
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24:24 nations (k-14) _ Leummim_ . see Psalms 2:1 ....
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5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge
than a man of strength.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 24
V1 Do not be jealous of evil men.
Do not try to meet them.
V2
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The 30 Wise Lessons are complete. They are important lessons. But
there is more wisdom that the writer wants to teach us.
An unfair judge is terrible. God will punish that judge. But a fair
judge mak...
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אֹ֤מֵ֨ר ׀ לְ רָשָׁע֮ צַדִּ֪יק אָ֥תָּה
יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to hi...
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Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil
companionships, against excess in passion, against all false
exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest
endeavor to...
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Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the
wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of
the wicked shall be put out. My son, fear thou the LORD and the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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HE THAT SAITH UNTO THE WICKED, THOU [ART] RIGHTEOUS,.... Not in a
private way, or as giving his opinion or character of a man that is
wicked, whom either through ignorance or flattery another may call...
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He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the
people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Ver. 24. _Him shall the people curse._] Heb., They shall run him
through; with their evil wis...
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_These things also_, &c. These words seem to be a new title to the
proverbs which follow to the end of the chapter, and Calmet, Grotius,
Grey, and some others, are of opinion the meaning is, that thes...
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V. 24. HE THAT SAITH UNTO THE WICKED, THOU ART RIGHTEOUS, rendering a
verdict in favor of the guilty, HIM SHALL THE PEOPLE CURSE, since
perversion of justice in even one case affects the welfare of al...
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HE THAT SAITH, to wit, publicly, and in judgment, as he now said, and
as appears by the publicness of the curse following upon it, for
people or nations do neither observe nor hate every man who saith...
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Proverbs 24:24 says H559 (H8802) wicked H7563 righteous H6662 people
H5971 curse H5344 (H8799) Nations H3816 abh
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do
as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
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Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts
occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the
wicked? We are all g
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_These things also belong to the wise._
SOCIAL CONDUCT
I. Here is partiality of judgment; that is bad. “It is no good to
have respect of persons in judgment.” The principle of impartiality
is enjoine...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:23 Further Sayings of “the Wise.”
(See note on 22:17–24:22.) These sayings are grouped in a parallel
fashion, as follows:...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 24:23. THESE THINGS ALSO BELONG TO THE WISE. Rather
“_These_ (the proverbs which follow) _are also from wise men_” The
word _also_ connects this introduction with that in ch...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 24:1
We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU
ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar
warning is given, and comp....
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Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in
couplets or in phrases.
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For
their heart studies destruction, and their...
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Exodus 23:6; Exodus 23:7; Ezekiel 13:22; Isaiah 5:20; Isaiah 5:23;...