“ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. ”
Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 17:23 ), the value of adversity as...
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Whoso rewardeth evil for good - Here is a most awful warning. As many persons are guilty of the sin of ingratitude, and of paying...
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Such a monstrous sin shall entail punishment not mere...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than t...
Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repr...
Whoso rewardeth evil for good ,.... As the enemies of David and Christ rewarded them, Psalms 35:12 ; this is base ingratitude, contrary to the law and light of nature; worse than beastly, is really...
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Ver. 13. Whoso rewardeth evil for good, &c. ] Ingratitude is a monster in nature, and doth therefore carry so much more d...
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. A malicious mischievous man is here represented, 1. As ungrateful to his friends. He oftentimes is so absurd a...
From his person and family, because such a man is most hateful to God and to all mankind; God will punish him, and men will not pity nor relieve him.
The Follies Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:8-16 ). The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and this now leads on to consideration of the activities of fools (kesil) ( Proverbs...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:11 . Many commentators translate the first clause “ Rebellion ,” or “ a rebel ” seeketh only after evil, i.e. , brings retribution upon himself. Proverbs 17:12...
Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace (or crucible) for gold. Silver ores in Me...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water be...
v. 13. Whoso rewardeth evil for good, in an excess of ingratitude, evil shall not depart from his house, for misfortune is the penalty of such acts of base ingratitude.
1 Peter 3:9 ; 1 Samuel 24:17 ; 1 Samuel 31:2 ; 1 Samuel 31:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15 ; 2 Samuel 21:1-14 ; Jeremiah 18:20 ; Jeremiah 18:21 ; Matthew 27:25 ; Matthew 27:5 ; Psalms 109:4-13 ;...