SEV Biblia, Chapter 29:22
¶ El hombre iracundo levanta contiendas; y el furioso muchas veces peca.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 29:22
Verse 22. An angry man stirreth up strife ] His spirit begets its like wherever he goes. And a furious man aboundeth in transgression. ] His furious spirit is always carrying him into extremes, and each of these is a transgression.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 22. An angry man stirreth up strife , etc.] In families, neighbourhoods, communities, churches, and commonwealths; that is, one that is given to anger, and gives way to it, in whom it prevails and rules; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression ; or, “a master of wrath or fury” f818 ; one much addicted to it: or, “the husband of wrath”: wedded to it, as a man to his wife: or, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, “who is easy to be angry”; is easily provoked, wrath rises up in him at once; this leads him on to many sins, as cursing, swearing, murder, Ver. 23. A man’s pride shall bring him low , etc.] As the pride of Adam, in affecting to be as gods, knowing good and evil; he lost the image of God; was brought into a state of darkness and ignorance, into debt and to a dunghill, to beggary and rags; filled with loathsome diseases, and left in thraldom and bondage to sin and Satan; and so all his posterity were brought into the same low estate. This might be exemplified in particular persons, in Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, and others; and, as will be in that monster of pride, the man of sin and antichrist; who will be humbled and brought low in the midst of his pride and boasting, ( Revelation 18:7,8); but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit ; not who are humble in appearance only, or merely in words, having a show of humility, a voluntary and affected one; but really in their hearts; whose spirits are humble and contrite; who are so in spiritual things, and are made so by the Spirit of God: they are such who are truly sensible of sin; of their folly, and want of spiritual knowledge; of their impotence, and weakness to do anything that is spiritually good; of their spiritual poverty, and want of righteousness; who see that salvation is all of grace; and that whatever they have is owing to the grace of God; that they are deficient in all their duties, and these insufficient to justify them before God; who submit to the righteousness of Christ, and give all the glory of salvation to the grace of God. These, as they are honourable, being clothed with humility, which is itself an ornament of great price; so they are honoured with more grace from the Lord; they are beautified with the garments of salvation; they have the honour to have the spiritual and gracious presence of God, and fellowship with him, who dwells with such as are of an humble spirit: these are the meek and lowly, that shall inherit the new earth, and reign as kings with Christ in it; and the poor in spirit, to whom the kingdom of heaven belongs: and this honour is durable, they shall always abide in it; the grace they have, which makes them glorious, springs up unto eternal life; and the glory they shall have is an eternal weight of glory, a crown of glory that fadeth not away: for so the words may be rendered, “the humble in spirit shall lay hold on glory” or “honour”; possess it and enjoy it: or rather “shall retain” it; shall hold it fast, as the word is translated in ( Proverbs 3:18 11:16); The sum of the proverb, in both parts, is the same with the words of Christ, often used by him, ( Matthew 23:12 Luke 14:11 18:14).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22 - An angry, passionate disposition makes men provoking to one another and provoking to God.
Original Hebrew
אישׁ 376 אף 639 יגרה 1624 מדון 4066 ובעל 1167 חמה 2534 רב 7227 פשׁע׃ 6588
