Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] (d) abomination.
(d) Because it is not of faith which is grounded on God's word or law which the wicked contemn.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] (d) abomination.
(d) Because it is not of faith which is grounded on God's word or law which the wicked contemn.
Verse Proverbs 28:9. _HE THAT TURNETH AWAY HIS EAR FROM HEARING THE LAW_] Many suppose, if they _do not know their duty, they shall not be_ _accountable for their transgressions_; and therefore avoid...
CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is the conscience...
SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 28 F. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. PROVERBS 28:2 B. The text is uncertain, and various renderings are...
THE LAW. instruction....
_abomination_ Comp. ch. Proverbs 15:8....
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...
CHAPTER 28 TEXT Proverbs 28:1-9 1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. 2. For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of under...
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. HE THAT TURNETH AWAY HIS EAR FROM HEARING THE LAW, EVEN HIS PRAYER SHALL BE ABOMINATION - (; , on the first...
OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 28 V1 A wicked person runs away, even if nobody is chasing him. But good people are as bold as lions....
An evil man refuses to obey God’s law. And even his prayers are evil. Perhaps he prays that his evil plans will succeed. Or perhaps he prays to an evil god. The true God hates these prayers. So God wi...
EVEN HIS PRAYER SHALL BE ABOMINATION. — See above on Proverbs 15:8....
מֵסִ֣יר אָ֭זְנֹו מִ שְּׁמֹ֣עַ תֹּורָ֑ה גַּֽם...
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth a...
Verse Proverbs 28:2. "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of un...
_His. Septuagint, "he rendereth his prayer abominable."_...
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his...
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...
HE THAT TURNETH AWAY HIS EAR FROM HEARING THE LAW,.... Not merely the moral law, but the word of God in general, and any and every doctrine of it; though the law is to be heard and attended to, what i...
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination. Ver. 9. _He that turneth away his ear from hearing, &c._] Heb., That causeth his ear to decline the law, tha...
_He that turneth away his ear_, &c. That obstinately refuses to yield obedience to God's commands; _even his prayer shall be abomination_ To God, whose law he despises. God will abhor and reject his p...
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the Law, deliberately ignoring the way prescribed by the Word of God and disobedient to His will, EVEN HIS PRAYER SHALL BE ABOMINATION, because his prayer can...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPIETY...
IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested by...
HE THAT TURNETH AWAY HIS EAR FROM HEARING THE LAW, that obstinately refuseth to yield audience or obedience to God's commands, even his prayer shall be abomination to God, whose law he despised. God w...
Proverbs 28:9 away H5493 (H8688) ear H241 hearing H8085 (H8800) law H8451 prayer H8605 abomination H8441...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security in the...
Proverbs 28:2. _By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged._ Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time it w...
_He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be an abomination._ THE PRAYER OF THE DISOBEDIENT The duty of rendering his best obedience to the Divine precepts is one whic...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:2 Righteous individuals are essential for a just society. When many individuals are unjust, particularly those with power, all of society will suffer....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:9 The LAW is God’s covenantal instruction, especially the books of Moses. The three proverbs on the law (vv. Proverbs 28:4,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 28:5. JUDGMENT, or, “what is right” _(Delitzsch)_. PROVERBS 28:6. PERVERSE, etc., literally, “he who is crooked in two ways.” Delitzsch translates, “_a double-going deceive...
EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinn...
Twenty-eight: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the pr...
2 Timothy 4:3; 2 Timothy 4:4; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 1:16; Isaiah 58:7;...
DIVINE CONTRASTS Proverbs 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1. A CONTRAS...