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There is no surer path to popularity than a righteous severity in
punishing guilt....
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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...
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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...
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REBUKE HIM: i.e. rebuke. wicked king....
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_rebuke_ i.e. convict and punish. Comp. the use of the same Heb. word
in Proverbs 3:12; Amos 5:10....
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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,...
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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...
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5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge
than a man of strength.'...
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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...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 24
V1 Do not be jealous of evil men.
Do not try to meet them.
V2
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וְ לַ † מֹּוכִיחִ֥ים יִנְעָ֑ם וַֽ֝
עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 a...
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A GOOD BLESSING:
_ Heb._ a blessing of good...
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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...
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Proverbs 24:25 rebuke H3198 (H8688) delight H5276 (H8799) good H2896
blessing H1293 come H935 (H8799)...
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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...
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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
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_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...
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_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...
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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:...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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1 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Samuel 3:13; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 T