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Verse Proverbs 14:21. _HE THAT DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOR SINNETH_] To
despise a man because he has some natural blemish is _unjust, cruel_,
and _wicked_. He is not the _author_ of his _own imperfections...
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CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR
The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the
poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the
foolish i...
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PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this
section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in
number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
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SINNETH. Hebrew. _chata_
HATH MERCY ON. is gracious to.
THE POOR. an afflicted one. Hebrew. _'anah._ See note on Proverbs
6:11.
HAPPY. See note on Proverbs 3:13....
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TEXT Proverbs 14:13-24
13.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
And the end of mirth is heaviness.
14.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways;
And a good man shall be sati...
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He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on
the poor, happy is he.
HE THAT DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOUR SINNETH - grievously. Whatever his
neighbour may be, sick, ignoble, ignora...
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14:21 afflicted, (k-14) Or 'meek.'...
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1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
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בָּז ־לְ רֵעֵ֥הוּ חֹוטֵ֑א וּ
מְחֹונֵ֖ן _עֲנָוִ֣ים_†
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CHAPTER 15
THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE
"The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10
"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
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Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in
the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man
is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
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_He....mercy, is not found in Hebrew, Greek, or Latin manuscripts.
(Calmet)_...
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He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the
poor, happy is he. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and
truth shall be to them that devise good. In all labour there i...
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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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HE THAT DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOUR SINNETH,.... He that despiseth his
neighbour in his heart, speaks slightly of him, overlooks him, is not
friendly to him, will neither converse with him, nor relieve hi...
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He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the
poor, happy [is] he.
Ver. 21. _He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth._] His poor
neighbour. Where the hedge is low the beast w...
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_He that despiseth his neighbour_ That doth not pity and relieve the
poor, as this is explained in the next clause; _sinneth_ And therefore
shall be punished for his inhumanity, which is opposed to hi...
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V. 21. HE THAT DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOR SINNETH, that is, he who
neglects a friend to whom he owes love, especially if he is in need;
BUT HE THAT HATH MERCY ON THE POOR, showing true compassion to the
p...
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THAT DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOUR; that doth not pity and relieve the poor,
as this is explained in the next clause; the word _neighbour_ being
here generally taken for any man, as it is most commonly used...
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Proverbs 14:21 despises H936 (H8802) neighbor H7453 sins H2398 (H8802)
mercy H2603 (H8781) poor H6035 ...
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THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH OVER FALSEHOOD AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OVER
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (PROVERBS 14:17).
The thought of truth against falsehood undergirds this subsection. It
commences with the fact that fools...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and
high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
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Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1,
by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is
their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
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_He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he._
LONDON POVERTY
The problems presented by poverty are recurrent. Wisdom as well as
courage is required by those who would confront them successfully.
Civ...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:21 Proverbs 1:1 commends being GENEROUS
TO THE POOR, particularly those among God’s people (see...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 14:21. POOR, or “suffering” (_Delitzsch_).
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:20_
AN AGGRAVATED CRIME, A QUESTIONABLE VIRTUE, AND A PRESENT BLESSING
I. A FOURFOLD SIN. A man...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 14:1
EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their
household matters and their families; they have an important
influence, and exercise it beneficially.
Γυναι...
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Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil.
Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1)
And wise and foolish contrasted always, too.
Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1):
She takes care...
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1 John 3:17; Acts 20:35; Daniel 4:27; Ecclesiastes 11:1; Ecc
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Despiseth — That does not pity and relieve the poor....