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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Proverbs 24:25

v. 25. but to them that rebuke him shall be delight, the judges who do their duty in punishing evildoers shall be rewarded, and a good blessing shall come upon them, the Lord Himself dispensing rich and manifold gifts of His kindness and mercy.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    There is no surer path to popularity than a righteous severity in punishing guilt....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk mischief. This theme is repea...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 24:23. This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. It contains a short collection of sayings varying in form and...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    REBUKE HIM: i.e. rebuke. wicked king....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _rebuke_ i.e. convict and punish. Comp. the use of the same Heb. word in Proverbs 3:12; Amos 5:10....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 24:23-34 23. These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. 24. He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. BUT TO THEM THAT REBUKE (HIM) (THE WICKED) SHALL BE DELIGHT, AND A GOOD BLESSING (HEBREW, A BLESSING OF But t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 24 V1 Do not be jealous of evil men. Do not try to meet them. V2

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The 30 Wise Lessons are complete. They are important lessons. But there is more wisdom that the writer wants to teach us. An unfair judge is terrible. God will punish that judge. But a fair judge mak...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לַ † מֹּוכִיחִ֥ים יִנְעָ֑ם וַֽ֝ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to hi...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor to...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. My son, fear thou the LORD and the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT TO THEM THAT REBUKE [HIM] SHALL BE DELIGHT,.... That is, such that rebuke in the gate, or openly, in a court of judicature; that reprove delinquents, such as are found guilty of malpractices, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. Ver. 25. _But to them that rebuke him shall be delight._] Those judges that reprove and punish the wicked sha...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _These things also_, &c. These words seem to be a new title to the proverbs which follow to the end of the chapter, and Calmet, Grotius, Grey, and some others, are of opinion the meaning is, that thes...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    A GOOD BLESSING: _ Heb._ a blessing of good...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THAT REBUKE HIM; that publicly and judicially rebuke and condemn the wicked. DELIGHT; the peace of a good conscience, and the comfort of a good name. A GOOD BLESSING; which the people shall wish, and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 24:25 rebuke H3198 (H8688) delight H5276 (H8799) good H2896 blessing H1293 come H935 (H8799)...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the wicked? We are all g

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _To them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them._ THE DUTY OF REBUKING THE WICKED I. The duty and its obligation. By “rebuke” we may understand either that friendl...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _These things also belong to the wise._ SOCIAL CONDUCT I. Here is partiality of judgment; that is bad. “It is no good to have respect of persons in judgment.” The principle of impartiality is enjoine...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:23 Further Sayings of “the Wise.” (See note on 22:17–24:22.) These sayings are grouped in a parallel fashion, as follows:...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 24:23. THESE THINGS ALSO BELONG TO THE WISE. Rather “_These_ (the proverbs which follow) _are also from wise men_” The word _also_ connects this introduction with that in ch...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar warning is given, and comp....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in couplets or in phrases. Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studies destruction, and their...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Samuel 3:13; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 T

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Rebuke — That publickly and judicially rebuke and condemn the wicked. Delight — The peace of a good conscience....

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