George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 3:28
Present. Alms in season are doubly valuable. (Worthington) --- Antigonus acquired the title of Greek: Doson, "about to give," as he never gave, (Plutarch) but only promised.
Present. Alms in season are doubly valuable. (Worthington) --- Antigonus acquired the title of Greek: Doson, "about to give," as he never gave, (Plutarch) but only promised.
Verse Proverbs 3:28. _SAY NOT UNTO THY NEIGHBOUR_] Do not refuse a kindness when it is in thy power to perform it. If thou have the means _by_ _thee_, and thy neighbour's necessities be pressing, do n...
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. FROM THEM TO WHOM IT IS DUE - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought t...
FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
Give (Proverbs 3:27); and not only so, but give promptly. We may compare Seneca's saying, "ingratum est beneficium, quod diu inter manus dantis hæsit; nam qui tarde fecit, diu noluit....
TEXT Proverbs 3:27-35 27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 28. Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will giv...
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. SAY NOT UNTO THY NEIGHBOUR, GO, AND COME AGAIN, AND TOMORROW I WILL GIVE; WHEN THOU HAST IT BY...
THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
Jesus said, ‘Love your neighbour as much as you love yourself!’ (Mark 12:31) In Luke 10:30-37, Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37). A Samaritan was a person from a nation that t...
אַל ־תֹּ֘אמַ֤ר _לְ_†_רֵֽעֲךָ֨_† ׀ לֵ֣ךְ וָ֭ שׁוּב...
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove
THE COUNSELS OF EXPERIENCE. Proverbs 3:27-35; Proverbs 4:1-9 Here are many duties! _Be generous!_ Of course we must discriminate- _to whom it is due;_ and we must be prudent- _when it is in the powe...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Withhold not good from them to wh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
SAY NOT UNTO THY NEIGHBOUR,.... Either to whom thou art indebted, and who comes for the payment of a just debt; or to any poor and indigent person that applies for alms: GO, AND COME AGAIN, AND TOMOR...
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. Ver. 28. _Tomorrow._] _Bis dat qui cito dat._ While ye have time, do good to all; your beneficenc...
_Withhold not good_ Do not deny it, but readily and cheerfully impart it; _from them to whom it is due_ Hebrew, מבעליו, literally, _from the lords_, or _owners of it:_ which some refer to the restitut...
Say not unto thy neighbor, Go and come again, and tomorrow I will give, thus putting him off and discouraging him, when thou hast it by thee. Cf James 2:15....
WARNING AGAINST EVIL...
27-35 Our business is to observe the precepts of Christ, and to copy his example; to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness; to be ready for every good work, avoiding needless strif...
The former verse forbade the denial, and this forbids the delay of this duty. UNTO THY NEIGHBOUR; unto any man, as the word neighbor is commonly used in Scripture, as hath been oft proved. I WILL GIVE...
Proverbs 3:28 say H559 (H8799) neighbor H7453 Go H3212 (H8798) back H7725 (H8798) tomorrow H4279 give...
RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE, PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE W...
CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...
Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
_Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give._ NEIGHBOURLINESS I. What is due to others? (Proverbs 3:27). There is a sense in which debt should be avoided, and a sense i...
_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:27. WITHHOLD NOT, &C., literally “hold not good back from its master,” _i.e._, from him to whom it belongs. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 3:27_ DOING JUST...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...
Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...
1 Timothy 6:18; 2 Corinthians 8:11; 2 Corinthians 9:3; Deuteronomy 24:12;...
SEEKING AFTER WISDOM Proverbs 3:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the sand....
Say not — The former verse forbad the denial, and this forbids the delay of this duty....