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Proverbs 28:25
If you love your own possessions, you cause trouble. So trust God! He will protect you. And he will provide for you.
If you love your own possessions, you cause trouble. So trust God! He will protect you. And he will provide for you.
Verse Proverbs 28:25. _SHALL BE MADE FAT._] Shall be prosperous....
SHALL BE MADE FAT - He shall enjoy the two-fold blessing of abundance and tranquility (compare Proverbs 11:25)....
CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is the conscience...
SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 28 F. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. PROVERBS 28:2 B. The text is uncertain, and various renderings are...
HEARTS SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ TRUSTS. confidence. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
_of a proud heart_ Lit. WIDE OF SOUL. This may mean having his soul enlarged, either by the elation of pride, as A.V. (comp. _wide of heart_, Proverbs 21:4; Psalms 101:5), or by the desire of gain, _H...
SHALL BE MADE FAT— _Shall have more abundance._ Houbigant. _Shall be enriched._ See chap. Proverbs 11:25....
TEXT Proverbs 28:19-28 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 20. A faithful man shall abound with blessings;...
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. HE THAT IS OF A PROUD HEART (Hebrew, soul; ; and therefore trusteth in himself) "stirre...
OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15....
HE THAT IS OF A PROUD HEART. — Who thinks much of himself, “stirreth up strife_”_ by his struggles with others for pre-eminence, and mostly gains only vexation and disappointment for his trouble; “but...
רְחַב ־נֶ֭פֶשׁ יְגָרֶ֣ה מָדֹ֑ון וּ בֹוטֵ֖חַ ע
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth a...
Verse Proverbs 28:2. "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of un...
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made (m) fat. (m) Will have all things in abundance....
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his day...
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...
HE THAT IS OF A PROUD HEART STIRRETH UP STRIFE,.... Or, of a "large heart" c, or has an enlarged one; not with useful knowledge and understanding, as Solomon had; nor a heart enlarged with love and af...
_He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat._ Ver. 25. _He that is of a proud heart._] _Latus animo._ He that through pride and ambiti...
_He that is of a proud heart_ High-minded, self-conceited, insolent, or ambitious; _stirreth up strife_ Because he is constantly endeavouring to advance and please himself, and hates and opposes all t...
He that is of a proud heart, rather, the covetous man, with his grasping ways, STIRRETH UP STRIFE, excites quarrels; BUT HE THAT PUTTETH HIS TRUST IN THE LORD, trusting in His goodness and bounty for...
THE ADVANTAGES OF INTEGRITY...
IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested by...
HE THAT IS OF A PROUD HEART, whose property it is to overvalue himself, and to trust to himself and his own wit, or wealth, or strength, stirreth up strife, because he makes it his great business to a...
Proverbs 28:25 proud H7342 heart H5315 up H1624 (H8762) strife H4066 trusts H982 (H8802) LORD H3068 prospered...
TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12), Also; (Proverbs 29:25). _...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security in the...
Proverbs 28:2. _By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged._ Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time it w...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:19 These proverbs all concern the desire to secure wealth and favor for oneself. They condemn get-rich-quick schemes (vv. Proverbs 28:19,...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 28:26_, _AND LAST CLAUSE OF Proverbs 28:25_ SELF-CONFIDENCE I. HE THAT TRUSTS IN HIS OWN HEART IS A FOOL, BECAUSE HE REFUSES TO PROFIT BY THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS. If a m...
EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinn...
Twenty-eight: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the pr...
1 Timothy 6:6; Isaiah 58:11; Jeremiah 17:7; Jeremiah 17:8; Prover
DIVINE CONTRASTS Proverbs 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1. A CONTRAS...
Fat — Shall live happily and comfortably....