CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:4. HE THAT RECEIVETH GIFTS. Zöckler translates this, “_a man of taxes_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:1_ REPROOF AND DESTRUCTION I. AN ACT OF BENEVOLENCE WHICH IS OFTEN RESENTED. When a child is reproved, and if need be chastised, for playing with the fire or negle... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:7. CONSIDERETH. Literally _knoweth_. Zöckler and Delitzsch translate the latter clause, “_the godless discern, or understand not, knowledge_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:6_ A SNARE AND A SONG I. SIN DECEIVES MEN. If a man digs a pit for the purpose of entrapping... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:8. BRING A CITY, etc., literally, “_set a city on fire_.” PROVERBS 29:9. The second clause should rather be “_he rageth and laugheth (i.e._, the fool), _and there is no rest_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:8_ THE CITIZEN’S ENEMY AND THE CITIZEN’S FRIEND I. A SCORN... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:10. Delitzsch translates this verse:—“_Men of blood hate the guiltless and the upright; they seek his soul_.” PROVERBS 29:11. HIS MIND. Rather _his wrath_. KEEPETH IT TILL AFTERWARD. Rather _restraineth it, keeps it in the background_. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:13. THE DECEITFUL. Rather “_the usurer.” A man of usury is only a more concrete expression for a rich man, and this is the corresponding term_ in chap. Proverbs 22:2 (Zöckler). _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:12_ A MORAL CANCER IN A KING’S COURT I. A MAN IN AUTHORITY... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:16_ VICTORY NOT WITH THE MAJORITY I. THERE IS NO NECESSARY CONNECTION BETWEEN NUMBERS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. Weeds grow faster than wheat, and are much more abundant than the grain. But the simple fact that there are more weeds than there is corn does not alter the chara... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:18. VISION. Rather “_Revelation_.” “The word denotes prophetic prediction, the revelation of God by His seers (1 Samuel 9:9); the chief function of these consisted in their watching over the vigorous fulfilling of the law, or in the enforcement of the claims of the law... [ Continue Reading ]
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. There are many different translations of this verse, but the general verdict of scholars seems to favo... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:24. HE HEARETH CURSING. Rather _the curse_, _i.e._, according to Zöckler, “the curse which according to the law (Leviticus 5:1. sq.) marks a theft as an offence demanding a heavy penalty.” Delitzsch translates “_he heareth the oath_,” and explains it “as that of the jud... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:25_ SAFETY FROM A SNARE I. MEN FEAR AND HOPE TOO MUCH FROM THEIR FELLOW MEN. This fear and this hope are very active agents in this world, influencing men often to abstain from what they know to be right, and inducing them to do deeds of evil. Good men have often sta... [ Continue Reading ]