1
Pr 11:1-31.
2
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2. Self-conceit is unteachable; the humble grow wise (compare
Pr 16:18; 18:12).
3
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3. guide--to lead, as a shepherd
(Pr 6:7; Ps 78:52).
perverseness--ill-nature.
destroy--with violence.
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4. (Compare
Pr 10:2).
wrath--that is, of God.
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5. direct--or, "make plain"; wicked ways are not plain
(Pr 13:17).
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6. deliver them--that is, from evil, which the wicked suffer by their own doings
(Pr 5:22; Ps 9:16).
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7. expectation . . . perish--for death cuts short all his plans
(Lu 16:25).
hope of unjust--better, "hope of wealth," or "power" (compare
Isa 40:29,
Hebrew). This gives an advance on the sentiment of the first clause. Even hopes of gain die with him.
8
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8. Perhaps the trouble prepared by the wicked, and which he inherits (compare
Pr 11:6).
9
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9. (Compare
Ps 35:16; Da 11:32).
The just is saved by superior discernment.
10
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10, 11. The last may be a reason for the first. Together, they set forth the relative moral worth of good and bad men.
11
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11. By the blessing--implying active benevolence.
12
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12. despiseth--or, "reviles," a course contrasted with the prudent silence of the wise.
holdeth his peace--as if neither hearing nor telling.
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13. tale-bearer--(Compare Margin), one trading as a peddler in scandal, whose propensity to talk leads him to betray confidence.
14
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14. counsel--the art of governing
(Pr 1:5).
counsellors--literally, "one giving counsel"; the participle used as a collective.
15
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15. (Compare
Pr 6:1).
suretiship--(Compare Margin), the actors put for the action, which may be lawfully hated.
16
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16. retaineth--or literally, "lay hold of as a support." Honor is to a feeble woman thus as valuable as riches to men.
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17. merciful--kind to others; opposed to cruel. Such benefit themselves by doing good to others (compare
Pr 24:5),
while the cruel injure themselves as well as others.
flesh--that is, his body, by penuriousness
(Col 2:23).
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18. a deceitful work--or, "wages," which fail to satisfy, or flee away
(Pr 10:2; 23:5).
sure reward--or, "gain," as from trading
(Ho 10:12; Ga 6:8, 9).
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19. Inference from
Pr 11:18
(compare
Pr 11:5, 6; 10:16).
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20. (Compare
Pr 11:5).
froward--as in
Pr 2:15,
opposed to the simplicity and purity of the upright.
in their way--or, "conduct."
21
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21. The combined power of the wicked cannot free them from just punishment, while the unaided children of the righteous find deliverance by reason of their pious relationship
(Ps 37:25, 26).
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22. Jewels were often suspended from the nose
(Ge 24:47; Isa 3:21).
Thus adorned, a hog disgusts less than a fair and indiscreet woman.
23
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23. (Compare
Pr 10:28).
wrath--is that of God.
24
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24-31. The scope of the whole is a comment on
Pr 11:23.
Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.
25
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25. liberal soul--(Compare Margin).
made fat--prospers
(Pr 28:25; De 32:15; Lu 6:38).
watereth . . . watered--a common figure for blessing.
26
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26. Another example of the truth of
Pr 11:23;
the miser loses reputation, though he saves corn.
selleth it--that is, at a fair price.
27
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27. good [and] mischief--that is, of others.
procureth . . . seeketh--implying success.
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28. (Compare
Pr 10:15; Ps 49:6; 1Ti 6:17).
righteous . . . branch--
(Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8).
29
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29. troubleth--as
Pr 15:27
explains, by greediness for gain (compare
Pr 11:17).
inherit . . . wind--Even successful, his gains are of no real value. So the fool, thus acting, either comes to poverty, or heaps up for others.
30
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30. a tree of life--Blessings to others proceed from the works of the righteous
(Pr 3:18).
winneth souls--(Compare Margin) to do them good as opposed to
Pr 6:25; Eze 13:18
(compare
Lu 5:10).
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31. Behold--Thus calling attention to the illustrations (compare
Pr 11:23),
the sentiment of which is confirmed even in time, not excluding future rewards and punishments.
Pr 11:1-31.
1. (Compare Margin). The Hebrews used stones for weights.
just--complete in measure.