Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Proverbs 11:19
Verse Proverbs 11:19. Righteousness tendeth to life] True godliness promotes health, and is the best means of lengthening out life; but wicked men live not out half their days.
Verse Proverbs 11:19. Righteousness tendeth to life] True godliness promotes health, and is the best means of lengthening out life; but wicked men live not out half their days.
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;...
AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. Thus righteousness. Hebrew. _ken._ Septuagint and Syriac read Hebrew. _ben,_. righteous son. EVIL. Hebrew. _raa'._ App-44....
_As_ The Heb. word means _so_, but has also the sense of _firm, stedfast_, and is so used of character, Genesis 42:11; Genesis 42:19; Genesis 42:31;...
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...
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. AS RIGHTEOUSNESS (TENDETH) TO LIFE; SO HE THAT PURSUETH EVIL (PURSUETH IT) TO HIS OWN DEATH. The Hebrew word...
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,...
11:19 righteousness (m-2) Or 'true righteousness.'...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
Nobody is ‘really good’, except God (Luke 18:19). Nobody deserves to live with God in heaven. Heaven is God’s gift to us, but we must trust in him. Verse 20-21 These verses explain simple principles...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
AS RIGHTEOUSNESS TENDETH TO LIFE. — Rather, _genuine righteousness tendeth to life. _...
כֵּן ־צְדָקָ֥ה לְ חַיִּ֑ים וּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף רָעָ֣
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...
AS RIGHTEOUSNESS [TENDETH] TO LIFE,.... Or, is unto life: not mere outward acts of moral righteousness; these may be done where there is no principle of spiritual life, and are no other than dead work...
As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death. Ver. 19. _As righteousness tendeth to life._] Heb., Lives; for "godliness hath the promise of the life tha...
_The wicked worketh a deceitful work_ A work which will deceive his expectation of that good for which he works. _But to him that soweth righteousness_ That worketh righteousness with constancy, dilig...
V. 19. AS RIGHTEOUSNESS TENDETH TO LIFE, or, "genuine righteousness," flowing from the fullness of a heart sound in faith, will result in a truly happy life, bringing happiness to all who practice it;...
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...
THAT PURSUETH EVIL; who are not overtaken by sin, as a good man may be, GALATIANS 6:1, but studiously design it, and follow after the occasions of it earnestly, and greedily, and industriously....
Proverbs 11:19 righteousness H6666 life H2416 pursues H7291 (H8764) evil H7451 death H4194 righteousness -...
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...
_As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death._ THE REWARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Life and death are objects of universal interest. Life here is life spiritual a...
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...
1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:7; Acts 10:35; Proverbs 1:16; Proverbs 7:22;...