George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 3:30
Cause. We may defend ourselves; but herein great discretion is necessary. (Calmet) --- Cum pari contendere anceps est: cum superiore furiosum; cum inferiore sordidum. (Seneca, Prov.)
Cause. We may defend ourselves; but herein great discretion is necessary. (Calmet) --- Cum pari contendere anceps est: cum superiore furiosum; cum inferiore sordidum. (Seneca, Prov.)
Verse Proverbs 3:30. _STRIVE NOT WITH A MAN_] Do not be of a litigious, quarrelsome spirit. Be not under the influence of too nice a sense of honour. If thou must appeal to judicial authority to brin...
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...
IF HE, &C. (Hebrew. _'im lo_. verily). Render: "he hath already done thee enough harm"....
IF HE HAVE DONE THEE NO HARM— "Contend not without reason; be not punctilious, litigious, quarrelsome;" we are not here forbidden to defend ourselves; but to be cautious, lest we offend against charit...
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...
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. STRIVE NOT WITH A MAN WITHOUT CAUSE, IF HE HAVE DONE THEE NO HARM. Solomon forbids all avoidable strifes and disputes. Even if he...
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
אַל־_תָּרִ֣יב_† עִם ־אָדָ֣ם חִנָּ֑ם אִם ־לֹ֖א...
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...
STRIVE NOT WITH A MAN WITHOUT CAUSE, Either by words, in a wrangling, quarrelsome, and contentious way, for mere trifles; when there is no foundation for it, no just reason given to form a complaint,...
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. Ver. 30. _Strive not with a man without cause._] If men's hurts were not bigger than their suits, there would not be half so many. I...
_Strive not_ Either by words before the magistrate, or otherwise by thine actions; _with a man without cause_ Without just and necessary cause; _if he have done thee no harm_ Whereby it is clearly imp...
WARNING AGAINST EVIL...
Strive not with a man without cause, thus increasing litigation, both within the Church and without, IF HE HAVE DONE THEE NO HARM, both the taking of the initiative in quarreling and of seeking reveng...
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...
STRIVE NOT; either by words before the magistrate; or otherwise by thine actions. WITHOUT CAUSE; without just and necessary cause. IF HE HAVE DONE THEE NO HARM; whereby he clearly implies that in case...
Proverbs 3:30 strive H7378 (H8799) man H120 cause H2600 done H1580 (H8804) harm H7451...
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...
_Strive not with a man without a cause._ STRIFE I. As a principle inherent in the soul. There is a battling instinct in every human mind. Man is made to antagonise. The principle is intended to put...
_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...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 3:30_ UNLAWFUL STRIFE FORBIDDEN I. STRIFE IS UNLAWFUL WHEN NO GOOD CAN COME FROM STRIVING. The purpose or end of the strife must be the test as to whether it is right or...
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 Corinthians 6:6; 2 Timothy 2:24; Matthew 5:39; Proverbs 17:14;...
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....