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Verse Proverbs 28:26. _HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART IS A FOOL_]
For his heart, which is deceitful and desperately wicked, will
infallibly deceive him....
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The contrast between the wisdom of him who trusts in the Lord, and the
folly of self-trust....
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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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HIS... HEART, &C. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part),
App-6, for himself. Illustrations: Hazael (2 Kings 8:13);. Johanan
(Jeremiah 42:7; Jeremiah 43:1); Peter ...
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DISCOURSE: 819
SELF-CONFIDENCE REPROVED
Proverbs 28:26. _He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool_.
THE Holy Scriptures speak plainly, and without reserve: they know
nothing of that squeamish deli...
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HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART— _He who dependeth upon himself
shall fall; but he who walketh warily shall be safe._ Houbigant....
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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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He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh
wisely, he shall be delivered.
HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART (yielding to his own will and
impulses, ; ; ;...
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28:26 fool; (a-10) _ Kesil._ see note o, ch. 1.7....
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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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Do not trust yourself! Trust God! You will become wise if you trust
God. And you will be safe, because God will protect you....
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HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART, is confident in his own wisdom
(comp. 1 Corinthians 3:18, _sqq._); he will perish in his folly.
BUT WHOSO WALKETH WISELY. — Literally, _in wisdom,_ which begins
with...
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בֹּוטֵ֣חַ בְּ֭ לִבֹּו ה֣וּא כְסִ֑יל
וְ הֹולֵ֥
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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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HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART IS A FOOL,.... Since the thoughts
and imaginations of the thoughts of the heart are only evil, and that
continually; they are vain and vague, sinful and corrupt; the...
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He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely,
he shall be delivered.
Ver. 26. _He that trusteth to his own heart is a fool._] He that
saith, _Consilii satis est in me mihi:_...
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_He that trusteth in his own heart_ In his own wisdom and counsels,
his own strength and sufficiency, his own merit and righteousness, or
the good opinion he hath of his own abilities, natural or acqu...
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He that trusteth in his own heart, guided solely by first impressions
and impulses, without careful reasoning and weighing of all facts, IS
A FOOL, for the feelings are an uncertain foundation of acti...
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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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HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS OWN HEART; who trusts to his own wit,
neglecting or slighting the advice of others, and the counsel of God
himself. IS A FOOL; and shall receive the fruit of his folly, to wit,...
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Proverbs 28:26
I. We may take these words of the Book of Proverbs as a warning to
seek self-knowledge. And, as a first step to self-knowledge, they bid
us beware of trusting our own heart, or we shall...
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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 trusteth in his own heart is a fool._
THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING IN OUR OWN HEARTS
I. What is meant by a man trusting his heart. It is--
1. To commit and resign up the entire conduct of his lif...
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 28:26_, _AND LAST CLAUSE OF Proverbs
28:25_
SELF-CONFIDENCE
I. HE THAT TRUSTS IN HIS OWN HEART IS A FOOL, BECAUSE HE REFUSES TO
PROFIT BY THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS. If a m...
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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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2 Kings 8:13; 2 Timothy 3:15; James 1:5; James 3:13; Jeremiah 17:9;...
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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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Wisely — Distrusting his own judgment, and seeking the advice of
others, and especially of God....