Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Proverbs 3:31
Verse Proverbs 3:31. Envy thou not the oppressor] O how bewitching is power! Every man desires it; and yet all hate tyrants. But query, if all had power, would not the major part be tyrants?
Verse Proverbs 3:31. Envy thou not the oppressor] O how bewitching is power! Every man desires it; and yet all hate tyrants. But query, if all had power, would not the major part be tyrants?
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. FROM THEM TO WHOM IT IS DUE - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought t...
FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
ENVY THOU NOT, &C.. Do not become excited against, &c. Illustrations: Moses (Hebrews 11:25; Hebrews 11:26); Jezebel (1 Kings 21:7. Compare...
_Envy thou not_ The temporal rewards of wisdom, health (Proverbs 3:8), long life (Proverbs 3:16), riches and honour (_ib_.), as they may be withheld from thee (Proverbs 3:11), so may they be surpassed...
TEXT Proverbs 3:27-35 27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 28. Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will giv...
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. ENVY THOU NOT THE OPPRESSOR - when he is in prosperity () - literally, the man of violence. Even if one have 'done thee harm,' do not reta...
THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
People like to follow a leader. They might copy a film star. They might act like their teacher. They could behave like their ruler. We must be careful if we choose a model. If we copy an evil person,...
אַל ־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּ אִ֣ישׁ חָמָ֑ס וְ אַל
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove
THE COUNSELS OF EXPERIENCE. Proverbs 3:27-35; Proverbs 4:1-9 Here are many duties! _Be generous!_ Of course we must discriminate- _to whom it is due;_ and we must be prudent- _when it is in the powe...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
(o) Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. (o) Do not wish to be like him....
_Ways. Of injustice. Seek not to attain his prosperity by the same means. (Calmet)_...
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Withhold not good from them to wh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
ENVY THOU NOT THE OPPRESSOR,.... The man that gets wealth and riches by acts of injustice, by oppressing the poor, by rapine and violence; do not envy his prosperity, and the substance he is possessed...
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. Ver. 31. _Envy not the oppressor._] That grows rich by unjust quarrels and vexatious lawsuits. It is not for nothing surely that our Saviour,...
_Strive not_ Either by words before the magistrate, or otherwise by thine actions; _with a man without cause_ Without just and necessary cause; _if he have done thee no harm_ Whereby it is clearly imp...
Envy thou not the oppressor, the man of violence or mischief, no matter how successful his methods may seem, AND CHOOSE NONE OF HIS WAYS, in the hope of rising in the world by such methods....
WARNING AGAINST EVIL...
THE OPPRESSOR: _ Heb._ a man of violence...
27-35 Our business is to observe the precepts of Christ, and to copy his example; to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness; to be ready for every good work, avoiding needless strif...
ENVY THOU NOT THE OPPRESSOR, for his impunity and success in his wicked designs, and the wealth which he gains by his unrighteous practices. CHOOSE NONE OF HIS WAYS; for what men envy in others they s...
Proverbs 3:31 envy H7065 (H8762) oppressor H376 H2555 choose H977 (H8799) ways H1870 Envy -...
RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE, PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE W...
CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...
Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
_Envy thou not the oppressor._ THE OPPRESSOR He is a common character. There is the political oppressor, the social oppressor, the ecclesiastical oppressor. I. His character is not to be envied. 1...
_Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give._ NEIGHBOURLINESS I. What is due to others? (Proverbs 3:27). There is a sense in which debt should be avoided, and a sense i...
_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:31. ENVY THOU NOT, &c., or “emulate not” (Vulg.) “_Do_ not anxiously covet” (Stuart). PROVERBS 3:32. SECRET. His “secret compact,” “familiar intimacy.” Proverbs 3:34
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...
Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...
Ecclesiastes 5:8; Galatians 5:21; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 12:12;...
SEEKING AFTER WISDOM Proverbs 3:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the sand....
Envy not — For his impunity and success....