"Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich."
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PERVERSE IN HIS WAYS - literally, “Perverse in his double ways.”
Compare Ecclesiasticus 2:12 and James 1:8....
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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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BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11.
THE POOR. a poor one.
UPRIGHTNESS. integrity.
THAN HE... WAYS. Than [he that walketh] in double ways. Hebrew.
_'akash._ See Proverbs 28:18. Compare James 1:8.
WA...
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The first half of the proverb occurs in Proverbs 19:1.
_perverse in_his _ways_ Lit. PERVERSE OF TWO WAYS: i.e. in
double-dealing. Comp. "Woe … to the sinner that goeth two ways!" Sir
2:12; ἀνὴρ δίψυχ...
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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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Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is
perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKETH IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS ( ; ) THAN (HE
THAT IS) PERVERSE (IN...
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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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BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKETH... — A variation of Proverbs 19:1.
PERVERSE IN HIS WAYS. — According to the pointing of the text the
words signify, “perverse in two ways.” That is, the sinner tries
t...
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טֹֽוב ־רָ֭שׁ הֹולֵ֣ךְ בְּ תֻמֹּ֑ו מֵ
עִקֵּ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם וְ ה֣וּא
עָשִֽׁיר׃...
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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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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...
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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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BETTER [IS] THE POOR THAT WALKETH IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS,....
Proverbs 19:1;
THAN [HE THAT IS] PERVERSE [IN HIS] WAYS, THOUGH HE [BE] RICH; or, "in
[his] two ways" c: that halts between two ways, or mak...
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Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that
is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
Ver. 6. _Better is the poor, &c._] See Proverbs 19:1 ....
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_Better is the poor_ In a much safer and happier condition; _that
walketh in his uprightness_ That sincerely desires and endeavours to
walk in all well pleasing before God; _than he that is perverse i...
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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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BETTER; in a much safer and happier condition. IN HIS WAYS, Heb. _in
two ways_; halting between two ways, pretending to virtue, but
practising vice; or covering his wicked designs with good pretences;...
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Proverbs 28:6 Better H2896 poor H7326 (H8802) walks H1980 (H8802)
integrity H8537 perverse H6141 ways H1870 rich H6223
Proverbs 28:18, Proverbs 16:8, Proverbs 19:1, Proverbs 19:22;...
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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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_Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is
perverse in his ways, though he be rich._
CHRISTIANITY, THE HEALTH OF A PEOPLE
The poor man who walks in his integrity, must be s...
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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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Acts 24:24; Luke 16:19; Proverbs 16:8; Proverbs 19:1; Proverbs 19:22;
Proverbs 28:18...
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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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Better — In a much happier condition....