Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 11:28
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall. — Because of their uncertainty, and because they prevent his trusting in the living God (1 Timothy 6:17).
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall. — Because of their uncertainty, and because they prevent his trusting in the living God (1 Timothy 6:17).
BRANCH - Better, leaf, as in Psalms 1:3; Isaiah 34:4....
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
TRUSTETH. confldeth. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
_branch_ Rather LEAF, R.V. Comp. Genesis 3:7; Psalms 1:3....
TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31 22. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion. 23. The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is...
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS RICHES SHALL FALL: BUT THE RIGHTEOUS (NAMELY, INASMUCH AS THEY DO NOT TRUST IN RICHE...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
Wealth does not matter. If we are wealthy, we must not trust in wealth. Once a wealthy young man wanted to follow Jesus. Jesus told him to give everything to poor people. Jesus loved the young man, b...
בֹּוטֵ֣חַ בְּ֭ עָשְׁרֹו ה֣וּא יִפֹּ֑ל וְ֝ כֶ
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it...
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 TRUSTETH IN HIS RICHES SHALL FALL,.... As leaves in autumn, which are withered and dry. To trust in riches is to trust in uncertain things; things not to be depended on, being here today and g...
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. Ver. 28. _He that trusteth to his riches shall fall._] Riches were never true to any that trusted to them. The...
_He that diligently seeketh good_ To do good to all men, as he hath opportunity; which is opposed to a man's contenting himself with lazy desires, or cold and careless endeavours; _procureth favour_ W...
V. 28. HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS RICHES, placing his confidence in his outward possessions, SHALL FALL, for such trust is a species of idolatry; BUT THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL FLOURISH AS A BRANCH, like a gree...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
HE THAT TRUSTETH IN HIS RICHES, as his chief portion, and felicity, and ground of safety, SHALL FALL, as a withered leaf, by comparing this clause with the latter. THE RIGHTEOUS, who maketh God alone,...
Proverbs 11:28 trusts H982 (H8802) riches H6239 fall H5307 (H8799) righteous H6662 flourish H6524 (H8799) foliag
THE RIGHTEOUS SEEK WHAT IS GOOD, FLOURISH BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRUE LIFE, PRODUCING ITS FRUIT, AND WILL BE RECOMPENSED ON EARTH. THE UNRIGHTEOUS SEARCH AFTER WHAT IS BAD, TRUST IN RICHES, ARE BROUGHT LOW...
TRUSTETH (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_He that trusteth in his riches shall fall _ TRUSTING IN RICHES I. Here is a common tendency. Trusting in wealth is-- 1. Spiritually unsatisfactory. 2. Necessarily evanescent. II. Here is a terri...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:28. BRANCH, rather, “a green leaf.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:28_ TRUST IN RICHES AND TRUST IN GOD I. THE TRUST IN RICHES SPRINGS, 1. _From the fact that gold, a...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
1 Timothy 6:17; Deuteronomy 8:12; Isaiah 60:21; Jeremiah 17:8; J