Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 19:7
Brethren — His nearest relations. Hate — Despise and shun him. Pursueth — Earnestly imploring their pity.
Brethren — His nearest relations. Hate — Despise and shun him. Pursueth — Earnestly imploring their pity.
Verse Proverbs 19:7. _DO HATE HIM_] They _shun_ him as they do the person they _hate_. They neither _hate_ him _positively_, nor _love_ him: they _disregard_ him; they will have nothing to do with hi...
It seems best to follow the Vulgate in taking the last clause as a separate maxim, He who pursues words, nought are they; i. e., the fair speeches and promises of help come to nothing. A various readi...
CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about frett...
PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOO...
GO FAR. withdraw. PURSUETH, &C.: or, seeketh words [of friendship], but there are none....
_pursueth_them with _words_ sc. of persuasion and entreaty. The R.V. marg. renders, _He pursueth after words which are nought_, i.e. after the fair but false promises of his friends. _wanting_to him]...
HE PURSUETH THEM WITH WORDS— Most interpretations of this verse seem forced and unnatural; I think Le Clerc's the best, says Dr. Grey, which applies the phrase to _pursue with words,_ to him that seek...
CHAPTER 19 TEXT Proverbs 19:1-10 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2. Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;...
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. ALL THE BRETHREN OF THE POOR DO HATE HIM; HOW MUCH...
19:7 poor (i-6) As ch. 13.23....
1. FOOL] read, 'rich' (Proverbs 28:6)....
God loves poor people (Luke 4:18). As Christians, we must be the friends of poor people. Greedy people will not help poor people. But Christians can show poor people that God loves poor people too. V...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 19 V1 A man may be poor but he still remains honest. He is better than the fool, whose words are false....
In these verses, Solomon discusses things that are wrong. Many wrong things happen in this world....
HE PURSUETH THEM WITH WORDS, YET THEY ARE WANTING TO HIM. — The first half of a verse has apparently dropped out here. The sense may be, that the poor man hunts after words — _i.e._, seeks to get prom...
כָּ֥ל אֲחֵי ־רָ֨שׁ ׀ שְֽׂנֵאֻ֗הוּ אַ֤ף כִּ֣י...
CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb in th...
Verse Proverbs 19:7. This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been lost...
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them (a) with] words, [yet] they [are] lacking [to him]. (a) To have comfort from them....
_Only. Hebrew has lo, and the margin lu, with the Vulgate. (Calmet) --- The former word intimates that the words have no solidity, and the latter that they shall be his only portion who is so foolish...
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinne...
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...
ALL THE BRETHREN OF THE POOR DO HATE HIM,.... They despise him on account of his poverty; they neglect him, and do not take care of him; they reckon him a reproach unto them, and do not choose to own...
_All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them with] words, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him]._ Ver. 7. _All the brethren of the poor do ha...
_Many will entreat the favour of the prince_ Or, _of the liberal_, or _bountiful man_, as נדיב may be properly rendered. Kings and princes were anciently called _benefactors, Luke 22:25_. _And every m...
V. 7. ALL THE BRETHREN OF THE POOR DO HATE HIM, his own relatives treating him with an utter want of charity; HOW MUCH MORE DO HIS FRIENDS GO FAR FROM HIM! for his acquaintances are not even bound by...
BRETHREN; his nearest and dearest relations, who are oft called brethren in Scripture, by a common synecdoche. HATE HIM, i.e. despise and shun him, as men do any thing which they hate, and as the foll...
Proverbs 19:7 brothers H251 poor H7326 (H8802) hate H8130 (H8804) friends H4828 far H7368 (H8804) pursue...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If we keep God's Word, God's Word will keep us from all things that are really hurtful. Those who despise the ways of His W...
Proverbs 19:1. _Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,_ in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of me...
_He pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him._ COERCING MEN OF ILL PRINCIPLES This verse prescribes a different method of proceeding against known offenders, according to their different...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 19:5 Verses Proverbs 19:5 and Proverbs 19:9 begin and end this section with virtual
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 19:5. SPEAKETH LIES, rather “_whose breath is lies_.” PROVERBS 19:6. THE PRINCE, rather “the noble or generous man.” It seems to refer to one of rank, who is also of a bene...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifie
Better is the poor that walks in his integrity [or in honesty], than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with...
1 John 3:17; 1 John 3:18; Ecclesiastes 9:15; Ecclesiastes 9:16;...