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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Proverbs 28:14

Verse Proverbs 28:14. Happy is the man that feareth alway] That ever carries about with him that reverential and filial fear of God, which will lead him to avoid sin, and labour to do that which is lawful and right in the sight of God his Saviour.

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See also Proverbs 28:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The “fear” here is not so much reverential awe, as anxious, or “nervous” sensitiveness of conscience. To most men this temperament seems that of the self-tormentor. To him who looks deeper it is a con...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HAPPY. See note on Proverbs 3:13. THAT FEARETH ALWAY, &C. Illustrations: Joseph (Genesis 39:9; Genesis 42:18); Nehemiah (Nehemiah 5:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _feareth_ i.e. to do wrong, with a wise and godly caution. ὂς καταπτήσσει πάντα διʼ εὐλάβειαν, LXX. Comp. the N.T. use of εὐλάβεια and its cognates, Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 11:7. _mischief_ "Or, _calami...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 28:10-18 10. Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good. 11. The rich man is wise in his own...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT FEARETH ALWAY - in prosperity as well as adversity (). "Feareth" to offend God;...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    28:14 evil. (c-17) Or 'disaster.' see ch. 24.16....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    He fears to do wrong....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    If you respect God, then God will help you. And you will become wise (Proverbs 1:7). But some people refuse to obey God’s message. They do not invite God into their lives. They continue their evil de...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT FEARETH ALWAY lest he should fall, and so, distrusting himself, seeks heavenly aid (Philippians 2:12). HE THAT HARDENETH HIS HEART. — (Comp. Exodus 8:15, _sqq._) SHALL FALL INT...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם מְפַחֵ֣ד תָּמִ֑יד וּ מַקְשֶׁ֥ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Happy [is] the man that (g) feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. (g) Which stands in awe of God, and is afraid to offend him....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _FEAR AND ITS ANTIDOTE_ ‘Happy is the man that feareth alway.’ ‘Perfect love casteth out fear.’ Proverbs 28:14 (with 1 John 4:18). Fear has a place in the Gospel, may we but find it. The object of...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HAPPY [IS] THE MAN THAT FEARETH ALWAY,.... Not men, but the Lord; there is a fear and reverence due to men, according to the stations in which they are; but a slavish fear of man, and which deters fro...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. Ver. 14. _Blessed is the man that feareth always._] That is "in the fear of the Lord all day long." Pr...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Happy is the man that feareth always_ Who, in all times, companies, and conditions, maintains in his mind a holy awe of God, and a reverence for him, his glory and majesty, his wisdom and power, his...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Happy is the man that feareth alway, conducting himself with holy dread and awe, lest he in some manner transgress the will of the Lord; BUT HE THAT HARDENETH HIS HEART SHALL FALL INTO MISCHIEF, for a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPIETY...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HAPPY IS THE MAN, because he shall thereby avoid that mischief which befalls fearless sinners, which is expressed in the next clause, and procure that eternal salvation which they lose. THAT FEARETH,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 28:14 Happy H835 man H120 always H8548 reverent H6342 (H8764) hardens H7185 (H8688) heart H3820 fall...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 28:14 _(with 1 John 4:18)_ Fear has a place in the Gospel; may we but find it. Indeed, it is an old remark that every natural principle of our minds, every true inborn feeling in these heart...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Happy is the man that feareth always._ THE HAPPINESS OF FEARING ALWAY He who sincerely confesses and forsakes his sins will be afraid of sin for the future, having felt the smart of it. I. What is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:13 To fear THE LORD (see note on 1:7) involves confessing one’s sins, rather than concealing them and hardening one’s heart. Such a person receives m

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 28:13_ CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS I. SIN TENDS TO PRODUCE SHAME. Even a child often tries to hide an act of disobedience to a good mother’s law, and this not from fear of...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:17; Exodus 14:23; Exodus 7:22; Hebrews 4:1; Isaiah 66:2;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Alway — In all times, companies, and conditions....

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