Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 17:15
People need to be warned against an unjust acquittal, no less than against unjust condemnation. The word “justifieth” has its forensic sense, “to declare righteous,” to acquit.
People need to be warned against an unjust acquittal, no less than against unjust condemnation. The word “justifieth” has its forensic sense, “to declare righteous,” to acquit.
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED, &C. Illustrations: the counsellors (Ezra 4:1); Tertullus (Acts 24:1); Ahab and Jezebel (1 Kings 21:5). Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). _Mazdik rasha' umarshia'...
Comp. Isaiah 5:23....
TEXT Proverbs 17:11-19 11. An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his fo...
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. HE THAT JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED, AND HE THAT CONDEMNETH THE JUST, EVEN THEY BOTH (ARE) AN AB...
17:15 wicked, (d-5) righteous, (d-11) The words are in the singular and characteristic; and so in ch. 18.5....
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
Judges should make fair decisions. We all must be honest. A judge should not accept a bribe (secret gift). He should not follow his own feelings and emotions. He should listen to the evidence. He sho...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 17 V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place. But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there are arguments....
HE THAT JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED — _i.e.,_ acquits. The perversion of justice was a fruitful source of evil in Israel, and a constant topic of reproach in the mouth of the prophets (1 Samuel 8:3; Psalms...
מַצְדִּ֣יק רָ֭שָׁע וּ מַרְשִׁ֣יעַ צַדִּ֑יק תֹּועֲבַ֥ת...
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to h...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
_God. We ought to suspend our judgment, or incline to the more favourable side, Matthew vii. 1., and Romans ii. 1._...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
_‘ARCADES AMBO’_ ‘He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.’ Proverbs 17:15 These words may serve to show us that our estimate of o...
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 JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED, AND HE THAT CONDEMNETH THE JUST,.... That absolves and clears the guilty, and pronounces him righteous in open court, where he stands arraigned, accused, and the fact pr...
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD. Ver. 15. _He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, &c._] To wrong...
_He that justifieth the wicked_ That acquitteth him as innocent by a judicial sentence, or otherwise approveth or commendeth his evil practices; _and he that condemneth the just_ Or, contributes to hi...
V. 15. HE THAT JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED, AND HE THAT CONDEMNETH THE JUST, with an utter disregard of the demands of justice, EVEN THEY BOTH ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD, God regards either case with equal...
THAT JUSTIFIETH; that acquitteth him as innocent by a judicial sentence, or otherwise approveth or commendeth his evil practices; by which we may easily understand what it is to condemn the just....
Proverbs 17:15 justifies H6663 (H8688) wicked H7563 condemns H7561 (H8688) just H6662 Both H8147 abomination H8441
THE FOLLIES OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:8). The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and this now leads on to consideration of the activities of fools (kesil) (Proverbs 17:21 vi...
Proverbs 17:15 These words may serve to show us that our estimate of other men is a matter of very solemn responsibility in God's sight. I. I will first insist on the general duty of conscientiousnes...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See Proverbs 15:17. Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
_He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord._ OUR ESTIMATE OF OTHER MEN We may regard such an estimate from three points of view: in it...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:15_ I. A PRESENT INVERSION OF MORAL ORDER. There is an established law, by which things spiritual are governed as well as things material According to this law, punishm...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
1 Kings 21:13; Amos 5:12; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; Exodus 23:7;...