Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 3:34
Surely (q) he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
(q) He will show by his plagues that their scorn will turn to their own destruction, (Proverbs 1:26).
Surely (q) he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
(q) He will show by his plagues that their scorn will turn to their own destruction, (Proverbs 1:26).
Verse Proverbs 3:34. _SURELY HE SCORNETH THE SCORNERS; BUT HE GIVETH GRACE_ _UNTO THE LOWLY._] The _Septuagint_ has Κυριος ὑπερηφανοις αντιτασσεται, ταπεινοις δε διδωσι χαριν. _The Lord resisteth th...
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...
HE SCORNETH, &C. Quoted in James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5....
_Surely … but_ Or, _Though … yet_, R.V. margin. For the thought comp. Jas 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5. _scorners_ See Proverbs 1:22, note....
SURELY HE SCORNETH THE SCORNERS— God will treat the scorners as they deserve. See ch. Proverbs 1:26. The Psalmist says, to the same meaning, Psalms 18:26. _With the holy thou wilt shew thyself holy; w...
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...
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. SURELY HE SCORNETH THE SCORNERS: BUT HE GIVETH GRACE UNTO THE LOWLY. Retribution in kind. "Surely" - literally, if, or since [ '...
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God deals with different people differently....
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SURELY HE SCORNETH THE SCORNERS. — Rather, _If,_ or, _Although he scorns the scorners, yet to the lowly he giveth grace._ Another form of the teaching of Proverbs 1:24. If man rejects God’s offers of...
אִם ־לַ † לֵּצִ֥ים הֽוּא ־יָלִ֑יץ _וְ֝_†_לַ_
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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),...
_Scorners. Literally, "he will delude the scorners." (Haydock) --- He will treat them as they would treat others, Psalm xvii. 27. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the Lord resisteth the proud," &c. So the ap...
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...
SURELY HE SCORNETH THE SCORNERS,.... That make a mock at sin, a jest of religion, that scoff at the doctrines of the Gospel and the professors of it; these the Lord looks upon, laughs at, and has them...
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Ver. 34. _Surely he scorneth the scorners._] Those proud haughty scorners Proverbs 21:24 1Pe 5:5 who jeer at this doctrine, and at...
_The curse of the Lord is in the house_, &c. Not only upon his own person, but upon his posterity, and upon all his domestic concerns. _But he blesseth the habitation_ Hebrew, נוה, _the cottage_, or _...
Surely He scorneth the scorners, that is, if there is a person who believes himself entitled to scorn, He heaps scorn upon him; BUT HE GIVETH GRACE UNTO THE LOWLY, to the humble, who seek only His gra...
WARNING AGAINST EVIL...
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...
HE SCORNETH, he will expose to scorn and contempt, the scorners; proud and insolent sinners, who _make a mock at sin_, PROVERBS 14:9, and at God and religion also, and despise all counsels and means o...
Proverbs 3:34 scorns H3887 (H8686) scornful H3887 (H8801) gives H5414 (H8799) grace H2580 humble H6035 ...
YHWH'S DEALINGS WITH BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED (PROVERBS 3:33). As regularly in the first four Chapter s (Proverbs 1:32; Proverbs 2:21;...
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...
_Surely He scorneth the scorners._ WHY GOD SCORNS THE SCORNER I. The scorner as God sees him. God is described as spurning the scorner, but at the same time His love points out the right way to thos...
_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...
1 Peter 5:5; Isaiah 57:15; James 4:6; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 21:24;...
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....