Proverbs 28:1
_Pursueth. "A crime is its own punishment." (Seneca, ep. 93.) (Leviticus xxvi. 36.) --- Dread. Of any thing terrestrial, as long as the object of his love is not attacked, Romans viii. 35._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pursueth. "A crime is its own punishment." (Seneca, ep. 93.) (Leviticus xxvi. 36.) --- Dread. Of any thing terrestrial, as long as the object of his love is not attacked, Romans viii. 35._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Princes. Who each contend for the sovereign power. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Poor. It seldom happens that the unjust leave their riches to their children, chap. xiii. 22., and Job xxvii. 16._... [ Continue Reading ]
_His. Septuagint, "he rendereth his prayer abominable."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mercy. This is true repentance, which enjoins, "not only to bewail past sins, but also to amend." (St. Ambrose, ii. Pen. v.) --- Sacramental confession was not required of the Jews, but they confessed their sins, when they laid their hands on the victim, &c., Leviticus iv., and v. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prudence. Septuagint, "riches." Poverty is a great temptation to people in authority, more than avarice itself. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Innocent. Unpunished, if he employ fraud, ver. 22., and chap. xiii. 21._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Forsaketh. Hebrew, "oppresseth (Septuagint, selleth) a man." (Calmet) --- Neither small nor great bribes must be taken. (Justinian)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Poverty. Septuagint, "the merciful shall have power over him," ver. 8. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXVIII.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Men. Septuagint, "the just groan," and all are under "apprehensions." (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]