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Verse Proverbs 13:8. _THE RANSOM OF A MAN'S LIFE_] Those who have
riches have often much trouble with them; as they had much trouble to
_get_ them, so they have much trouble to _keep_ them. In despot...
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On the one side is the seeming advantage of wealth. The rich man who
gets out of many troubles often escapes from a just retribution by his
money. But then the poor man in his turn is free from the ri...
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CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE
The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is
continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the
righteous, illust...
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PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups
of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of
waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
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RANSOM. covering. Hebrew. _kopher._
THE POOR, &C.: i.e. poor [becometh he that] heeded not rebuke....
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_heareth_ i.e. _heedeth_. Comp. Proverbs 13:1.
_rebuke_ Rather THREATENING; ἀπειλήν, LXX.
If wealth has its advantage in enabling its possessor to purchase
deliverance from danger and death (as, for...
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THE RANSOM OF A MAN'S LIFE ARE HIS RICHES— Houbigant renders this,
_A man hath in his riches whence he may redeem himself; but the poor
man findeth no redemption._ Bishop Patrick paraphrases the passa...
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CHAPTER 13
TEXT Proverbs 13:1-9
1.
A wise son heareth his father's instruction;
But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
2.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth;
But the soul of the treachero...
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The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not
rebuke. THE RANSOM OF A MAN'S LIFE (ARE) HIS RICHES: BUT THE POOR
HEARETH NOT REBUKE. If the rich man's life is in danger, he can o...
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Providence equalises matters: wealth may buy one off from peril, but
poverty saves us from fear of being robbed. NOT REBUKE] RV 'no
threatening.'...
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2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 13
V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions.
Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of
correction....
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Verse 7 is similar to Proverbs 12:9.
There is an interesting connection between verses 7 and 8. A man, who
pretends to be wealthy, places himself in danger. Unlike a rich man,
however, he cannot use...
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THE RANSOM OF A MAN’S LIFE ARE HIS RICHES. — In times of trouble
he may have to give them all to save his life. For the spiritual sense
comp. Luke 16:9.
BUT THE POOR HEARETH NOT REBUKE. — Or, _threate...
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כֹּ֣פֶר נֶֽפֶשׁ ־אִ֣ישׁ עָשְׁרֹ֑ו וְ֝
רָ֗שׁ ל
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CHAPTER 14
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
"A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth
not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1
“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he
tha...
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Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of
a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of
transgressors react upon themselves.
Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
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The ransom of a man's life [is] his riches: but the poor (c) heareth
not rebuke.
(c) For his poverty, he is not able to escape the threatenings, which
the cruel oppressors use against him....
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_Reprehension. Or is not able to defend himself, like the rich.
(Calmet) --- He is not exposed so much to great revolutions. (Bayn.)_...
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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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THE RANSOM OF A MAN'S LIFE [ARE] HIS RICHES,.... As Benhadad's were to
him, when he was in the hands of the king of Israel,
1 Kings 20:34; and as the treasures the ten men had in the field were
to th...
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_The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not
rebuke._
Ver. 8. The ransom of a man's life are his riches.] They may help a
man out at a dead lift, and get him a release out o...
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_The ransom of a man's life are his riches_ This verse is considered
by some as setting forth the several advantages of riches and poverty.
Riches enable a man to redeem his life when it is in the gre...
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V. 8. THE RANSOM OF A MAN'S LIFE, that with which he may buy immunity
for himself and possibly even save his life, ARE HIS RICHES; BUT THE
POOR HEARETH NOT REBUKE, that is, no warning or threatening w...
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This verse sets forth, either,
1. The several advantages of riches and poverty. Riches enable a man
to redeem his life when it is in greatest danger, and poverty
preserves a man from those rebukes an...
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Proverbs 13:8 ransom H3724 mans H376 life H5315 riches H6239 poor
H7326 (H8802) hear H8085 (H8804) rebuke...
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TRUE RICHES ARE FOUND THROUGH RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM, WHILST THOSE
WHO IGNORE THAT WISDOM ARE THE TRULY POOR (PROVERBS 13:7).
In this subsection genuine ‘riches' are contrasted with transient
and...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath
pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
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Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This
maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance
to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 13:7. MAKETH, or “showeth.”
PROVERBS 13:8. The latter clause of this is very obscure, but _rebuke_
is generally translated “threatening,” and is understood to mean
that no t...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 13:1-15:19
Second section in this collection.
PROVERBS 13:1
A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version
introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
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In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the
contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the
scorner, the transgressor and the good man.
A wise son hears his fa...
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1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 1:19; 2 Kings 24:14; 2 Kings 25:12; Exodus 21:30
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Riches — Riches enable a man to redeem his life when it is in
greatest danger, and poverty preserves a man from many injuries.
Because they are cautious, that they may not provoke others; and
because...