_Doctrine. Or he gives proof of his good education, (Calmet) and excites even his father to advance in piety. (Ven. Bede) --- Septuagint, "is obedient to his father; but the disobedient son is in destruction." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mouth. In reward of his good speeches. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "of justice the good man eateth; but the souls of the lawless perish before the time," chap. xii. 13._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hath. Hebrew, "who openeth his lips inconsiderately, is lost, Judges xi. 35. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Willeth not. Hebrew, "hath not." He only desires riches, or to be converted, and will not labour, chap. xxi. 25., and Ecclesiasticus v. 8._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Confounded. The detractor is like swine, stirring up dirt. (St. Chrysostom, 32. ad Pop.) --- The liar is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. (Aristotle)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sinner. Symmachus, "draweth on sin." Virtue is the best safeguard._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Riches. Such was St. Paul, 2 Corinthians vi. 10. Some affect to be rich, while others are never satisfied. Semper avarus eget. Lazarus was very rich in God's sight. [Luke xvi. 20.]_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Reprehension. Or is not able to defend himself, like the rich. (Calmet) --- He is not exposed so much to great revolutions. (Bayn.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Out. They are hated as well as their offspring. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Contentions. As none will yield. (Menochius) --- Hebrew, "only by pride cometh contention." (Protestants) --- "Pride is the mother of all sects." (St. Augustine)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Haste. Hebrew, "by vanity," and injustice. Those who become rich on a sudden fall under suspicion, as a Roman objected to Sylla, who had inherited nothing. (Plut.[Plutarch?]) --- By little. Hebrew, "he that gathereth by labour, (Septuagint, piety) shall increase." (Protestants) (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hope. Septuagint, "(the just shews mercy and lends) better is he who begins heartily to assist, than he who promises and leads to hope. For a bad (Grabe substitutes good) desire is a tree of life." --- Soul. Protestants, "maketh the heart sick." (Haydock) --- The pain increases in proportion to our... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come. To defend what he has asserted, or to pass for a liar. Hebrew, "shall be destroyed by it." (Mont.[Montanus?]) (Haydock) --- Those who despise God's order shall perish. --- Deceitful, &c. This is not in Hebrew, nor in some of the Latin editions. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "to the deceitful son n... [ Continue Reading ]
_That. Septuagint, "but the fool is slain in the snare." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Grace. God assists those who strive to be well instructed. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Of the. Hebrew, "a wicked ambassador." A king generally chooses people like himself. (Menochius) --- Septuagint have read melec. "A rash king shall," &c._... [ Continue Reading ]
_To him. Hebrew, "destroy discipline," so that the most wretched are often noted for immorality. Septuagint, "instruction takes away poverty," as "the whole earth supports the man that has a trade," Greek: technion, according to the Greek proverb. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_That is. Septuagint, "of the pious, but the works of the impious are far from knowledge." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Become. Septuagint, "be known." A person's disposition may be seen by the company which he frequents._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Heirs. This was more observable under the old law: yet we often seem the distress to which the unjust are exposed. De male quæsitis non gaudet tertius hæres. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fathers. Heirs often lose their property by their misconduct. Hebrew and (Haydock) Chaldean read, "of the poor," who till their land better than those who have too large farms. (Menochius) --- Nature requires but little. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the just shall spend many years in affluence: but th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Betimes. God has always treated his friends in this manner, to preserve them from sin, or to increase their reward. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
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