Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, simply appropriating goods belonging to them, and saith, It is no transgression, trying to make light of sin, the same is the companion of a destroyer, to be ranked with, and treated like, highwaymen.
Verse Proverbs 28:24. _WHOSO ROBBETH HIS FATHER_] The father's property is as much his own, in reference to the child, as that of the merest _stranger_. He who robs his parents is worse than a common...
IS THE COMPANION OF A DESTROYER - i. e., he stands on the same footing as the open, lawless robber. Compare this with our Lord’s teaching as to Corban Mark 7:10....
CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is the conscience...
SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 28 F. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. PROVERBS 28:2 B. The text is uncertain, and various renderings are...
DESTROYER. a destroying man....
_a destroyer_ "That is the deliberate villain who is prepared for any crime. Comp. Matthew 15:4; Matthew 15:6." _Rel. Tr. Soc. Comm_. Comp. Proverbs 18:9....
TEXT Proverbs 28:19-28 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 20. A faithful man shall abound with blessings;...
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. WHOSO ROBBETH HIS FATHER ... AND SAITH, (IT IS) NO TRANSGRESSION (because I sho...
OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 28 V1 A wicked person runs away, even if nobody is chasing him. But good people are as bold as lions....
This man ought to provide for his parents. He should look after them. See Mark 7:9-13. Instead, the man steals his parents’ money. And he imagines that he deserves the money. This is terrible. This ma...
IT IS NO TRANSGRESSION. — Because all would in time come to him. THE COMPANION OF A DESTROYER. — Comp. Proverbs 18:9. Though the deed may be done secretly, yet he is no better than one who by open vi...
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CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth a...
Verse Proverbs 28:2. "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of un...
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his day...
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...
WHOSO ROBBETH HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER,.... As Micah did of eleven hundred shekels of silver, Judges 17:2; AND SAITH, [IT IS] NO TRANSGRESSION; what is his father's or his mother's is his own, or as...
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer. Ver. 24. _He that robbeth his father or his mother._] As that idolatrous Micah...
_Whose robbeth his father or his mother_ Who openly or secretly, by force, fraud, or deceit, by arts or threats, or by negligent or wilful wasting, deprives them of their property, or runs in debt and...
IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested by...
A DESTROYER: _ Heb._ a man destroying...
SAITH IN HIS HEART, supposing that he hath a right to his father's goods. IS THE COMPANION OF A DESTROYER; either, 1. He hereby showeth that he is fallen into such wicked society, from whom he hath s...
Proverbs 28:24 robs H1497 (H8802) father H1 mother H517 says H559 (H8802) transgression H6588 companion H2270 destro
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security in the...
Proverbs 28:2. _By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged._ Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time it w...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:19 These proverbs all concern the desire to secure wealth and favor for oneself. They condemn get-rich-quick schemes (vv. Proverbs 28:19,...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 28:24_ ROBBING PARENTS I. A PARENT’S SACRED RIGHTS. A father and mother, if they are worthy of the name, have a very strong claim upon their children’s consideration. The...
EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinn...
Twenty-eight: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the pr...
Judges 17:2; Matthew 15:4; Proverbs 19:26; Proverbs 13:20; Prover
DIVINE CONTRASTS Proverbs 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1. A CONTRAS...
The same — Is a thief and robber....