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Verse Proverbs 11:31. _BEHOLD, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE RECOMPENSED IN
THE_ _EARTH, C._] The _Septuagint, Syrian_, and _Arabic_ read this
verse as follows: "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, wher...
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The sense would appear to be, “The righteous is requited, i. e., is
punished for his lesser sins, or as a discipline; much more the
wicked, etc.” Compare 1 Peter 4:18....
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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...
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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;...
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SHALL BE RECOMPENSED IN THE EARTH. This was the promise for that
Dispensation (Psalms 37), not for this. See 1 Peter 4:18 and App-63.
Rightly divide the Dispensations, and all difficulties are removed...
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_shall be recompensed_ This might mean, shall receive, in each case,
the return due to him; the righteous shall be _rewarded_(as the same
Heb. word is rendered in Proverbs 13:13) and the wicked
_punis...
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BEHOLD, &C.— If David, if Job, if the apostles and choicest servants
of God, have been tried in this world by affliction, what must await
the impious and the sinners? If God does not even pardon the j...
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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...
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Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more
the wicked and the sinner.
BEHOLD, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE RECOMPENSED IN THE EARTH: MUCH MORE
THE WICKED AND THE SINNER.
"Recomp...
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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,...
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 11
V1 God hates false measurements.
God loves honest measurements.
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God is fair with everybody. The good man will receive good things. God
will provide for him.
God is also fair with evil people. They will receive a fair
punishment....
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BEHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE RECOMPENSED IN THE EARTH. — That is,
even he shall be punished for his misdeeds, as were Jacob, Moses,
David; how much more shall “the wicked and the sinner.” The LXX.
tr...
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הֵ֣ן צַ֭דִּיק בָּ † אָ֣רֶץ יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם
אַ֝֗ף...
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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...
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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...
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Behold, the righteous shall be (t) recompensed upon the earth: much
more the wicked and the sinner.
(t) Will be punished as he deserves, (1 Peter 4:18)....
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_Receive. Punishment, for almost inevitable faults, or be treated
according to his deserts. Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, "if the just
be hardly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?...
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REFLECTIONS.
I BESEECH thee, gracious Master, to give me a right understanding in
all things. Taught by thee, I shall then discover, that thou art here
folded up in this chapter. And however, as so ma...
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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...
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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...
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BEHOLD, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE RECOMPENSED IN THE EARTH,.... Which
Aben Ezra understands of the recompence of their good works. There is
a reward for the righteous, and which they have now in keeping,...
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Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the
wicked and the sinner.
Ver. 31. _The righteous shall be recompensed,_] _i.e., _ Chastened,
afflicted, "judged of the Lord, that...
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V. 31. BEHOLD, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE RECOMPENSED IN THE EARTH, that
is, if even he will not reach a stage when he will be free from
suffering in this world, MUCH MORE THE WICKED AND THE SINNER, the
u...
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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...
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THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE RECOMPENSED, i.e. punished for his sins, as
appears from the next clause; the general word being here used of this
one particular, by a synecdoche. _In the earth_; whereby he in...
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Proverbs 11:31 righteous H6662 recompensed H7999 (H8792) earth H776
ungodly H7563 sinner H2398 (H8802)...
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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...
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Proverbs 11:31
I. God is impartial. He is no respecter of persons, but causing His
sun to shine on the evil and the good, and His rain to fall on the
just and on the unjust; and so rewarding every man...
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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...
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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...
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_Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth._
JUDGMENT HERE
Two ways of explaining this text.
1. Of the happiness which God has appointed for goodness, it has
pleased Him that some por...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED
and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 11:31. Miller transposes this verse and reads, “Behold the
righteous on earth shall be recompensed,” etc. ON EARTH may be
placed either with “the righteous,” or with “recomp...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Kings 13:24; 1 Peter 4:17; 1 Peter 4:18;...
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Recompensed — Punished for his sins....
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Are the righteous rewarded in this life or in the next one?
PROBLEM: Here Solomon speaks as though the godly person receives his
reward in this life, claiming, “the righteous will be recompensed on
th...