George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 21:15
To do judgment. Or to see it done, while the wicked depend only on the corruption of their judges.
To do judgment. Or to see it done, while the wicked depend only on the corruption of their judges.
CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turne...
PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4....
THE JUST. a just one....
_destruction_shall be] There is no necessity for inserting the words _shall be_. The subject may be continued from the preceding clause BUT IT (sc. to do judgement) IS A DESTRUCTION TO (in the estimat...
TEXT Proverbs 21:11-20 11. When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 12. The righteous man considereth the house of the wicke...
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. (IT IS) JOY TO THE JUST TO DO JUDGMENT: BUT DESTRUCTION (SHALL BE) TO THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY - or else, to...
21:15 right; (b-12) Elsewhere 'righteous judgment.'...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 21 V1 A king is like a canal that God controls. God leads the king in the way that God decides....
We want judges to be fair. We want them to make the right decisions. We want them to refuse bribes (secret gifts). An evil person does not think this. A fair judge will punish evil people as they des...
BUT DESTRUCTION SHALL BE TO THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY. — This may also mean, “It is a terror to the workers of iniquity (to do right).” They are afraid to trust such promises as Matthew 6:33. They think...
שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַ֭ † צַּדִּיק עֲשֹׂ֣ות מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝...
CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb in...
Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. When the scorner is pu...
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...
[IT IS] JOY TO THE, LAST TO DO JUDGMENT,.... It is with pleasure he does it; he delights in the law of God, after the inward man, and finds much peace of mind and joy in the Holy Ghost in keeping it,...
Proverbs 21:15 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity. Ver. 15. _It is joy to the just to do judgment._] They love it dearly, and therefore cann...
V. 15. IT IS JOY TO THE JUST TO DO JUDGMENT, they love right and delight in performing its demands always; BUT DESTRUCTION SHALL BE TO THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY, that is, the exercise of justice strikes...
IT IS JOY TO THE JUST: the sense is either, 1. He is highly pleased and delighted with it. Or, 2. He reapeth much comfort and benefit by it, which is opposed to the following destruction: _joy_ is p...
Proverbs 21:15 joy H8057 just H6662 do H6213 (H8800) justice H4941 destruction H4288 workers H6466 (H8802) iniq
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find righteousness, honor and life. KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5). STRONG VERSES: P...
Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
_It is joy to the just to do Judgment._ THE PLEASURE OF DOING RIGHT The text virtually says, When good magistrates discharge their trust faithfully, and execute justice impartially, all honest and g...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:9 Verses Proverbs 21:9 and Proverbs 21:19, on the q
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:15 When JUSTICE is practiced, it is a JOY for those who have walked in its ways and a TERROR to those who have perverted it (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 21:15. SHALL BE. These words are not in the original, and destroy the sense, which is that justice is joy to the good, and destruction to the bad. Luther renders, “It is a j...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 21:1 THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31. Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
Ecclesiastes 3:12; Isaiah 64:5; Job 29:12; John 4:34; Luke 13:27;...