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HONOURETH HIM - i. e., God, who is the Maker of poor and rich alike....
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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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THE POOR. a weak one. Hebrew. _dal_. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
HIS MAKER. An ancient title found in the book of Job (Job 35:10), also
in Proverbs 17:5. just as we speak of the "Creator". Used here be...
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_he that honoureth_&c. Rather, HE THAT HATH MERCY ON THE NEEDY
HONOURETH HIM, R.V. Comp. Proverbs 17:5; Matthew 25:40....
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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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He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that
honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
HE THAT OPPRESSETH THE POOR REPROACHETH HIS MAKER - who hath made the
poor as well as the rich ...
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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 tells us to help poor people, because God made them. When we
love poor people, we love God. See Matthew 25:34-45....
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REPROACHETH HIS MAKER. — For having placed him in such a lowly
condition. The equality of all men, as being all of them the work of
God, is taught by Genesis 1:27; Job 31:15; Proverbs 22:2. The duty o...
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עֹ֣שֵֽׁק ־דָּ֭ל חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ וּ֝
מְכַבְּדֹ֗ו...
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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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_Him. God takes the poor under his special protection, (Matthew xxv.
40.) and is the distributor of all riches. What would the rich do
without the poor? (Calmet)_...
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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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HE THAT OPPRESSETH THE POOR REPROACHETH HIS MAKER,.... That does him
any injury, either by scoffing at him, and reproaching him for his
poverty; or by vexatious law suits; or by withholding from him h...
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He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that
honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Ver. 31. _He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker._] Since
it is he that "maketh poor, a...
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_He that oppresseth the poor_ That _uses the poor_ man _hardly_, as
the Syriac renders it: that withholdeth from him that which is his
due, either by the rules of strict justice, or by the great law o...
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V. 31. HE THAT OPPRESSETH THE POOR REPROACHETH HIS MAKER, mocks God
Himself, who is the Champion of the poor and downtrodden; BUT HE THAT
HONORETH HIM, having the proper regard for the Lord, HATH MERC...
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HE THAT OPPRESSETH THE POOR; that useth him hardly, as the Syriac
renders it; that withholdeth from him that which is his due, either by
the rules of strict justice, or by the great law of charity, of...
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Proverbs 14:31 oppresses H6231 (H8802) poor H1800 reproaches H2778
(H8765) Maker H6213 (H8802) honors H3513 ...
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YHWH IS A REFUGE AND A WELLSPRING OF LIFE TO HIS PEOPLE WHOSE GLORY IS
REVEALED, FIRSTLY, WHEN HIS PEOPLE ARE SELF-CONTROLLED AND SHOW
COMPASSION ON THE NEEDY AND SECONDLY, BY HIS PROVIDING THEM A REF...
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Proverbs 14:31
I. Notice some suggestions as to the practice of mercy to the poor. We
must not confine our aim either to the sins of the soul on the one
hand, or to the sufferings of the body on the...
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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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_He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker._
OPPRESSION OF THE POOR A REPROACH TO THEIR MAKER
Every man acting his part in his social capacity is “a spectacle.”
Society is an organisation of...
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:31_
THE OPPRESSED AND THEIR OPPRESSORS
I. THOSE WHO ARE OBJECTS OF OPPRESSION—“The poor.” They are made
up of three classes.
1. _Those who have never known their supp...
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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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1 John 3:17; 1 John 4:21; 2 Corinthians 8:7; Ecclesiastes 5:8;...
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His maker — Whose image the poor man bears, by whose providence he
is made poor, and who hath declared himself to be their protector and
avenger....