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Verse Proverbs 28:20. _HE THAT MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH_] See Proverbs
13:11; Proverbs 20:21....
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Not the possession of wealth, nor even the acquisition of it, is evil,
but the eager haste of covetousness.
SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT - Better, as in the margin, in contrast with the
many “blessings” of...
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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 are...
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NOT BE INNOCENT. not go unpunished....
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_faithful_ i.e., as the second clause shews, one who puts fidelity
above gain. Comp. Psalms 15:4.
_innocent_ Rather, UNPUNISHED, A.V. marg. and R.V. οὐκ
ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, LXX....
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DISCOURSE: 818
THE PORTION OF THE FAITHFUL MAN
Proverbs 28:20. _A faithful man shall abound with blessings_.
ST. PAUL has told us, that “the love of money is the root of all
evil: and that many, whil...
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TEXT Proverbs 28:19-28
19.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
20.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings;...
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A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste
to be rich shall not be innocent.
A FAITHFUL (SINCERE AND HONEST) MAN SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS -
prayed in his behalf by num...
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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....
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You can trust the first man. So pay him well! Christians should behave
like this man. Other people should be able to trust a Christian.
But the second man only wants your money. He wants the money, b...
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A FAITHFUL MAN, who is true to God and man, “shall abound with
blessings” from God and man. Comp. Job’s description of his own
blameless life and the blessings attending it (Job 29)....
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אִ֣ישׁ אֱ֭מוּנֹות רַב ־בְּרָכֹ֑ות וְ
אָ֥ץ לְ֝
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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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As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the
poor people. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great
oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his day...
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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
followe...
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A FAITHFUL MAN SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS,.... Or, "a man of
faithfulness" u. A very faithful man, that is truly so; that is so in
a moral sense; true to his work, makes good his promises, fulfils hi...
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_A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste
to be rich shall not be innocent._
Ver. 20. _A faithful man shall abound in blessings._] God will bless
him, and all that bless h...
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_He that tilleth_, &c. See note on Proverbs 12:11. _A faithful man_
Hebrew, אישׁ אמונות, _a man of truths_, who deals truly and
justly in all his bargains and transactions with men; _shall abound
with...
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A faithful man, one using the strictest fidelity and uprightness in
all his dealings, SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS, given to him by the
Lord in recognition of his faithful conduct; BUT HE THAT MAKETH H...
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THE ADVANTAGES OF INTEGRITY...
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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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INNOCENT:
Or, unpunished...
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A FAITHFUL MAN, Heb. _a man of truth_, or _truths_, who deals truly
and justly in all his bargains and transactions with men. THAT MAKETH
HASTE; more than God alloweth him; that taketh the nearest and...
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Proverbs 28:20 faithful H530 man H376 abound H7227 blessings H1293
hastens H213 (H8801) rich H6238 (H8687) unpunis
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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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_He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent._
HASTE TO BE RICH
Nowhere does the Bible denounce riches. It tells men very plainly what
the dangers are. It denounces very strongly the conduc...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:19 These proverbs all concern the
desire to secure wealth and favor for oneself. They condemn
get-rich-quick schemes (vv. Proverbs 28:19,...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 28:16. Ewald, Zöckler, Delitzsch, and others read this
verse, “O _prince devoid of understanding, he that hateth unjust
gain continueth long_.”
PROVERBS 28:17. First clause...
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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 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Samuel 22:14; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9;...
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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 CONTRAS...
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Faithful — Who deals truly and justly in all his transactions....