Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Proverbs 29:1-27
Kings and Fathers
3. Cp. the prodigal son (Luke 15).
Kings and Fathers
3. Cp. the prodigal son (Luke 15).
CHAPTER XXIX _We must not despise correction. The prudent king. The_ _flatterer. The just judge. Contend not with a fool. The prince_ _who opens his ears to reports. The poor and the deceitful. The...
SHALL BE DESTROYED - literally, “shall be broken” Proverbs 6:15. Stress is laid on the suddenness in such a case of the long-delayed retribution....
CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS These final instructions given in proverbs cover the similar ground as those in the previous Chapter s. Wisdom shines out in each, and the contents of every proverb s...
PROVERBS 29:2. _cf._ Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12. Proverbs 29:4. he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presen
OFTEN REPROVED, &C. Illustrations: Antediluvians (Genesis 6; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5.Luke 17:26;...
_hardeneth_his _neck_ like an obstinate and refractory ox. The same phrase occurs in Deuteronomy 10:16; 2 Kings 17:14. Comp. the similar phrase, _stiff-necked_, or _hard-necked_(the Heb. root being th...
DISCOURSE: 820 DANGER OF OBSTINACY IN SIN Proverbs 29:1. _He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy_. AWFUL, most awful, is this declarati...
HARDENETH HIS NECK— See Exodus 32:9....
CHAPTER 29 TEXT Proverbs 29:1-9 1. He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 2. When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice;...
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. HARDENETH HIS NECK, - with stiff neck, like cattle who try to toss off the yoke, and will no...
29:1 reproved (b-5) Lit. ver. 1 'A man of reproofs;' ver. 4. 'a man of gifts.'...
We try to help people. But they will not always follow our advice. We can try to teach such people. And we can warn them. But we cannot change their behaviour. In the end, they will lose their last ch...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 29 V1 A man might refuse to change his behaviour, even if many people try to correct him. A terrible trouble will suddenly ruin that man’s lif...
XXIX. (1) HARDENETH HIS NECK. — And will not bear the “easy yoke” of God. (Comp. Matthew 11:29.) SHALL SUDDENLY BE DESTROYED. — Literally, _shattered,_ like a potter’s vessel that cannot be mended ...
אִ֣ישׁ תֹּ֭וכָחֹות מַקְשֶׁה ־עֹ֑רֶף פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר...
CHAPTER 30 THE NEED OF REVELATION "Where no vision is, a people casts off restraint, but he that keepeth the law is happy."- Proverbs 29:18 THE form of the proverb shows that we are not to treat the...
Verse Proverbs 29:2. The sentiment of this proverb often recurs. On the surface it hardly appears to be true. To observe long issues is to be convinced of the absolute accuracy of the sentiment. Vers...
CONTENTS. Here are many like words to the former, by way of proverbs in this Chapter to the same purport as before, in holding forth the mysteries of the kingdom. Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often r...
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...
HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPORTED HARDENETH [HIS] NECK,.... Or "a man of reproofs" d; either a man that takes upon him to be a censurer and reprover of others, and is often at that work, and yet does those...
He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Ver. 1. _He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck._] As an untamed heifer, that "pulle...
_He that being often reproved_ Who having received frequent reproofs from wise and good men, and perhaps also chastisements from God; _hardeneth his neck_ Remains incorrigible, and obstinately persist...
DESCRIPTION OF STUBBORNNESS AND DISOBEDIENCE...
He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shaking off the reproofs with deliberate stubbornness, SHALL SUDDENLY BE DESTROYED, and that without remedy, for when the patience of God is exhauste...
This FIFTH SECTION now has similarities to the fourth, but carries us further, for if the fourth stresses mainly the testing of ways and walk. This dwells more upon results, that is the recompenses of...
HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED: _ Heb._ a man of reproofs...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 29 The excellency of wisdom, with rules for government, PROVERBS 29:1. The parents duty to correct their children, PROVERBS 29:15. The misery of them that know not God's law, Proverbs...
Proverbs 29:1 He H376 rebuked H8433 hardens H7185 (H8688) neck H6203 suddenly H6621 destroyed H7665 (H8735) remedy
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who never regard the Word of God are an easy prey to the enemy of souls. A confidence in God and His Word enables one to look...
Proverbs 29:1. _He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck._ The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθαι και δεδοικεναι οφειλουοιν. Αυξεται γαρ αυτοις τα τ...
_He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck._ THE DOOM OF THE INCORRIGIBLE SINNER This proverb may be accommodated to all the affairs of life. In whatever course a man blunders on, headstrong...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:4. HE THAT RECEIVETH GIFTS. Zöckler translates this, “_a man of taxes_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:1_ REPROOF AND DESTRUCTION I. AN ACT OF BENEVOLENCE WHICH IS OF...
EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. PROVERBS 29:1 HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED HARDENETH HIS NECK; literally, _a man of reproofs—_one_ _who has had a long experience of...
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy (Proverbs 29:1). That is a heavy, heavy proverb. The person that is often reproved by God. How ma...
1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:18; 1 Kings 20:42; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Sa
THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS Proverbs 29:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole, reads thus: "He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall su...