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Verse Proverbs 28:4. _THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW_] He that transgresses
says, in fact, that it is _right to transgress_; and thus other wicked
persons are _encouraged_....
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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 ar...
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PRAISE THE WICKED. praise. lawless one. Illustrations: Saul (1 Samuel
23:21); Absalom (2 Samuel 15:6); Judah's nobles (Nehemiah 6:19); false
prophets (Jeremiah 5:30; Jeremiah 5:31); Jews (Acts 12:21)....
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_the law_ not in its Jewish form, "The Law," sc. of Moses, but in its
wider sense; and so in Proverbs 28:7_; Proverbs 28:9_, below. See
Introd. p. 13....
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DISCOURSE: 814
THE EFFECTS OF PIETY AND IMPIETY IN THE WORLD
Proverbs 28:4. _They that forsake the Law, praise the wicked; but such
as keep the Law, contend with them_.
MAN, as a social being, has an...
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CHAPTER 28
TEXT Proverbs 28:1-9
1.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a
lion.
2.
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof;
But by men of under...
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They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law
contend with them. THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW PRAISE THE WICKED -
naturally, as resembling themselves. By praises of the wicked on...
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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.
V2 A country of evil people has many ru...
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THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW PRAISE THE WICKED. — The mark of extreme
wickedness. (Comp. Romans 1:32.)
BUT SUCH AS KEEP THE LAW CONTEND WITH THEM. — Just as the sight of
ill-doing was the one thing whic...
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עֹזְבֵ֣י תֹ֭ורָה יְהַֽלְל֣וּ רָשָׁ֑ע
וְ שֹׁמְרֵ֥י תֹ֝ורָ֗ה יִתְגָּ֥רוּ
בָֽם׃ פ...
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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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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
follow...
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THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW PRAISE THE WICKED,.... Who are like them;
who forsake and transgress the law, as they do; every like loves its
like; wicked men delight in sin, the transgression of the law,...
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They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law
contend with them.
Ver. 4. _They that forsake the law praise the wicked._] As Machiavel
doth Caesar Borgia, that _bipedum nequiss...
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_They that forsake the law_ That live in contempt of, and disobedience
to, God's law; _praise the wicked_ Honour their persons, freely and
familiarly associate themselves with them, and approve of the...
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPIETY...
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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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THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LAW, that live in the contempt of and
disobedience to God's law, PRAISE THE WICKED; honour their persons,
contrary to PSALMS 15:4; freely and familiarly associate themselves
with...
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Proverbs 28:4 forsake H5800 (H8802) law H8451 praise H1984 (H8762)
wicked H7563 keep H8104 (H8802) law H8451 contend H1624 (H8691)
that - 1 Samuel 23:19-21; Psalms 10:3, Psalms 49:18;...
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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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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:2 Righteous individuals are essential
for a just society. When many individuals are unjust, particularly
those with power, all of society will suffer.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images =...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 28:5. JUDGMENT, or, “what is right” _(Delitzsch)_.
PROVERBS 28:6. PERVERSE, etc., literally, “he who is crooked in two
ways.” Delitzsch translates, “_a double-going deceive...
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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 John 4:5; 1 Kings 18:18; 1 Kings 18:21; 1 Kings 20:41; 1 Kings
20:42; 1 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 22:19; 1 Samuel 15:14;...
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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 CONTRA...
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Contend — Are so far from praising them, that they severely reprove
them....