Proverbs 11:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. ”

Proverbs 11:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deceitful work - Work which deceives and disappoints the worker; in contrast with the “sure reward” of the second clause. Omit “shall be” and render, “but he that soweth righteousness worketh a...
Proverbs 11:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group ( Proverbs 11:2-8 ; Proverbs 11:18-21 , and Prov...
Proverbs 11:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

worketh, &c. Pharaoh ( Exodus 1:20 ; Acts 7:19 ). Caiaphas( John 11:49 ; John 11:50 ). Compare Acts 8:1 ; Acts 8:4 . deceitful . lie. Hebrew. sheker. The verb, adjective, and noun are t...
Proverbs 11:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 776 PORTION OF THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS CONTRASTED Proverbs 11:18 . The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward . TO a superf...
Proverbs 11:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Worketh a deceitful work - An unstable work; nothing is durable that he does, except his crimes.
Proverbs 11:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be commi...
Proverbs 11:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
Proverbs 11:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Worketh a deceitful work — i.e., which ends in nothing, deceiving his hopes. (Comp. Proverbs 11:7 .) But to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. — Rather, he that soweth right...
Proverbs 11:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination...
Proverbs 11:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side...
Proverbs 11:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
Proverbs 11:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The wicked worketh a deceitful work ,.... Such a wicked man as before described; that neither enjoys the good things of life he has, nor suffers others to enjoy them; and all to accumulate riches, w...
Proverbs 11:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward. Ver. 18. The wicked worketh a deceitful work. ] By defrauding his genius, and afflicting his f...
Proverbs 11:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wicked worketh a deceitful work A work which will deceive his expectation of that good for which he works. But to him that soweth righteousness That worketh righteousness with constancy, dili...
Proverbs 11:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Note, 1. Sinners put a most fatal cheat upon themselves: The wicked works a de...
Proverbs 11:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A deceitful work; a work which will deceive his expectation of that good for which he worketh. That soweth; that worketh it with constancy, and diligence, and hope of recompence, as they do who s...
Proverbs 11:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Contrasts Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous ( Proverbs 11:15-23 ). In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between the righteous, the gracious, the merciful and the...
Proverbs 11:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:18 . “The wicked gaineth a deceptive result, but he that soweth righteousness a sure reward” (Zöckler). MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 11:18-20 SOW...
Proverbs 11:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:1 . A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand...
Proverbs 11:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

The wicked worketh a deceitful work. The wicked and the just There is here a startling contrast between them, in their work and in their reward. I. Their work. 1. There is intentionally s...
Proverbs 11:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13 , Deuteronomy 25:14 and Leviticus...
Proverbs 11:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 18. The wicked worketh a deceitful work, the acquisitions which he gains are delusive, they are neither real nor lasting; but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward, for in sc...
Proverbs 11:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:8 ; Ephesians 4:22 ; Galatians 6:8 ; Galatians 6:9 ; Hosea 10:12 ; Hosea 10:13 ; Isaiah 59:5-8 ; James 3:18 ; Job 27:13-23 ; Proverbs 1:18 ; Proverbs 22:8 ; Proverbs 5:22...
Proverbs 11:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Worketh — A work which will deceive his expectation. Soweth — That worketh it with constancy, and diligence.

Proverbs 11:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 11:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 11:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 11:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 11:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 11:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 11:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 11:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 11:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 11:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 11:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 11:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes