Proverbs 28:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. ”

• Proverbs 28:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Second Division, Proverbs 28 f. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. Proverbs 28:2 b. The text is uncertain, and various render...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  oppressor, &c. Supply the Relative Ellipsis , "oppressor [and shall cut short his days]: but", &c, or, it may be the Figure of speech Aposiopesis . and. [what of him].

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. The prince that wanteth understanding - A weak prince will generally hav...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. The prince that wanteth understanding (is) also a great oppressor (and...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Observations relating chiefly to Social Life 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15.

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor. — Thereby losing the love of his people, and at the same time impoverishing them; thus killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. He...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that fear...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 28:2 . "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his da...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor ,.... Or, "much in oppressions" o; he multiplies them, and abounds in them; he distresses his subjects in a variety of ways and meth...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days. Ver. 16. The prince that wanteth understanding. ] As every tyrant dot...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The prince that wanteth understanding , &c. The tyranny or oppression of a prince is a manifest sign of great folly, because it alienates from him the hearts of his people, in possessing which h...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested b...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.       Two things are here intimated to be the causes of th...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The tyranny or oppression of a prince, though by some accounted wisdom, is in truth a manifest act and sign of great folly, because it alienateth from him the hearts of his people, in which his honou...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 28:16 . Ewald, Zöckler, Delitzsch, and others read this verse, “O prince devoid of understanding, he that hateth unjust gain continueth long .” Proverbs 28:17 . Fi...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 28:2 . By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged. Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time i...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the...

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• Proverbs 28:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Consequences of Impiety

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 12:10 ; 1 Kings 12:14 ; Amos 4:1 ; Ecclesiastes 4:1 ; Exodus 18:21 ; Isaiah 3:12 ; Isaiah 33:15 ; Isaiah 33:16 ; Jeremiah 22:15-17 ; Nehemiah 5:15

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Divine Contrasts Proverbs 28:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1....

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• Proverbs 28:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Oppressor — The tyranny of a prince, is a manifest sign of folly. Prolong — By God's favour, the peace and satisfaction of his own mind, and the hearty love of his people.

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