Proverbs 11:1
_Balance. Both in commerce, (Deuteronomy xxv. 13.; Calmet) and in passing sentence on others. (Ven. Bede)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Balance. Both in commerce, (Deuteronomy xxv. 13.; Calmet) and in passing sentence on others. (Ven. Bede)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wisdom. God resists the proud, chap. xvi. 18., and xviii. 12., and James iv. 6._... [ Continue Reading ]
So_ licitous. Or ambitious. Hebrew, "the potent," or Septuagint, "the impious."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_For him. As comparatively nothing worth to his master, chap. xxi. 18., and Isaias xliii. 3_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Overthrown. Ten just men would have saved Sodom. Achan alone threw all Israel into confusion. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mean. Literally, "indigent" of sense. (Haydock) --- We must put up with some faults, as none are without. (Horace i. Sat. 3.) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Walketh. Septuagint, "the double-tongued," dissembler, or great talker. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_That is. Hebrew, "that hateth those who make agreements is secure." (Mont.[Montanus?])_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gracious. Virtuous and beautiful, as God hath granted beauty also for good purposes. This and virtue tend to the advancement of women, while men can use their strength to acquire riches. (Calmet) --- Glory. Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic add, "of her husband. But she that hateth righteousness is a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Kindred. Hebrew, "flesh," Genesis xxix. 14. The miser is cruel even to himself._... [ Continue Reading ]
_In hand. At rest, or making agreements. God will punish the race of the wicked._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Foolish. Beauty, without prudence, leads to ruin, as ornaments are ill bestowed on swine. The women in the east sometimes wore rings in their noses, (Genesis xxiv. 22.; Calmet) or hanging down upon them, Isaias iii. 21. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Others. Moderation is always requisite. Hebrew, "there is one withholding from rectitude, yet for a defect," (Mont.[Montanus?]) being too saving, he is a loser. (Haydock) --- Avarice does not always increase riches. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Himself. He shall receive abundantly, 2 Corinthians ix. 6. The beneficent shall be amply rewarded both in this world and in the next._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Corn. In times of scarcity. See Amos viii. 7._... [ Continue Reading ]
_House. By his profligacy, or law-suits, shall be impoverished, (ver. 17.; Calmet) or if he act with violence, he will make his house empty, Ecclesiasticus iv. 35. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XI. _ Life. Producing excellent fruits of virtue and edification._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Receive. Punishment, for almost inevitable faults, or be treated according to his deserts. Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, "if the just be hardly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?" (1 Peter iv. 18.) (Calmet) --- Afflictions attend the just in this life. Shall the wicked escape?... [ Continue Reading ]