Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 11:5
Shall direct his way; shall bring all his designs and endeavours to a happy issue, by comparing this clause with the next.
Shall direct his way; shall bring all his designs and endeavours to a happy issue, by comparing this clause with the next.
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
PERFECT. without blemish or blame. Hebrew. _tamim_: used of sacrifices. THE WICKED... WICKEDNESS. a lawless one... lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'_. App-44. Not the same word as in Proverbs 11:21....
_direct_ Or, _make plain_, or _straight_; so that it leads to a prosperous issue. See Proverbs 3:6, note....
CHAPTER 11 TEXT Proverbs 11:1-11 1. A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight. 2. When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom. 3. Th...
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE PERFECT SHALL DIRECT HIS WAY - safely to the desired end. "The perf...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
Solomon compares life to a journey. We must be honest. Then we will be like travellers who walk along good paths. We shall take the correct route to heaven. This is a good, straight path. It does not...
SHALL DIRECT HIS WAY. — Or, _make smooth,_ as Proverbs 3:6. The just man by his exact performance of all duty both towards God and man receives more and more light, and therefore continually sees more...
צִדְקַ֣ת תָּ֭מִים תְּיַשֵּׁ֣ר דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וּ֝ בְ...
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Riches profit not in the da...
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...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE PERFECT SHALL DIRECT HIS WAY,.... Or "make [it] plain" f; that is, the righteousness of those who are perfect in Christ, complete in him, perfectly justified by his righteousn...
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. Ver. 5. _The righteousness of the perfect._] This is the same in effect with Proverbs 11:3. _Nu...
_Riches profit not in the day of wrath_ In the time of God's judgments, when he is executing vengeance upon sinners; _but righteousness delivereth_, &c. See note on Proverbs 10:2. _The righteousness o...
V. 5. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE PERFECT, of him whose conduct is beyond reproach, SHALL DIRECT HIS WAY, make it plain and open, enabling him to walk in the security of a good conscience; BUT THE WICKED...
DIRECT: _ Heb._ rectify...
1-9 When children are under the mother's eye, she has an opportunity of fashioning their minds aright. Those who are grown up, should often call to mind the good teaching they received when children....
Proverbs 11:5 righteousness H6666 blameless H8549 direct H3474 (H8762) way H1870 wicked H7563 fall H5307 (H8799) w
THE TRIUMPH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE SAD END OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (PROVERBS 11:4). These next five verses lay great emphasis on the advantages of righteousness (obedience to YHWH's requirements). Righte...
PERFECT (_ See Scofield) - (1 Kings 8:61). _...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way._ THE DIVINE NATURE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Not unreasonably this book of Proverbs charged with unspirituality. It is not a manual of devotion. It is n...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:1 These proverbs focus on matters of financial and personal security. ⇐ ⇔
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:5 These two verses parallel each other (THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE BLAMELESS/upright). They emphasize a common theme of the section: the faithfulness of righteous people gui...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:5. DIRECT, “make smooth or even.” PROVERBS 11:6. NAUGHTINESS, “cravings,” “desires,” “covetousness.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE LATTER CLAUSES OF Proverbs 11:5_ MA
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
2 Samuel 17:23; Esther 7:3; Matthew 27:4; Matthew 27:5; Proverbs 1:31