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Verse Proverbs 28:4. _THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW_] He that transgresses
says, in fact, that it is _right to transgress_; and thus other wicked
persons are _encouraged_....
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CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED
The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the
Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is
the conscience...
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SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 28 F. In general character this division
resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets.
PROVERBS 28:2 B. The text is uncertain, and various renderings are...
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PRAISE THE WICKED. praise. lawless one. Illustrations: Saul (1 Samuel
23:21); Absalom (2 Samuel 15:6); Judah's nobles (Nehemiah 6:19); false
prophets ...
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_the law_ not in its Jewish form, "The Law," sc. of Moses, but in its
wider sense; and so in Proverbs 28:7_; Proverbs 28:9_, below. See
Introd. p. 13....
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DISCOURSE: 814
THE EFFECTS OF PIETY AND IMPIETY IN THE WORLD
Proverbs 28:4. _They that forsake the Law, praise the wicked; but such
as keep the Law, contend with them_.
MAN, as a social being, has an...
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CHAPTER 28
TEXT Proverbs 28:1-9
1.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a
lion.
2.
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof;
But by men of under...
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See the account of Phinehas (Numbers 25). But the law here means
religious and moral teaching in general....
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OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE
2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period
described in 2K15....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 28
V1 A wicked person runs away, even if nobody is chasing him.
But good people are as bold as lions....
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If you respect the law, then you do not want evil people to succeed.
You want to stop their evil plans. If their evil plans succeed, then
everybody will suffer. And other people will not respect the l...
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THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW PRAISE THE WICKED. — The mark of extreme
wickedness. (Comp. Romans 1:32.)
BUT SUCH AS KEEP THE LAW CONTEND WITH THEM. — Just as the sight of
ill-doing was the one thing whic...
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עֹזְבֵ֣י תֹ֭ורָה יְהַֽלְל֣וּ רָשָׁ֑ע
וְ שֹׁמְרֵ֥י...
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CHAPTER 29
AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT
"He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13
"Happy is the man that feareth a...
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Verse Proverbs 28:2. "The transgression of a land" must be understood
as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb
means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of
un...
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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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THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW PRAISE THE WICKED,.... Who are like them;
who forsake and transgress the law, as they do; every like loves its
like; wicked men delight in sin, the transgression of the law,...
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They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law
contend with them.
Ver. 4. _They that forsake the law praise the wicked._] As Machiavel
doth Caesar Borgia, that _bipedum nequiss...
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_They that forsake the law_ That live in contempt of, and disobedience
to, God's law; _praise the wicked_ Honour their persons, freely and
familiarly associate themselves with them, and approve of the...
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They that forsake the Law praise the wicked, who makes it a practice
to ignore the Law in his own interest, his selfishness being supreme;
BUT SUCH AS KEEP THE LAW CONTEND WITH THEM, those who are on...
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPIETY...
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IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the
sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back
to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested by...
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THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW, that live in the contempt of and
disobedience to God's law, PRAISE THE WICKED; honour their persons,
contrary to PSALMS 15:4; freely and familiarly associate themselves
with...
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Proverbs 28:4 forsake H5800 (H8802) law H8451 praise H1984 (H8762)
wicked H7563 keep H8104 (H8802) law...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every
relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security
in the...
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Proverbs 28:2. _By a man of understanding the state shall be
prolonged._ Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in
Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time it
w...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:2 Righteous individuals are essential
for a just society. When many individuals are unjust, particularly
those with power, all of society will suffer....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 28:5. JUDGMENT, or, “what is right” _(Delitzsch)_.
PROVERBS 28:6. PERVERSE, etc., literally, “he who is crooked in two
ways.” Delitzsch translates, “_a double-going deceive...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new
series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various
destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinn...
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Twenty-eight:
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as
a lion (Proverbs 28:1).
The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of
that early in the pr...
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1 John 4:5; 1 Kings 18:18; 1 Kings 18:21; 1 Kings 20:41; 1 Kings 20:4
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DIVINE CONTRASTS
Proverbs 28:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We
will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter.
1. A CONTRAS...
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Contend — Are so far from praising them, that they severely reprove
them....