Proverbs 28 - Introduction
_GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON IMPIETY, AND RELIGIOUS INTEGRITY_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON IMPIETY, AND RELIGIOUS INTEGRITY_.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF A LAND— _For the sins of a land, the succession of princes is frequent; for men of understanding and justice, the prince shall continue long;_ Houbigant: who renders the next verse, _A powerful man oppressing the poor, is a sweeping shower, by which famine is prepared._ Bish... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT TURNETH AWAY HIS EAR, &C.— "He who will not hearken to what God directs, nor do what he enjoins, has no reason to pretend to ask any thing of him, and in truth were better not to think of him at all: he had much rather we should not use his name at all, than only mention him in our oaths and... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSO CAUSETH THE RIGHTEOUS, &C.— The LXX have another verse here: they read, _The wicked shall pass by good things, and shall not enter into them._... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN IS HIDDEN— Houbigant renders the verse, _When just men have the rule, the citizens are much honoured; when a wicked man is in the chief place, they fall._ See Proverbs 28:28. This is similar to a sentiment of Mr. Addison's: When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is... [ Continue Reading ]
A RANGING BEAR— _A howling bear._ Houbigant. _Proverbs 28:16. The prince that wanteth understanding_] The sense and opposition is better preserved in the LXX: _A prince who is straitened in his revenues is generally a great oppressor; but he,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN THAT DOETH VIOLENCE— Houbigant has it, _If any man is an oppressor, and a lier in wait for blood, when he flieth to a pit, no man shall stop him._ That is, according to Grotius, "Whoever oppresses others, so as to shed innocent blood, will not be withheld or stopped, if he should fly towards c... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL FALL AT ONCE— _Shall fall into a pit._ Houbigant after the Syriac.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE MADE FAT— _Shall have more abundance._ Houbigant. _Shall be enriched._ See chap. Proverbs 11:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART— _He who dependeth upon himself shall fall; but he who walketh warily shall be safe._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]