Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Proverbs 11:20
abomination. See note on Proverbs 3:32.
abomination. See note on Proverbs 3:32.
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;...
TEXT Proverbs 11:12-21 12. He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; But he that...
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. THEY THAT ARE OF A FROWARD HEART (ARE) ABOMINATION TO THE LORD: BUT (SUCH AS ARE)...
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)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
תֹּועֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה עִקְּשֵׁי ־לֵ֑ב וּ֝ רְצֹונֹ֗ו...
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...
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
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...
THEY THAT ARE OF A FROWARD HEART [ARE] ABOMINATION TO THE LORD,.... Such as are men of perverse dispositions and principles; that are contrary to the light of nature, the law of God, and Gospel of Chr...
They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight. Ver. 20. _They that are of a froward heart, &c._] Not only those that pursu...
_They that are of a froward heart_ &c. They are odious to God, who study to compass their end by wicked means; but they whose exact observance of the rules of righteousness, in the whole course of the...
V. 20. THEY THAT ARE OF A FROWARD HEART, full of crookedness and malice, ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD; BUT SUCH AS ARE UPRIGHT IN THEIR WAY, pure and straightforward in their conduct, ARE HIS DELIGHT,...
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...
THEY THAT ARE OF A FROWARD HEART; hypocrites, as appears from the opposition of these to the _upright_ in the next clause; whose hearts are false to God, and contrary to their own professions. ARE ABO...
Proverbs 11:20 perverse H6141 heart H3820 abomination H8441 LORD H3068 blameless H8549 ways H1870 delight H7522 of -...
FURTHER CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PROVERBS 11:15). In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between the righteous, the gracious, the merciful and the blamele...
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...
_Such as are upright in their way are His delight._ THE UPRIGHT, GOD’S DELIGHT I. Who are the upright? Those whom God makes upright, the workmanship of His own Spirit, His new creation. This does not...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:16 These three pairs of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 11:16, Proverbs 11:18,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:18. “The wicked gaineth a deceptive result, but he that soweth righteousness a sure reward” (Zöckler). _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 11:18_ SOWING AND REA...
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...
Proverbs 15:8; Proverbs 16:17; Proverbs 21:29; Proverbs 6:14;...