Proverbs 29:1

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. HARDENETH HIS NECK, - with stiff neck, like cattle who try to toss off the yoke, and will not be turned (; ). SHALL SUDDENLY BE DESTROYED, AND THAT WITHOUT REMEDY - like Eli's sons, often reproved, but in vain (); and Israel (; ; ; Matthew 18:15;...

CHAPTER XXIX _We must not despise correction. The prudent king. The_ _flatterer. The just judge. Contend not with a fool. The prince_ _who opens his ears to reports. The poor and the deceitful. The_ _pious king. The insolent servant. The humiliation of the proud._ _Of the partner of a thief. The fear of man. The Lord the_ _righteous Judge._ NOTES ON CHAP. XXIX Verse Proverbs 29:1. _HARDENETH_ HIS _NECK_] Becomes _stubborn_ and _obstinate_....

SHALL BE DESTROYED - literally, “shall be broken” Proverbs 6:15. Stress is laid on the suddenness in such a case of the long-delayed retribution....

EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. PROVERBS 29:1 HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED HARDENETH HIS NECK; literally, _a man of reproofs—_one_ _who has had a long experience of rebukes and warnings. Compare "a man of sorrows" (Isaiah 53:3). The hardening of the neck is a metaphor derived from obstinate draught animals who will not submit to the yoke (Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 27:8). Christ calls his yoke easy, and bids his followers

HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPORTED HARDENETH [HIS] NECK,.... Or "a man of reproofs" d; either a man that takes upon him to be a censurer and reprover of others, and is often at that work, and yet does those things himself which he censures and reproves in others; and therefore must have an impudent face and a hard heart a seared conscience and a stiff neck; his neck must be an iron sinew and his brow brass: or rather a man that is often reproved by others by parents by ministers of the Gospel, by the Lord himself, by the admonitions of his word and Spirit and by the correcting dispensations of his providence; and yet despises and rejects all counsel and admonition, instruction and reproofs of every kind, and hardens himself against them and shows no manner of regard unto them. The metaphor is taken from oxen, which kick and toss about and will not suffer the yoke to be put upon their necks. Su...

CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS These final instructions given in proverbs cover the similar ground as those in the previous Chapter s. Wisdom shines out in each, and the contents of every proverb shows that the author is not Solomon but He who is perfect in knowledge. “He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” Scripture abounds with examples of cases of hardening the neck and the heart, like Pharaoh, Ahab and others. This proverb will be finally proven to be the truth when an ungodly age will end with judgment for those who were often reproved and continue in sin. Once more the sin of flattery is mentioned. “A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet” Proverbs 29:5. Flattery is akin to lying and can never be right, but is always a mistake, which results in the gravest consequences. More servants

PROVERBS 29:2. _cf._ Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12. Proverbs 29:4. he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presents. Proverbs 29:9 b. Who is the subject? If it is the wise man, the meaning is that however he treats his opponent, seriously or lightly, he cannot end the matter. If it is the fool, the thought will be that he shows no decorum of manner. The proverb seems directed against a wise man's going to law with a fool....

OFTEN REPROVED, &C. Illustrations: Antediluvians (Genesis 6; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5.Luke 17:26; Luke 17:27): Pharaoh (Exodus 7:13; Exodus 7:14; Exodus 8:15; Exodus 10:1;...

_hardeneth_his _neck_ like an obstinate and refractory ox. The same phrase occurs in Deuteronomy 10:16; 2 Kings 17:14. Comp. the similar phrase, _stiff-necked_, or _hard-necked_(the Heb. root being the same) Exodus 32:9; Deuteronomy 9:6; Acts 7:51 (σκληροτράχηλοι); and for other figurative expressions drawn from the use of oxen, Jeremiah 31:18; Acts 26:14. dest

DISCOURSE: 820 DANGER OF OBSTINACY IN SIN Proverbs 29:1. _He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy_. AWFUL, most awful, is this declaration; yet is it most salutary, and worthy of the deepest attention. Many indeed imagine that it is suited only to the dispensation of the Law: but it is no less suited to us under the Gospel. The Gospel does not consist of promises only, but of threatenings also: and St. Paul himself tells us, that “the day of the Lord will so come as a thief in the night; and that when men are saying, Peace and safety, then will sudden destruction come upon them as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape [Note: 1 Thessalonians 5:2.].” But in discoursing on such a subject