PREVIOUS CHAPTER - NEXT CHAPTER - HELP - GR VIDEOS - GR YOUTUBE - TWITTER - SD1 YOUTUBE CHAPTER 28 1. A bad conscience makes men timid; the righteous are alone truly bold (Pr 14:26; Ps 27:1).
2. Anarchy producing contending rulers shortens the reign of each.
3. A poor man, &c.--Such, in power, exact more severely, and so leave subjects bare. 4. They that forsake . . . wicked--Wrongdoers encourage one another. 5. (Compare Joh 7:17). Ignorance of moral truth is due to unwillingness to know it. 6. (Compare Pr 10:6). Riches cannot compensate for sin, nor the want of them affect integrity.
7. (Compare
Pr 17:25).
8. usury . . . unjust gain--(Compare Margin). The two terms, meaning nearly the same, may denote excessive interest. God's providence directs the proper use of wealth.
9. (Compare
Pr 15:8; 21:27).
10. (Compare Pr 26:27). 11. A poor but wise man can discover (and expose) the rich and self-conceited.
12. great glory--or, cause for it to a people, for the righteous
rejoice in good, and righteousness exalts a nation
(Pr 14:34).
13. (Compare Ps 32:3-5). Concealment of sin delivers none from God's wrath, but He shows mercy to the humble penitent (Ps 51:4).
14. feareth--that is, God, and so repents.
15. The rapacity and cruelty of such beasts well represent some wicked men (compare Ps 7:2; 17:12). 16. The prince . . . understanding--that is, He does not perceive that oppression jeopards his success. Covetousness often produces oppression, hence the contrast.
17. doeth violence . . . blood, &c.--or, that is oppressed by the
blood of life
(Ge 9:6),
which he has taken.
18. (Compare Pr 10:9; 17:20). Double dealing is eventually fatal.
19. (Compare
Pr 10:4; 20:4).
20. maketh haste . . . rich--implying deceit or fraud (Pr 20:21), and so opposed to "faithful" or reliable. 21. respect of persons-- (Pr 24:23). Such are led to evil by the slightest motive.
22. (Compare
Pr 28:20).
23. (Compare Pr 9:8, 9; 27:5). Those benefited by reproof will love their monitors. 24. (Compare Mt 15:4-6). Such, though heirs, are virtually thieves, to be ranked with highwaymen.
25. of a proud heart--literally, "puffed up of soul"--that is,
self-confident, and hence overbearing and litigious.
26. (Compare
Pr 3:6-8).
27. (Compare
Pr 11:24-26).
28. The elevation of the wicked to power drives men to seek refuge from tyranny (compare Pr 28:12; 11:10; Ps 12:8). GOTO NEXT CHAPTER - D. J-F-B INDEX & SEARCH
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