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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...
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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;...
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INTEGRITY, &C. Illustrations: Joseph (Genesis 39:4; Genesis 39:22;
Genesis 39:23; Genesis 50:25.
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_perverseness_ Some would render _slipperiness_; as we say, "a
slippery fellow." The noun occurs here only and in Proverbs 15:4, but
the cognate verb is found several times in this Book (Proverbs 13:6...
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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...
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The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness
of transgressors shall destroy them.
THE INTEGRITY OF THE UPRIGHT SHALL GUIDE THEM - safely, by God's
grace (), though the midst...
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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,...
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11:3 unfaithful (b-13) Or 'treacherous,' as ver. 6. see ch. 2.22....
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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THE PERVERSENESS OF TRANSGRESSORS SHALL DESTROY THEM. — Fraudulent
persons (literally, _those who “cover” a matter up_) pervert the
truth, thereby ruining their own characters (inasmuch as in time the...
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תֻּמַּ֣ת יְשָׁרִ֣ים תַּנְחֵ֑ם וְ
סֶ֖לֶף בֹּוגְדִ֣ים _יְשָׁדֵּֽם_
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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THE INTEGRITY OF THE UPRIGHT SHALL GUIDE THEM,.... The Spirit of God
is the best guide of an upright man; he leads into all truth, and unto
the land of uprightness, and continues to be a guide, even u...
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The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of
transgressors shall destroy them.
Ver. 3. _The integrity of the upright shall guide them._] An elegant
allusion in the original....
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_When pride cometh, then cometh shame_ Pride, as it is the effect of
folly, so it bringeth a man to contempt and destruction, such persons
being under the displeasure of God, and disliked by all men....
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V. 3. THE INTEGRITY OF THE UPRIGHT, their innocence and rectitude,
SHALL GUIDE THEM; BUT THE PERVERSENESS OF TRANSGRESSORS SHALL DESTROY
THEM, for their malicious transgressions eventually plunge them...
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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....
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THE INTEGRITY OF THE UPRIGHT, their sincere obedience to God's laws,
SHALL GUIDE THEM; shall keep them from crooked and dangerous courses,
and lead them in a right and safe way. THE PERVERSENESS OF
TR...
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Proverbs 11:3 integrity H8538 upright H3477 guide H5148 (H8686)
perversity H5558 unfaithful H898 (H8802) destroy H7703
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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...
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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...
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_The integrity of the upright sham guide them._
INTEGRITY THE BEST GUIDE BOTH IN RELIGIOUS INQUIRIES AND IN MORAL
CONDUCT
The policy of the world, like the world itself, is fluctuating and
deceitful....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:1 These proverbs focus on matters of
financial and personal security.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 11:3. GUIDE, “lead” “as a shepherd his sheep, and
therefore in the path of safety and peace” _(Stuart)_. PERVERSENESS,
“slipperiness,” “falseness.” DESTROY. An intensive wor...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 7:17; Isaiah 1:28; John 7:17; Proverbs 21:7; Proverbs