Proverbs 28:26

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART (yielding to his own will and impulses, ; ; ; ; and so walketh unwisely) "is a fool" (and shall be destroyed): BUT WHOSO WALKETH WISELY (by trusting not in his own heart, but in the Lord, ), "he shall be delivered" - from all dangers....

Verse Proverbs 28:26. _HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART IS A FOOL_] For his heart, which is deceitful and desperately wicked, will infallibly deceive him....

The contrast between the wisdom of him who trusts in the Lord, and the folly of self-trust....

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 sinner and the righteous. PROVERBS 28:1 THE WICKED FLEE WHEN NO MAN PURSUETH. The unreasoning terror of the sinner arises partly from his uneasy conscience, which will not permit him to transgress without warning of consequences, and partly from the judgment of God, according to the threats denounced in Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:37. A terrible picture of this instinctive fear is drawn in...

HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART IS A FOOL,.... Since the thoughts and imaginations of the thoughts of the heart are only evil, and that continually; they are vain and vague, sinful and corrupt; the affections are inordinate, the conscience defiled, the understanding darkened, and the will perverse; there is no good thing in it, nor any that comes out of it, but all the reverse; it is deceitful and desperately wicked: he must be a fool, and not know the plague of his heart, that trusts in it; and even for a good man to be self-confident, and trust to the sincerity of his heart, as Peter did, or to the good frame of the heart, as many do, is acting a foolish part; and especially such are fools as the Scribes and Pharisees, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others, when a man's best righteousness is impure and imperfect, and cannot justify him in the sight o...

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 which makes a coward of the wicked man. This chapter has many sharp contrasts and important warnings and exhortations. We point out a few. Those who forsake the law, turn their backs upon the revelation of God, refuse obedience to Him, praise the wicked, they make common cause with them. Those who keep the law, obey God's Word, are contenders for the faith Proverbs 28:4. Evil men are blind, but with seeking the Lord comes understanding, the blind eyes are opened Proverbs 28:5. A wise son is he who keepeth the law; such was Solomon till he plunged into apostasy and darkness...

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 possible. The translation state is very doubtful. If MT be retained, connect the word for state with the preceding, and translate by men of understanding who know what is right it is prolonged. LXX reads Through the sin of the ungodly disputes arise, but a prudent man quenches them, possibly the original text. Proverbs 28:3. A needy man: so MT, but the thought is not in keeping with the conception of the poor in Pr. or in the OT. We should probably read a wicked man who, etc. (LXX), or possibly a rich man who, etc. The simile seems to be that of a heavy unseasonable rain which flood

HIS... HEART, &C. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for himself. Illustrations: Hazael (2 Kings 8:13);. Johanan (Jeremiah 42:7; Jeremiah 43:1); Peter (Matthew 26:33; Matthew 26:74); David (2 Samuel 24:2, Compare Proverbs 28:10); Absalom (2 Samuel 15:4), Co

DISCOURSE: 819 SELF-CONFIDENCE REPROVED Proverbs 28:26. _He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool_. THE Holy Scriptures speak plainly, and without reserve: they know nothing of that squeamish delicacy that keeps men from designating things by their appropriate names: they declare sin to be sin, and folly to be folly, without considering what the pride of man will say to the fidelity that is expressed. Now this gives an exceeding great advantage to ministers: for though it does not sanction rudeness, or indelicacy, or inattention to the feelings of mankind, it does authorize a “great plainness of speech” in all who deliver the messages of God to a sinful and self-deceiving world. Indeed, by universal consent, a greater freedom of speech is admitted, even by the most fastidious in our public addresses, than would be palatable in private converse: nor will any be offe

HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART— _He who dependeth upon himself shall fall; but he who walketh warily shall be safe._ Houbigant....