Bible Commentary

To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. 3. Comp. 1Sa 15:22; Hos 6:6; Mic 6:6-8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Compare the marginal reference. The words have a special significance as coming from the king who had built the temple, and had offered sacrifices that could … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 21:3”

Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 2. Repeated almost exactly from Pro 16:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 2. The Lord pondereth the hearts.] Every man feels strongly attached to his own opinions, modes of acting, c. and though he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 21:2”

The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. 1. rivers ] Lit. streams, or channels of water is the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah. The comparison is drawn from artificial irrigation. The irrigator has complete control over the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 21:1”

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly. 30. the blueness of a wound ] Lit. stripes of (such as to cause) a wound. Render, with R.V., Stripes that wound cleanse away evil: And strokes reach the innermost parts of the belly. The expression, the blueness … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 20:30”

The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head. Pro 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength. The glory of young men Power, force, might, strength, are divers names for a thing which always has been, and always will be, admirable in human esteem. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 20:29”

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy. Verse 28. Mercy and truth preserve the king] These are the brightest jewels in the royal crown; and those kings who are most governed by them have the stablest government. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible Mercy; clemency … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 20:28”

The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 27. spirit ] Lit. breath ( , LXX.). The word, in this unusual sense, may probably have been chosen to recall Gen 2:7: the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the breath (the same word as here) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 20:27”

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 26. scattereth ] Rather, winnoweth. , LXX. the wheel ] sc. of his threshing wain. Comp. Isa 28:27. He executes righteous judgement upon them, Psa 62:4; Rom 13:4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The wheel – The threshing wheel Isa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 20:26”

[It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry. 25. who devoureth that which is holy ] This rendering is retained in R.V. marg., as is also another, rashly to utter holy words. But it is better to render, rashly to say, It is holy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 20:25”

Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? 24. Comp. Pro 16:9; Jer 10:23. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The order of a mans life is a mystery even to himself. He knows not where he is going, or for what God is educating him. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 20:24”