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Verse Proverbs 29:23. _A MAN'S PRIDE SHALL BRING HIM LOW_] A proud man
is universally despised, and such are often exposed to great
mortifications....
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HONOUR SHALL UPHOLD THE HUMBLE IN SPIRIT - Better: The lowly in spirit
shall lay hold on honor....
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CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
These final instructions given in proverbs cover the similar ground as
those in the previous Chapter s. Wisdom shines out in each, and the
contents of every proverb s...
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PROVERBS 29:2. _cf._ Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12.
Proverbs 29:4. he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presen
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MAN'S. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.
SHALL BRING HIM LOW. Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:5; Genesis 3:6); Hezekiah
(2 Kings 20:16); angels (2 Peter 2:4
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_honour shall uphold_, &c. Rather, HE THAT IS LOWLY IN SPIRIT SHALL
OBTAIN HONOUR. _Lowly_is better than _humble_(A.V.) in the second
clause, because the Heb. word is from the same root as the word _b...
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TEXT Proverbs 29:19-27
19.
A servant will not be corrected by words;
For though he understand, he will not give heed.
20.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in words?
There is more hope of a fool th...
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A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble
in spirit.
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KINGS AND FATHERS
3. Cp. the prodigal son (Luke 15)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 29
V1 A man might refuse to change his behaviour, even if many people try
to correct him.
A terrible trouble will suddenly ruin that man’s lif...
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The proud man wants to be a great man. But God will not allow such a
man to become great. See Proverbs 16:18.
But God loves humble people. And God will give honour to them. See
Luke 1:51-53.
Jesus w...
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HONOUR SHALL UPHOLD THE LOWLY IN SPIRIT. — Rather, _the lowly in
spirit shall lay hold upon honour._ (Comp. Proverbs 18:12.)...
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גַּאֲוַ֣ת אָ֭דָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ
וּ שְׁפַל ־ר֝֗וּחַ...
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CHAPTER 30
THE NEED OF REVELATION
"Where no vision is, a people casts off restraint, but he that keepeth
the law is happy."- Proverbs 29:18
THE form of the proverb shows that we are not to treat the...
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Verse Proverbs 29:2. The sentiment of this proverb often recurs. On
the surface it hardly appears to be true. To observe long issues is to
be convinced of the absolute accuracy of the sentiment.
Vers...
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A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he
will not answer. Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is
more hope of a fool than of him. He that delicately bringet...
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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...
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A MAN'S PRIDE SHALL BRING HIM LOW,.... As the pride of Adam, in
affecting to be as gods, knowing good and evil; he lost the image of
God; was brought into a state of darkness and ignorance, into debt...
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A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble
in spirit.
Ver. 23. A man's pride shall bring him low.] For it sets God against
him, and angels, and men, not good men only, but...
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_A man's pride shall bring him low_ Because both God and men conspire
against him; _but honour shall uphold the humble_ Or, as others render
it, without any difference in the sense, _the humble in spi...
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THE SOURCE OF EVIL SHOWN...
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A man's pride shall bring him low, for self-exaltation comes before
the fall; BUT HONOR SHALL UPHOLD THE HUMBLE IN SPIRIT. Cf Matthew
23:12; Luke 14:11; 1 Peter 5:5....
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This FIFTH SECTION now has similarities to the fourth, but carries us
further, for if the fourth stresses mainly the testing of ways and
walk. This dwells more upon results, that is the recompenses of...
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Proverbs 29:23 mans H120 pride H1346 low H8213 (H8686) humble H8217
spirit H7307 retain H8551 (H8799) honor...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who never regard the Word of God are an easy prey to
the enemy of souls. A confidence in God and His Word enables one to
look...
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Proverbs 29:1. _He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck._ The
Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες
και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθαι και
δεδοικεναι οφειλουοιν. Αυξεται γαρ
αυτοις τα τ...
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_A man’s pride shall bring him low._
ON PRIDE
Pride, though it implies an assumption of superiority, has a manifest
tendency to degradation.
1. A man’s pride will bring him low because it subjects h...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 29:19. DOTH NOT ANSWER. Rather “_there is not an
answer_,” that is in action, by obedience. Delitzsch translates
“_does not conform thereto_”
PROVERBS 29:21. A SON, etc. The...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter reinforces many precept given previously.
PROVERBS 29:1
HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED HARDENETH HIS NECK; literally, _a man of
reproofs—_one_ _who has had a long experience of...
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He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be
destroyed, and that without remedy (Proverbs 29:1).
That is a heavy, heavy proverb. The person that is often reproved by
God. How ma...
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1 Peter 5:5; 2 Chronicles 32:25; 2 Chronicles 32:26; 2 Chronicles
33:10;...
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THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Proverbs 29:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole,
reads thus: "He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall
su...