Verse Proverbs 11:4. Riches profit not in the day of wrath] Among men they can do all things; but they cannot purchase the remission of sins, nor turn aside the wrath of God when that is poured out upon the opulent transgressor.
THE DAY OF WRATH - Words true in their highest sense of the great “diesirae” of the future, but spoken in the first instance (compare Zephaniah 1:15) of any “day of the Lord,” any time of judgment, wh...
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;...
THE DAY, &C. The day of [God's] wrath. DELIVERETH. rescueth. Hebrew. _nazal_ here and in Proverbs 11:9, but not in verses: Proverbs 11:8; Proverbs 11:9, or 21....
_in the day of wrath_ "While the words are true in their highest sense of the great -Dies iræ" of the future, they speak in the first instance, as do the like words in Zephaniah 1:15-18, of _any_-day...
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...
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. RICHES PROFIT NOT IN THE DAY OF WRATH - the day of God's judicial vengeance (; cf. on this verse )....
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
A judge in court does not ask whether a man is wealthy. If a man is guilty, then the judge will punish him. The judge does not care whether the guilty man is rich or poor. God will be the judge of ev...
IN THE DAY OF WRATH. — Riches profit in no day of wrath when God “visits” His people to take account of their evil doings; much less will they avail in “the day” (1 Corinthians 3:13). RIGHTEOUSNESS D...
לֹא ־יֹועִ֣יל הֹ֖ון בְּ יֹ֣ום עֶבְרָ֑ה וּ֝
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...
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...
RICHES PROFIT NOT IN THE DAY OF WRATH,.... When God takes away the soul, and summons to judgment, and brings to it; and as riches profited not Rome Pagan, in the day of the Lamb's wrath upon it; so ne...
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. Ver. 4. _Riches profit not in the day of wrath._] Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in...
_Riches profit not in the day of wrath_ In the time of God's judgments, when he is executing vengeance upon sinners; _but righteousness delivereth_, &c. See note on Proverbs 10:2. _The righteousness o...
V. 4. RICHES PROFIT NOT IN THE DAY OF WRATH, when God prepares to judge the earth; BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS DELIVERETH FROM DEATH, true righteousness of life will be found acceptable in the Last Day....
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....
IN THE DAY OF WRATH; in the time of God's judgments, when he is executing wrath and vengeance upon sinners. RIGHTEOUSNESS, or _mercy_, as this word is oft rendered; or charity to the poor, which is fi...
Proverbs 11:4 Riches H1952 profit H3276 (H8686) day H3117 wrath H5678 righteousness H6666 delivers H5337 (H8686) d
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:1 These proverbs focus on matters of financial and personal security. ⇐ ⇔
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:3. GUIDE, “lead” “as a shepherd his sheep, and therefore in the path of safety and peace” _(Stuart)_. PERVERSENESS, “slipperiness,” “falseness.” DESTROY. An intensive wor...
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 Timothy 4:8; Ezekiel 7:19; Genesis 7:1; Job 36:18; Job 36:19;...