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Verse Proverbs 28:20. _HE THAT MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH_] See Proverbs
13:11; Proverbs 20:21....
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Not the possession of wealth, nor even the acquisition of it, is evil,
but the eager haste of covetousness.
SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT - Better, as in the margin, in contrast with the
many “blessings” of...
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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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NOT BE INNOCENT. not go unpunished....
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_faithful_ i.e., as the second clause shews, one who puts fidelity
above gain. Comp. Psalms 15:4.
_innocent_ Rather, UNPUNISHED, A.V. marg. and R.V. οὐκ
ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, LXX....
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DISCOURSE: 818
THE PORTION OF THE FAITHFUL MAN
Proverbs 28:20. _A faithful man shall abound with blessings_.
ST. PAUL has told us, that “the love of money is the root of all
evil: and that many, whil...
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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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A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste
to be rich shall not be innocent.
A FAITHFUL (SINCERE AND HONEST) MAN SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS -
prayed in his behalf by num...
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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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You can trust the first man. So pay him well! Christians should behave
like this man. Other people should be able to trust a Christian.
But the second man only wants your money. He wants the money, b...
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אִ֣ישׁ אֱ֭מוּנֹות רַב ־בְּרָכֹ֑ות וְ
אָ֥ץ לְ֝
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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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_Innocent. Unpunished, if he employ fraud, ver. 22., and chap. xiii.
21._...
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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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A FAITHFUL MAN SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS,.... Or, "a man of
faithfulness" u. A very faithful man, that is truly so; that is so in
a moral sense; true to his work, makes good his promises, fulfils hi...
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_A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste
to be rich shall not be innocent._
Ver. 20. _A faithful man shall abound in blessings._] God will bless
him, and all that bless h...
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_He that tilleth_, &c. See note on Proverbs 12:11. _A faithful man_
Hebrew, אישׁ אמונות, _a man of truths_, who deals truly and
justly in all his bargains and transactions with men; _shall abound
with...
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A faithful man, one using the strictest fidelity and uprightness in
all his dealings, SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS, given to him by the
Lord in recognition of his faithful conduct; BUT HE THAT MAKETH H...
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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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INNOCENT:
Or, unpunished...
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A FAITHFUL MAN, Heb. _a man of truth_, or _truths_, who deals truly
and justly in all his bargains and transactions with men. THAT MAKETH
HASTE; more than God alloweth him; that taketh the nearest and...
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Proverbs 28:20 faithful H530 man H376 abound H7227 blessings H1293
hastens H213 (H8801) rich H6238 (H8687) unpunis
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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 maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent._
HASTE TO BE RICH
Nowhere does the Bible denounce riches. It tells men very plainly what
the dangers are. It denounces very strongly the conduc...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 28:16. Ewald, Zöckler, Delitzsch, and others read this
verse, “O _prince devoid of understanding, he that hateth unjust
gain continueth long_.”
PROVERBS 28:17. First clause...
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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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1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Samuel 22:14; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9;...
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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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Faithful — Who deals truly and justly in all his transactions....