And the hope of unjust men perisheth— His vain hope shall perish. Houbigant. Even his highest hope most grievously perisheth. Schultens. The LXX preserve the contrast in the verse more strongly: The just man dying, his hope doth not perish; but the boasting of a wicked man doth perish.
Verse Proverbs 11:7. _WHEN A WICKED MAN DIETH_] HOPE is a great blessing to man in his present state of trial and suffering; because it leads him to expect a favourable termination of his ills. But _...
Significant words, as showing the belief that when the righteous died, his “expectation” (i. e., his hope for the future) did not perish. The second clause is rendered by some, “the expectation that b...
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;...
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. EXPECTATION SHALL PERISH. Illustrations: Balaam's (Numbers 23:10; Numbers 31:8); Absalom's (2 Samuel 18. Compare...
_unjust_men] _iniquity_, R.V. Comp. Hosea 9:4, where the expression "bread of mourners" (the same Heb. word) may be "the emblem of utter impurity," because everything connected with death involved cer...
CHAPTER 11 TEXT Proverbs 11:1-11 1. A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight. 2. When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom. 3. Th...
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. WHEN A WICKED MAN DIETH, (HIS) EXPECTATION SHALL PERISH; AND THE HOPE OF UNJUST (MEN) PERISHETH. Riches,...
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)....
Death is terrible for an evil man. He will lose all of his money. He will lose all of his possessions. He will lose everything that he achieved in life. He will discover that he was wrong. But then it...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
בְּ מֹ֤ות אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע תֹּאבַ֣ד תִּקְוָ֑ה ו
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...
So_ licitous. Or ambitious. Hebrew, "the potent," or Septuagint, "the impious."_...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Riches profit not in the da...
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...
WHEN A WICKED MAN DIETH, [HIS] EXPECTATION SHALL PERISH,.... His expectation of a longer life, of getting more riches, attaining to more honour, enjoying more pleasure here, and of having happiness he...
When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth. Ver. 7. _When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish._] He died, perhaps, in strong hopes of...
_When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish_ All his hope and felicity, which he placed wholly in earthly things, are lost and gone with him; _and the hope of unjust men_, &c. This clause,...
V. 7. WHEN A WICKED MAN DIETH, HIS EXPECTATION SHALL PERISH, all his hopes come to naught, his longing for wealth and honor and the gratification of his lusts is cut off, AND THE HOPE OF UNJUST MEN PE...
1-9 When children are under the mother's eye, she has an opportunity of fashioning their minds aright. Those who are grown up, should often call to mind the good teaching they received when children....
HIS EXPECTATION SHALL PERISH; all his hope and felicity, which he placed wholly in earthly things, is lost and gone with him. THE HOPE OF UNJUST MEN; so it is a repetition of the same thing in other w...
Proverbs 11:7 wicked H7563 man H120 dies H4194 expectation H8615 perish H6 (H8799) hope H8431 unjust H205 perishes...
THE TRIUMPH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE SAD END OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (PROVERBS 11:4). These next five verses lay great emphasis on the advantages of righteousness (obedience to YHWH's requirements). Righte...
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...
_The hope of unjust men perisheth._ THE TERRIBLE IN HUMAN HISTORY There are two terrible events in this text. I. Death meeting the wicked man. “The wicked man dieth.” 1. Death does not wait for re...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:1 These proverbs focus on matters of financial and personal security. ⇐ ⇔
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:7 The EXPECTATION and HOPE provided by wealth will be useless WHEN THE WICKED DIES....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:7. HIS and MEN are not in the original, and the verse is variously rendered. Stuart reads, “When the wicked die, all the hopes perish; and when they are afflicted, their e...
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...
Exodus 15:10; Exodus 15:9; Ezekiel 28:9; Job 11:20; Job 8:13;...