Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 21:28
Speaketh constantly - His testimony abides evermore who repeats simply what he has heard, whether from the lips of men or from the voice within, in contrast with “the false witness.”
Speaketh constantly - His testimony abides evermore who repeats simply what he has heard, whether from the lips of men or from the voice within, in contrast with “the false witness.”
CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turne...
PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4....
SHALL PERISH. Illustrations: Pashur(Jeremiah 20:4); Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 28:10); the false prophets (Jeremiah 29:21)
_that heareth_ Either (1) who listens to the voice of duty and of conscience (ἀνὴρ ὑπήκοος, LXX.; vir obediens, Vulg.); or (2) who simply states in evidence what he has heard, "the truth, the whole tr...
BUT THE MAN THAT HEARETH— Dr. Grey would render this, _But an obedient or good man will be careful of what he speaks._ Houbigant has it, _He who hearkeneth to justice shall be victorious in his cause....
TEXT Proverbs 21:21-31 21. He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor. 22. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strengt...
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. A FALSE WITNESS SHALL PERISH: BUT THE MAN THAT HEARETH (I:E., WHO TESTIFIES ONLY TO WHAT HE HIMSELF HAS HEARD) SPEAKETH C...
21:28 constantly. (e-13) Or 'always' or 'unchallenged,' as 'in victory,' Isaiah 25:8 ....
The man who actually heard what he swears to, will speak constantly or 'for ever'; his testimony will never be shaken....
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 21 V1 A king is like a canal that God controls. God leads the king in the way that God decides....
God punishes people who lie. Lies are evil (Deuteronomy 5:20; Mark 10:19). But a good listener will say helpful things. Such a person learns from what he hears. So his words will not suggest a wicked...
BUT THE MAN THAT HEARETH (carefully, and repeats accurately) SPEAKETH CONSTANTLY (his testimony will live). — Comp., “he being dead yet speaketh,” Hebrews 11:4....
עֵד ־כְּזָבִ֥ים יֹאבֵ֑ד וְ אִ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֝ומֵ֗עַ...
CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb in...
Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth (m) speaketh constantly. (m) He may boldly testify the truth that he has heard....
_Obedient. Attentive, faithful witness, shall speak with triumph, or he who obeys the law, shall gain the victory over the devil, &c. (Philippians ii. 8.)_...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse t...
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...
A FALSE WITNESS SHALL PERISH,.... As witness he shall perish in his reputation, no credit shall be given him, he shall not be admitted an evidence, or a witness in any cause, being found a false one;...
_A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly._ Ver. 28. _A false witness shall perish._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 19:5 _"_ The Scythians had a law that if any man did _duo...
_A false witness_ Hebrew, עד כזבים, _A witness of lies;_ one who is forward to swear or speak false things, or such things as he hath neither heard nor seen, but devised in his own heart; _shall peris...
V. 28. A FALSE WITNESS SHALL PERISH, Proverbs 19:5; BUT THE MAN THAT HEARETH SPEAKETH CONSTANTLY, being modest and lending a ready ear to instruction, HE IS ABLE TO RENDER RELIABLE TESTIMONY, not bein...
a false witness: _ Heb._ a witness of lies...
A FALSE WITNESS, Heb. _a witness of lies_; one who is forward to swear or speak false things, or such things as he hath not heard nor learned from others, nor seen, but devised in his own heart. SHALL...
Proverbs 21:28 false H3577 witness H5707 perish H6 (H8799) man H376 hears H8085 (H8802) speak H1696 ...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find righteousness, honor and life. KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5). STRONG VERSES: P...
Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 21:27. WITH A WICKED MIND, literally “_for iniquity_, and may refer to a desire to cloak a sinful purpose by an outward show of piety, or an attempt to expiate a sinful act...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 21:1 THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31. Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 4:13; Acts 12:15; Deuteronomy 19:16;...
Heareth — He witnesses nothing but what he has heard or seen. Constantly — Always affirms the same thing....