Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Proverbs 3:29
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, by meditating upon wickedness and contriving it, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee, without suspicion.
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, by meditating upon wickedness and contriving it, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee, without suspicion.
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. FROM THEM TO WHOM IT IS DUE - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought t...
FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. SECURELY. confidently, or without suspicion....
TEXT Proverbs 3:27-35 27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 28. Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will giv...
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. DEVISE NOT EVIL AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR, SEEING HE DWELLETH SECURELY BY THEE. After having praised beneficence, Solomon pr...
THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...
SECURELY] i.e. without suspicion....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
אַל ־תַּחֲרֹ֣שׁ עַל ־רֵעֲךָ֣ רָעָ֑ה וְ הֽוּא
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove
THE COUNSELS OF EXPERIENCE. Proverbs 3:27-35; Proverbs 4:1-9 Here are many duties! _Be generous!_ Of course we must discriminate- _to whom it is due;_ and we must be prudent- _when it is in the powe...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth (n) securely by thee. (n) That is, puts his trust in you....
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Withhold not good from them to wh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
DEVISE NOT EVIL AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR,.... Or, "plough not evil" i; turn not up thy heart to find evil against thy neighbour, as the earth is turned up by the plough; see Hosea 10:13. Do not contrive...
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. Ver. 29. _Devise not evil against thy neighbour._] Heb. Plow not evil - _i.e., _ plot not. One of the Rabbis renders it, su...
_Devise not evil_, &c. Any thing injurious or hurtful; _against thy neighbour_ Against any child of man. Having commanded the doing of good, (Proverbs 3:27,) he here forbids the doing or designing any...
DEVISE NOT EVIL: Or, practise no evil...
27-35 Our business is to observe the precepts of Christ, and to copy his example; to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness; to be ready for every good work, avoiding needless strif...
DEVISE NOT EVIL; any thing injurious or hurtful. Having commanded doing of good, PROVERBS 3:27,28, he here forbids doing or designing any evil. DWELLETH SECURELY BY THEE; relying upon thine integrity:...
Proverbs 3:29 devise H2790 (H8799) evil H7451 neighbor H7453 dwells H3427 (H8802) safetys H983 Devise not evil - or, Practise no evil,...
RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE, PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE W...
CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...
Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...
_Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give._ NEIGHBOURLINESS I. What is due to others? (Proverbs 3:27). There is a sense in which debt should be avoided, and a sense i...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:27. WITHHOLD NOT, &C., literally “hold not good back from its master,” _i.e._, from him to whom it belongs. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 3:27_ DOING JUST...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...
Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...
Jeremiah 18:18; Micah 2:1; Micah 2:2; Proverbs 16:29; Proverbs 16:30
SEEKING AFTER WISDOM Proverbs 3:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the sand....
Securely — Relying upon thine integrity....