Proverbs 22:8

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. HE THAT SOWETH INIQUITY SHALL REAP VANITY - (; .) According to each man's sowing shall be his harvest. AND THE ROD OF HIS ANGER SHALL FAIL - the rod wherewith, in his insolent anger, he attack the poor who were subject to him, shall fail (Isaiah 14:5). Gesenius, in accordance with , takes it, 'the rod of His (God's) anger is prepared-namely, for him that soweth iniquity. Umbreit, 'the rod of his anger (i:e., the rod of wrath wherewith he shall be punished) is prepared. The Chaldaic and Vulgate, 'shall be consummated.' The Syriac, '...

Verse Proverbs 22:8. _HE THAT SOWETH INIQUITY_] The _crop_ must be according to the _seed_. If a man sow _thistle seed_, is it likely he shall reap _wheat_? If he sow to the _flesh_, shall he not of the flesh reap _destruction_?...

THE ROD OF HIS ANGER - That with which he smites others (compare Isaiah 14:6). The King James Version describes the final impotence of the wrath of the wicked....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 22:1 A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES. It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in the Hebrew, which is simply שֵׁם (_shem_)_, _"name." But this word carried with it the notion of good repute, as in Ecclesiastes 7:1; for being well known implied honour and reputation, while being nameless (Job 30:8) signified not only obscurity, but ignominy and discredit. Hence the versions have ὄνομα καλόν_, nomen bonum, _and Ecclesiasticus 41:12, "Have regard to thy name (περὶ ὀνόματος)_, _for that shall continue with thee above a thousan

HE THAT SOWETH INIQUITY \U\ shall reap vanity,.... He that practises sin, and is frequent in the commission of it; indulges to it in a profuse way, as the sower plentifully scatters his seed; such shall reaper possess nothing but sin and wickedness; for, what a man sows, that shall he reap; he shall eat the fruit of his doings, and have the reward of his works; see Job 4:8; or "nothing" w, mere emptiness; it shall not answer; he shall have in the end neither pleasure nor profit, but the contrary; "shall reap evil things", as the Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate Latin versions render it; AND THE ROD OF HIS ANGER SHALL FAIL; with which he has ruled and smitten others in an angry and cruel manner; this shall be taken from him; his authority shall fail, and he shall become subject to others, and be used in like manner; see...

CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorable than the poor man who has a name and good reputation. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon says: “A good name is better than precious ointment” Ecclesiastes 7:11). The third verse has a wise message: “The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.” The Lord has revealed in His Word the evil which is in store for the sinner and the impenitent. He also has prepared a hiding place, an ark of safety, in His Son, our Lord. The prudent believeth the Word and flees to the refuge; the simple, the unbelieving, pass on and suffer for it when the evil comes. Humility and the fear of the Lord has a reward, while thorns and snares are in the way of the

PROVERBS 22:6. IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO puts more into the Heb. than it contains. It is lit. train up a child in proportion to his way_ i.e._ train him suitably. The moral implication is absent. The stress is on the effect of training. Proverbs 22:11. RV hides disorder of MT. Read, probably, The king loves the pure in heart, grace of lips is his good pleasure. Proverbs 22:12 a is difficult. RV will not pass. The lit. Heb. is the eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge. The abstract knowledge in Heb. cannot mean its possessors; the eyes of Yahweh are nowhere said to guard anybody, and no Hebrew would say that the eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge in the sense of possessing it, nor does it give any

INIQUITY. trickery. Hebrew. _'aval._ App-44. Illustration: Rebekah (Genesis 27:6; Genesis 27:41). SHALL FAIL. Illustrations: Balak (Numbers 24:10); Solomon (1 Kings 11:14; 1 Kings 11:23, and 1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 11:40); Ahaziah (2 Kings 1:9); Sennacherib ...

_vanity_ Better, with R.V. text, CALAMITY; κακὰ, LXX.; mala, Vulg. _the rod of his anger_ i.e. his power to vent his wrath upon others. Comp. Isaiah 14:6. The LXX. add to this verse ἄνδρα ἱλαρὸν καὶ δότην εὐλογεῖ ὁ Θεὸς, which is quoted by St Paul, 2 Corinthians 9:7....

HE THAT SOWETH INIQUITY, &C.— Houbigant renders this, _He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: the rod shall disperse and dissipate his labour:_ and he supposes the idea to be taken from sowing and harvest. See Isaiah 28:27. Schultens says the meaning is, that, "He who soweth iniquity, when he thinks his harvest to be come, shall himself undergo the flail or rod; by which he shall be consumed, being bruised himself who used to bruise others, and his punishment shall be complete." The LXX add to the proverb, _The Lord blesseth or loveth a cheerful giver; but will complete the vanity of his works._ See 2 Corinthians 9:7....