Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 6:30
Despise, i.e. abhor or reproach him, but rather pity and pardon him, who is urged by mere necessity to these practices.
Despise, i.e. abhor or reproach him, but rather pity and pardon him, who is urged by mere necessity to these practices.
Verse Proverbs 6:30. _MEN DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF IF HE STEAL_] Every man pities the poor culprit who was perishing for lack of food, and stole to _satisfy his hunger_; yet no law _clears_ him: he is...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...
DESPISE. Hebrew. _buz_ (from _bazah),_ is here followed by (-L). for. Render it therefore: "Men will not think it. trifle (or. light matter) for. thief that he should steal: [even] to satisfy", &c.......
Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_ The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs 6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which...
_despise_ Some render, _make light of, let go unpunished_("non impunis dimittitur fur," Maur.). But the proper meaning of the Heb. word is to be retained with A.V. and R.V. "The argument appears to be...
TEXT Proverbs 6:23-35 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the for...
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; (MEN) DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF, IF HE STEAL TO SATISFY HIS SOUL WHEN HE IS HUNGRY. Men do not think a thief to be beneat...
The OT. never treats theft leniently. Read, 'Do not men despise,' etc. Yes! and much more an adulterer....
DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...
This thief is hungry. He has no food. His family also have no food. So, this thief steals, because he needs food. We can sympathise with him. However, the law will punish him. The law does not forgive...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
MEN DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF... — A man who is driven to theft by poverty is more worthy of pity than disdain; not so the adulterer. Again, the thief can make retribution, while the adulterer can have n...
לֹא ־יָב֣וּזוּ לַ֭ † גַּנָּב כִּ֣י יִגְנֹ֑וב...
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...
[Men] do not (o) despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his (p) soul when he is hungry; (o) He does not reprove theft, showing that it is not as abominable as whoredom, for theft can be restored,...
The fault is not so great, &c. The sin of theft is not so great, as to be compared with adultery: especially when a person pressed with hunger (which is the case here spoken of) steals to satisfy natu...
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...
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...
[MEN] DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF, IF HE STEAL,.... They do not discommend or reproach him for it, or fix a mark of infamy upon him, or expose him to public shame by whipping him; but rather excuse him and...
Proverbs 6:30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; Ver. 30. _Men do not despise a thief._] We used to say, A liar is worse than a thief; _a_ and Siracides...
_Men do not despise a thief_ That is, abhor or reproach him, but rather pity and pardon him, who is urged by mere necessity to these practices, but the adulterer is abhorred by all. _If he_ The thief;...
WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...
Men do not despise a thief, literally, "heap contempt and shame upon him," although they do insist upon his punishment, IF HE STEAL TO SATISFY HIS SOUL WHEN HE IS HUNGRY, that is, when only the greate...
20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...
Proverbs 6:30 despise H936 (H8799) thief H1590 steals H1589 (H8799) satisfy H4390 (H8763) himself H5315 starving...
TO STEAL A MAN'S WIFE BY ADULTERY IS FAR WORSE AND FAR MORE COSTLY THAN TO STEAL HIS POSSESSIONS, FOR COMPENSATION CAN BE MADE FOR STOLEN POSSESSIONS, BUT NO COMPENSATION WILL BE CONSIDERED AS SATISFA...
DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...
CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...
Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...
_If he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry._ THEFT THROUGH NECESSITY The deceitful and perverting influence of sin requires careful consideration. While as yet it is only a principle in the m...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:27 The father uses two comparisons to show how adultery leads to disaster. First, he says that one who engages in foolish behavior will suffer for it (vv. Proverbs 6:27
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:24. Evil woman, literally. “the woman of evil.” PROVERBS 6:26. Last clause means “an adulteress allures to that which may cost a man his life” (_Stuart_). Proverbs 6:30
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...
Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
Deuteronomy 24:7; Exodus 20:15; Exodus 22:2; Exodus 22:7; Genesis 31:19
Despise — Abhor, but rather pity him....