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Proverbs 20 |
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Proverbs 20:1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
It seems hard to believe that men of the greatest abilities, as well as the ignorant, should render themselves fools and madmen, merely for the taste or excitement produced by strong liquors.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
As it is said, “The priest and the prophet were deranged by wine.” “Wine is licentious, drunkenness is bold. The person who indulges in them will not be exempt from sin.” Wine is a good thing if you drink it with moderation. “If you set your eyes on cups and goblets you will walk naked as a pestle.” Therefore, all who have prepared to become disciples of Jesus should abstain from wine and drunkenness.
Those who eat the heavenly bread become heavenly without doubt! Wine teaches us in that it makes those who are familiar with it like itself: for it hates those who are fond of it and is intoxicating and maddening and a mocker of them.
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Proverbs 20:2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
How formidable kings are to those who provoke them! how much more foolish then is it to provoke the King of kings!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Proverbs 20:3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
To engage in quarrels is the greatest folly that can be. Yield, and even give up just demands, for peace’ sake.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
He who labors and endures hardship in his seed-time for eternity, will be properly diligent as to his earthly business.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Though many capable of giving wise counsel are silent, yet something may be drawn from them, which will reward those who obtain it.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Proverbs 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
It is hard to find those that have done, and will do more good than they speak, or care to hear spoken of.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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A human being is of great value since he is made in the likeness of God. If he adds to this the practice of mercy in practical matters he then becomes an honorable man. He, who does this wisely and faithfully, finds the work [he was created to do]. Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, Fragment
All the righteous, our fathers, in all that they did were victorious through faith, as the blessed apostle also testifies about them all, “They prevailed by faith.” Solomon also said, “Many men are called merciful, but who can find a faithful man?” Demonstrations
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Proverbs 20:7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
A good man is not liable to uneasiness in contriving what he shall do, or in reflecting on what he has done, as those who walk in deceit. And his family fare better for his sake.
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Proverbs 20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
If great men are good men, they may do much good, and prevent very much evil.
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Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Some can say, Through grace, we are cleaner than we have been; but it was the work of the Holy Spirit.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
No human, therefore, is without sin. Labor therefore to the utmost of your power to be unblamable; and be solicitous of all the parts of your flock, lest any one be scandalized on your account and thereby perish. .
Let us not therefore give up in despair; for to fall is not so grievous as to lie where we have fallen. It is not so dreadful to be wounded as it is to refuse healing after being wounded. “For who shall boast that he has his heart chaste? or who shall say confidently that he is pure from sin?” These things I say not to make you more negligent but to prevent your despairing.
“Who can say,” writes the wise man, “I have made my heart clean”? The stars are not pure in the Lord’s sight; how much less people whose whole life is one long temptation.
Whose soul, then, is pure from stain? How has anyone not been struck by vanity or been trodden down by the foot of pride? Whose hand has never been touched by sin? Whose feet have never run toward evil? Who has not been polluted by a roving eye or been defiled by an undisciplined ear? Whose taste has never been preoccupied by its enjoyment, whose heart has remained unmoved by vain emotions? On the Lord’s Prayer
The merciful God has provided for the inhabitants of earth repentance as the medicine of salvation. Some endeavor to dispense with repentance, saying of themselves that they are clean. In their great madness they do not understand that to entertain such an idea of themselves is full of all impurity. For “no man is free from defilement,” as it is written. Commentary on Luke, Homily
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Proverbs 20:10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
See the various deceits men use, of which the love of money is the root. The Lord will not bless what is thus gotten.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
We must be careful not to have either unjust weights in our hearts or double measures in the storerooms of our conscience, not only in the way that we have spoken but also in the following way. That is, we must not burden those to whom we preach the word of the Lord with stricter and heavier precepts than we ourselves are able to bear, while taking it upon ourselves to lighten with a greater and more indulgent relaxation the things that pertain to our rule of strictness. If we do this, what are we doing but weighing and measuring the revenue and fruit of the Lord’s precepts with a double weight and measure? For if we weigh them out in one way for ourselves and in another for our brothers, we are rightly rebuked by the Lord for having deceptive balances and double measures, according to the words of Solomon, where it is said, “A double weight is an abomination to the Lord, and a deceptive balance is not good in his sight.” .
If there were two persons to be judged, one being given more consideration and the other less consideration, with a judge standing between both and making them equal by depriving only the one who has more than enough, the judge can be said to have failed to the extent that the adjudged party is injured. He who does not first have true justice instilled in his soul, but is corrupted by money or favors his friends or seeks vengeance against his enemies or reveres power, is unable to effect justice.… For rectitude in judgment is evidence that someone’s soul is well disposed toward equity and law. Hence, it prohibits this in what follows, saying, “Large weights and small weights are abominable before God,” with inequality in judgment being indicated in Proverbs under the title of weights.
He who commands must always keep to the exact scope of the commandments, and he who distributes tasks must observe equity in looking into them, for “a false balance is an abomination to the Lord.” There is, then, an excess and a defect in weight, but the church acccepts neither, for “excessive and defective weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike abominable in the sight of the Lord.”
Author: Ambrosius von Mailand Rank: Bishop AD: 397
Every kind of unfair action is shameful. Even in common things, false weights and unjust measures are accursed. And if fraud in the market or in business is punished, can it seem free from reproach if found in the midst of the performance of the duties of virtue? Duties of the Clergy.
Author: Ambrosius von Mailand Rank: Bishop AD: 397
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Proverbs 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
Parents should observe their children, that they may manage them accordingly.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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Proverbs 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
All our powers and faculties are from God, and are to be employed for him.
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Proverbs 20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Those that indulge themselves, may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labor.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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Proverbs 20:14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Men use arts to get a good bargain, and to buy cheap; whereas a man ought to be ashamed of a fraud and a lie.
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Proverbs 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
He that prefers true knowledge to riches, follows the ways of religion and happiness. If we really believed this truth, the word of God would be valued as it deserves, and the world would lose its tempting influence.
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Proverbs 20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Those ruin themselves who entangle themselves in rash suretiship. Also those who are in league with abandoned women. Place no confidence in either.
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Proverbs 20:17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Wealth gotten by fraud may be sweet, for the carnal mind takes pleasure in the success of wicked devices; but it will be bitter in the reflection.
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Proverbs 20:18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Especially we need advice in spiritual warfare. The word and Spirit of God are the best counselors in every point.
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Proverbs 20:19 He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Those dearly buy their own praise, who put confidence in a man because he speaks fairly.
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Proverbs 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
An undutiful child will become very miserable. Never let him expect any peace or comfort.
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Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
An estate suddenly raised, is often as suddenly ruined.
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Proverbs 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Wait on the Lord, attend his pleasure, and he will protect thee.
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Proverbs 20:23 Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
A bargain made by fraud will prove a losing bargain in the end.
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Proverbs 20:24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
How can we form plans, and conduct business, independently of the Lord?
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
“The steps of man are directed by God.” A mortal, that is a sinner [as such], cannot [of himself] know the ways of the Lord; in fact, since he is mortal, he has [of yet] neither died nor lived with Christ. Therefore in the journey to the kingdom of heaven the steps of man are directed by the Lord. Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, Fragment
You maintain that “all are governed by their own free choice.” What Christian can bear to hear this? For if not one, or a few or many but all of us are governed by our own free choice, what becomes of the help of God? And how do you explain the text, “A man’s goings are ordered by the Lord”? Against the Pelagians
Do they suppose, accordingly, that God moves the wills of those whom he has wished to the creation of earthly kingdoms but that he does not move them to the attainment of a heavenly kingdom? But I think that it was in reference to the kingdom of heaven, rather than to an earthly kingdom, that it was said … “The steps of a man are guided by the Lord, but how does a mortal understand his own ways?” Let them hear, “Every man seems just to himself, but the Lord directs the hearts.” Let them hear, “As many as were ordained to life everlasting believed.” Let them hear these words, and whatever others I have not quoted, by which it is shown that God prepares and converts people’s wills also for the kingdom of heaven and for eternal life. And think how strange it would be for us to believe that God moves people’s wills for the establishment of earthly kingdoms but that for the attainment of the kingdom of heaven people move their own wills.
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Proverbs 20:25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
The evasions men often use with their own consciences show how false and deceitful man is.
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Proverbs 20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Justice should crush the wicked, and separate them from the virtuous.
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Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
The rational soul and conscience are as a lamp within us, which should be used in examining our dispositions and motives with the revealed will of God.
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Proverbs 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Mercy and truth are the glories of God’s throne.
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Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
Both young and old have their advantages; and let neither despise or envy the other.
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Proverbs 20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Severe rebukes sometimes do a great deal of good. But such is the corruption of nature, that men are loath to be rebuked for their sins. If God uses severe afflictions, to purify our hearts and fit us for his service, we have cause to be very thankful.
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