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Proverbs 29:13
These people are poor because their rulers are evil. God allows the people to know this. And God also allows the rulers to realise this.
These people are poor because their rulers are evil. God allows the people to know this. And God also allows the rulers to realise this.
Verse Proverbs 29:13. _THE POOR AND THE DECEITFUL MAN_] It is difficult to fix the meaning of תככים _techachim_, which we here render the _deceitful_ _man_. The TARGUM has, "The _poor_ and the _man_...
Better, The poor and the oppressor. “Usurer,” as in the margin expresses the special form of oppression from which the poor suffer most at the hands of the rich. God has made them both and bestows His...
CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS These final instructions given in proverbs cover the similar ground as those in the previous Chapter s. Wisdom shines out in each, and the contents of every proverb s...
PROVERBS 29:2. _cf._ Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12. Proverbs 29:4. he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presen
THE POOR. a needy man. Hebrew. _rush._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. THE DECEITFUL. a crafty, or an oppressive man, especially. creditor or usurer. Occurs in plural only here, for emphasis. Compare Psalm...
_deceitful man_ Rather, OPPRESSOR. The rendering _usurer_, A.V. marg., which follows the LXX. δανειστής, and Vulg. _creditor_, restricts the reference to one form of oppression. _lighteneth both their...
THE POOR AND THE DECEITFUL MAN MEET TOGETHER— See chap. Proverbs 22:2 where the sentence appears very similar. The LXX read, _The usurer and debtor meet together; the Lord has the oversight of them bo...
TEXT Proverbs 29:10-18 10. The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect: And as for the upright, they seek his life. 11. A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth i...
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. THE POOR AND THE DECEITFUL MAN (Hebrew, the usurer; the creditor, the Septuagint and Vulgate. The poor who is oppr...
29:13 indigent (i-2) As ch. 22.2. lighteneth (k-9) Or 'brighteneth.'...
KINGS AND FATHERS 3. Cp. the prodigal son (Luke 15)....
To the poor and 'the oppressor' (RV), to all classes alike, God gives the light of life (Psalms 13:3; Psalms 38:10)....
THE POOR AND THE DECEITFUL MAN (rather, _oppressor_) MEET TOGETHER. — A variation of Proverbs 22:2, on which see note. THE LORD LIGHTENETH BOTH THEIR EYES. — Enlightens the eyes of both with the light...
רָ֤שׁ וְ אִ֣ישׁ תְּכָכִ֣ים נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ מֵ֤אִיר...
CHAPTER 30 THE NEED OF REVELATION "Where no vision is, a people casts off restraint, but he that keepeth the law is happy."- Proverbs 29:18 THE form of the proverb shows that we are not to treat the...
Verse Proverbs 29:2. The sentiment of this proverb often recurs. On the surface it hardly appears to be true. To observe long issues is to be convinced of the absolute accuracy of the sentiment. Vers...
_Enlightener. Septuagint, "visitor," with punishment, as they seem to speak of palliated usury, which cannot escape God. See chap. xxii. 2._...
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. The righteous considereth the cause of...
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...
THE POOR AND THE DECEITFUL MAN MEET TOGETHER,.... Or "the usurer" q; who by usury, by fraud and deception, is possessed of the mammon of unrighteousness, and is become rich; he and the poor man meet t...
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. Ver. 13. _The poor and the usurer meet together._] That is, The poor and the rich, as Proverbs 22:2; because commonl...
_The poor and the deceitful man_ Hebrew, אישׁ תככים, _the man of deceits_, or _of usuries;_ that is, who hath enriched himself by such practices; _meet together_ Converse together, and one needeth the...
DESCRIPTION OF STUBBORNNESS AND DISOBEDIENCE...
The poor and the deceitful man, literally, "the usurer," the unmerciful creditor, MEET TOGETHER, they live side by side, as incongruous as it often seems; THE LORD LIGHTENETH BOTH THEIR EYES, they bot...
This FIFTH SECTION now has similarities to the fourth, but carries us further, for if the fourth stresses mainly the testing of ways and walk. This dwells more upon results, that is the recompenses of...
THE DECEITFUL MAN: Or, the usurer...
THE DECEITFUL MAN, Heb. _the man of deceits_, or _of usuries_, i.e. who hath enriched himself by such practices, MEET TOGETHER; converse together, and one needeth the other, as PROVERBS 22:2. THE LORD...
Proverbs 29:13 poor H7326 (H8802) oppressor H8501 H376 common H6298 (H8738) LORD H3068 light H215 ...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who never regard the Word of God are an easy prey to the enemy of souls. A confidence in God and His Word enables one to look...
Proverbs 29:1. _He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck._ The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθαι και δεδοικεναι οφειλουοιν. Αυξεται γαρ αυτοις τα τ...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 29:12 A king’s administration will fall apart if he follows advice from corrupt counselors (v. Proverbs 29:12), but it will thrive if he is just to all, even the we
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 (Zöc...
EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. PROVERBS 29:1 HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED HARDENETH HIS NECK; literally, _a man of reproofs—_one_ _who has had a long experience of...
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy (Proverbs 29:1). That is a heavy, heavy proverb. The person that is often reproved by God. How ma...
1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 2:1; Exodus 22:25; Exodus 22:26;...
THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS Proverbs 29:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole, reads thus: "He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall su...