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Verse Proverbs 14:34. _BUT SIN_ IS _A REPROACH TO ANY PEOPLE._] I am
satisfied this is not the sense of the original, וחסד לאמים
חטאת _vechesed_ _leummim chattath_; which would be better
rendered, _A...
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REPROACH - The word so rendered has this sense in the Targum of
Leviticus 20:17. Its more usual meaning is “mercy,” “piety;”
hence, some have attached to the word rendered “sin” the sense of
“sin-offe...
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CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR
The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the
poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the
foolish i...
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PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this
section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in
number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
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EXALTETH... BUT, &C. Illustrations: Deuteronomy 4:6. Deu 4:28. 1 Kings
9:7; 2 Chronicles 15:3 2 Chronicles 15:5,...
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BUT A SIN IS A REPROACH TO ANY PEOPLE— Schultens renders this, _And
the beneficence of nations is their expiation;_ which appears to be
perfectly agreeable to the Hebrew: nor can there be a more pleas...
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TEXT Proverbs 14:25-35
25.
A true witness delivereth souls;
But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.
26.
In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence;
And his children shall have a place of refu...
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Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION: BUT SIN (IS) A REPROACH TO ANY
PEOPLE - Hebrew, 'to peoples,' plural; whereas "a nation" is si...
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14:34 reproach (e-9) Or 'disgrace.' peoples. (f-11) _ Leummim_ . see
Psalms 2:1 ....
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1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 14
V1 The wise woman builds her house.
The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
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Solomon was a king. He wanted his nation to become a great nation. If
his people were evil, then God would punish their nation. He wanted
his people to serve God. And he wanted them to do the right th...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS. — See above, on Proverbs 10:2....
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צְדָקָ֥ה תְרֹֽומֵֽם ־גֹּ֑וי וְ חֶ֖סֶד
לְאֻמִּ֣ים...
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CHAPTER 15
THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE
"The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10
"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
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Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in
the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man
is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
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_Miserable. This sentence ought to be engraven in all public places.
Hebrew, "and mercy the sinful people," whom God spares on account of
their alms-deeds, (Daniel iv. 24.) or "sin is the shame of peo...
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He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the
poor, happy is he. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and
truth shall be to them that devise good. In all labour there i...
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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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RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION,.... Administered by the government,
and exercised by subjects towards one another; doing justice between
man and man: this exalts a nation, as it did the people of Isr...
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Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any
people.
Ver. 34. _Righteousness exalteth a nation._] True religion and the
power of godliness is the beauty and bulwark of a state; Deu...
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_Righteousness exalteth a nation_ A righteous administration of the
government of it, impartial equity between man and man, public
countenance given to religion, the general practice and profession of...
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V. 34. RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION, the exercise of true moral
uprightness in every department of a nation's activity will set such a
nation up on high, tend to give it material prosperity, for Go...
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EXALTETH A NATION; maketh it honourable in the eyes of God, and of all
other nations, as it did the ancient Romans. A REPROACH TO ANY PEOPLE;
brings contempt and ruin upon them by provoking both God a...
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Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness H6666 exalts H7311 (H8787) nation H1471
sin H2403 reproach H2617 people H3816
Righteousness -...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and
high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
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Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1,
by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is
their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
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_Righteousness exalteth a nation._
THE ADVANTAGES OF RELIGION TO SOCIETIES
There cannot be a greater prejudice raised against anything than to
have it represented as inconvenient and hurtful to our t...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:28 Verses Proverbs 14:28 and Proverbs
14:35, both of which concern a...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:34 RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION.
Morally righteous behavior has far-reaching effects, especially when
rulers make fair laws and show concern for their people....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 14:34. The Hebrew word for _reproach_ means also “mercy.”
Hence Gejer and Miller translate “Mercy for nations is the
sin-offering,” the word _sin_ being often used to expres...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 14:1
EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their
household matters and their families; they have an important
influence, and exercise it beneficially.
Γυναι...
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Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil.
Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1)
And wise and foolish contrasted always, too.
Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1):
She takes care...
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Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 29:18; Deuteronomy
4:6;...