_Good. Hebrew, "a name," or reputation. (Haydock) --- It is preferable to riches, but not to be compared with virtue, which is the only solid good; and even to be placed above riches, it must be well grounded. (Calmet) --- Favour with all. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Another. They stand in need of one another. (St. Chrysostom, hom. xxxiv. in 1 Corinthians.) --- They are equal in God's sight, who only values real virtue. He disposes of riches, so that the poor may one day become rich. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fruit. Literally, "the end of modesty, (Haydock) or moderation, which must accompany every virtue._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Perverse. They are always in danger and in trouble._... [ Continue Reading ]
_It is a proverb, is added by St. Jerome, to make the sentence more striking. --- It. He is like a tender plant, (Calmet) or wax, or a new vessel. Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem_ Testa diu. (Horace, ep. i. ad Lol.) --- "Shall wool regain its whiteness after it has been dyed purple?" ... [ Continue Reading ]
_Servant. He might be sold, &c., Exodus xxii. 3., and Matthew xviii. 25. (Gell. xx. 1.) Plato (Leg. viii.) would have nothing sold on credit. These laws appear to be severe; but they are founded on wisdom, as nothing impoverishes more than the facility of borrowing._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Consumed. Or beaten with the flail of God's anger._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Is. Hebrew, "has a good eye," in opposition to the evil, or malicious one, Matthew xx. 15. --- He, &c., is not in Hebrew, or in the Latin edition of Comp. and St. Jerome._... [ Continue Reading ]
_He. Septuagint, "the Lord loveth pious hearts. All the irreproachable are acceptable to him. The king feeds with lips," by his just ordinances. (Haydock) --- Kings hate duplicity; but require that the truth should be disclosed to them in a suitable manner._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Streets. Vain excuses of sloth!_... [ Continue Reading ]
_It. Debauchery resembles hell, chap. xxiii. 23. (Calmet) --- Facilis descensus Averni, &c. (Virgil, \'c6neid vi.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Folly. Ignorance and innate corruption are corrected by a good education._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Incline. Thus Solomon concludes his discourse, (chap. xxiv. 23.) in the same manner as he began it, to chap. x. Some commence the third book of Proverbs in this place; others, chap. xxv. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lips. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ways. Repeatedly. (Bossuet; Tirinus) (2 Corinthians xii. 8., and Amos i. 11.) (Calmet) --- Protestants, "have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge?" " Shalishim, " perfect, (Pagnin) or "three things," (Montanus) means also (Haydock) such as might suit princes and great o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sent. Septuagint, "are sent to thee." Thou mayst become a teacher, (Haydock) or give satisfaction to thy parents, who have sent thee to my school. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gate. Where judges passed sentence. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Soul. By imitating him, or by falling a victim to his rage._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hands. Engaging to stand bond. (Haydock) (Chap. vi. 1.) --- Such a one might be required to pay the debt, chap. xx. 16._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Set. The pagans made a god of Terminus, to prevent disputes. (Ovid, Fast. ii.) --- If it be unlawful to disturb land-marks, how much more so is it to give way to novelty in religion? (Deuteronomy xix. 14.) (Calmet) --- Solomon is addressing those who follow the true faith. Else the conduct of infid... [ Continue Reading ]
_Obscure. By industry he shall raise himself to notice. (Haydock) --- Kings employ those who are most active. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXII.... [ Continue Reading ]