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                        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... 
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                        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 ar... 
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                        WISE. intelligent. Hebrew. _binah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2.
SHAMETH. Compare Proverbs 29:15.... 
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                        _riotous_ Rather, GLUTTONOUS. See Proverbs 23:20, note.... 
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                        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... 
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                        Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of
riotous men shameth his father. 
 WHOSO KEEPETH THE LAW IS A WISE SON (AND GLADDENS HIS FATHER): BUT HE
THAT IS A COMPANION OF RIOTO... 
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                        OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE
2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period
described in 2K15.... 
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                        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.
V2 A country of evil people has many ru... 
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                        נֹוצֵ֣ר תֹּ֭ורָה בֵּ֣ן מֵבִ֑ין וְ
רֹעֶה זֹֽ֝ולְלִ֗ים יַכְלִ֥ים
אָבִֽיו׃... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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
follow... 
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                        WHOSO KEEPETH THE LAW [IS] A WISE SON,.... That observes the law of
God; for, though he cannot perfectly keep it, yet he delights in it
after the inward man; and with his spirit serves it, from a prin... 
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                        Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of
riotous [men] shameth his father.
Ver. 7. _He that keepeth the law is a wise son._] It is neither good
nature, nor good nurture or... 
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                        THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPIETY... 
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                        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... 
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                        IS A COMPANION OF RIOTOUS MEN:
Or, feedeth gluttons... 
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                        IS A WISE SON; and consequently a credit and comfort to his father, as
hath been oft noted before. IS A COMPANION OF RIOTOUS MEN; which is
both a manifest violation of God's law, which forbids this so... 
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                        Proverbs 28:7 keeps H5341 (H8802) law H8451 discerning H995 (H8688)
son H1121 companion H7462 (H8802) gluttons H2151 (H8802) shames H3637
(H8686) father H1
keepeth - Proverbs 2:1-6, Proverbs 3:1-35
b... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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.
 ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images =... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        1 Peter 4:3; 1 Peter 4:4; Luke 15:13; Luke 15:30; Proverbs 2:1;
Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 19:26; Proverbs 23:19; Proverbs 28:24; Proverbs
29 
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                        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 CONTRA...