Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 11:27
Procureth - Better, striveth after. He who desires good, absolutely, for its own sake, is also unconsciously striving after the favor which attends goodness.
Procureth - Better, striveth after. He who desires good, absolutely, for its own sake, is also unconsciously striving after the favor which attends goodness.
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...
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;...
MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44....
_diligently seeketh … procureth … seeketh_ Three different Heb. words are used. The shades of meaning are given by R.V.: _diligently seeketh_(with A.V.) i.e. makes good his chief aim; _seeketh_, i.e....
TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31 22. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion. 23. The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is...
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. HE THAT DILIGENTLY (LITERALLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING) SEEKETH GOOD PROCURETH FAVOUR. We must n...
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,...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
There is a good reward for the person who does the right thing. There is a severe punishment for the person who does evil things....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
PROCURETH FAVOUR. — By the very act of striving after good, he is seeking for the favour of both God and man....
שֹׁ֣חֵֽר טֹ֭וב יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצֹ֑ון וְ דֹרֵ֖שׁ...
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...
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...
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it...
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 DILIGENTLY SEEKETH GOOD,.... Or "early"; who rises early in the morning, as the word e signifies, and seeks both to do good, and to enjoy it all the day; who, in the first place, seeks the kin...
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. Ver. 27. _He that diligently seeketh good._] Heb., He that is up betime to promote the public g...
_He that diligently seeketh good_ To do good to all men, as he hath opportunity; which is opposed to a man's contenting himself with lazy desires, or cold and careless endeavours; _procureth favour_ W...
V. 27. HE THAT DILIGENTLY SEEKETH GOOD PROCURETH FAVOR, that is, who is diligent toward all things that are good earnestly desires the favor of the Lord; BUT HE THAT SEEKETH MISCHIEF, IT SHALL COME UN...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
HE THAT DILIGENTLY SEEKETH, which is opposed to those who content themselves with lazy desires, or cold and careless endeavours, good, to do good to all men, as he hath opportunity, PROCURETH FAVOUR W...
Proverbs 11:27 seeks H7836 (H8802) good H2896 finds H1245 (H8762) favor H7522 trouble H7451 come H935 ...
THE RIGHTEOUS SEEK WHAT IS GOOD, FLOURISH BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRUE LIFE, PRODUCING ITS FRUIT, AND WILL BE RECOMPENSED ON EARTH. THE UNRIGHTEOUS SEARCH AFTER WHAT IS BAD, TRUST IN RICHES, ARE BROUGHT LOW...
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...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:27. PROCURETH, rather “seeketh” FAVOUR, _i.e._, God’s favour. So it is generally understood. But Delitzsch reads “He who striveth after good, seeketh that which is pleasi...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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...
Esther 7:10; Proverbs 17:11; Psalms 10:2; Psalms 57:6; Psalms 7:15;...
Seeketh — To do good to all men. Favour — With God and men....