Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Proverbs 17:11
An evil man, &c.— Houbigant renders it, A cruel man will seek only for evil; and therefore a most cruel messenger shall be sent to him.
An evil man, &c.— Houbigant renders it, A cruel man will seek only for evil; and therefore a most cruel messenger shall be sent to him.
The proverb expresses the reverence of the East for the supreme authority of the king. The “cruel messenger” is probably the king’s officer despatched to subdue and punish. The Septuagint renders it:...
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...
EVIL. evil worker. Same word as "wicked", Proverbs 17:4....
_rebellion_ This, in its highest reference, is an anticipation of the divine philosophy of St John, "sin is lawlessness" (ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία). "Sin is lawlessness. Sin and lawlessness are conver...
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...
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. AN EVIL (MAN) SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION - so the Septuagint and Arabic. But the Chaldaic and Syriac take "re...
17:11 rebellion; (c-6) Or 'A rebel seeketh only evil.'...
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...
The meaning is doubtful. Either, 'An evil man seeketh only rebellion,' or, 'Rebellion seeketh only mischief.' The rebellion may be against God or the king; if the former, cp. Psalms 78:49 for the crue...
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....
This evil man refuses to change his behaviour. Even punishment will not stop his evil behaviour. A ruler will send an official to put the evil man in prison....
AN EVIL MAN SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION. — Or. _A rebellious man_ (literally, _rebellion;_ comp. Ezekiel 2:7) _seeketh only evil._ A CRUEL MESSENGER. — Such as the “chief of the executioners” (margin of Ge...
אַךְ ־מְרִ֥י יְבַקֶּשׁ ־רָ֑ע וּ מַלְאָ֥ךְ אַ֝
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...
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel (e) messenger shall be sent against him. (e) By the messenger is meant such means as God uses to punish the rebels....
_Angel. Messenger of death, (Menochius) which is sometimes inflicted by good, at others by bad, angels of death, or satan, 2 Corinthians xii. 7., and Psalm lxxvii. 49._...
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...
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...
AN EVIL [MAN] SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION,.... For he seeks nothing but what is evil; and all sin is rebellion against God, a contempt of his laws, and a transgression of them; a trampling upon his legisla...
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. Ver. 11. _An evil man seeketh only rebellion._] Viz., How to gainstand and mischief those that by words or...
_An evil man seeketh only rebellion_ Seeketh nothing but his own will; and being so refractory that he hath shaken off all reverence for God and his governors, he is wholly bent upon mischief, and can...
V. 11. AN EVIL MAN SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION, that is, he who rebels against the Lord in willful transgression of His Law has evil in mind; THEREFORE A CRUEL MESSENGER SHALL BE SENT AGAINST HIM, that is,...
AN EVIL MAN SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION; it is the constant study and business of wicked men to rebel, either, 1. Against men in authority. But this is not universally true, for many most wicked persons a...
Proverbs 17:11 evil H7451 seeks H1245 (H8762) rebellion H4805 cruel H394 messenger H4397 sent H7971 (H8792)...
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...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 17:11. Many commentators translate the first clause “_Rebellion_,” or “_a rebel_” seeketh only after evil, _i.e._, brings retribution upon himself. PROVERBS 17:12. Miller tr...
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 2:24; 1 Kings 2:25; 1 Kings 2:31; 1 Kings 2:46; 2 Samuel 15:12
Rebellion — Against God. Messenger — Or, a cruel angel, the angel of death, the devil, or some bloody men employed by God to avenge his quarrel....