“ If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. ”
All his servants are wicked - They know what will please, and they become informers and backbiters.
Proverbs 29:2 . cf. Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12-28 . Proverbs 29:4 . he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presents. Proverbs 29:9 b. Who is the subject? If it is the wise man,...
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. If a ruler hearken to lies - Wherever the system of espionage is permitted to prevail, there the system of falsity is established; for he wh...
If a ruler hearken to lies— In conformity to this aphorism, Tacitus says of Claudius, "There is no safety with that prince into whose mind all things are conveyed, as it were, by infusion and direc...
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants (are) wicked - for they are sure to imitate him. As is the master, so will be his men. Rul...
Kings and Fathers 3. Cp. the prodigal son ( Luke 15 ).
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. — If a ruler shows that he likes adulation and falsehood rather than unpleasant truths, his attendants will provide him with what he wishes....
CHAPTER 30 THE NEED OF REVELATION "Where no vision is, a people casts off restraint, but he that keepeth the law is happy."- Proverbs 29:18 THE form of the proverb shows that we are not to tre...
Verse Proverbs 29:2 . The sentiment of this proverb often recurs. On the surface it hardly appears to be true. To observe long issues is to be convinced of the absolute accuracy of the sentiment. V...
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. The righteous considereth the cause of...
If a ruler hearken to lies ,.... To men that tell them in order to soothe and flatter him, or to hurt the character and reputation of others, that they may raise their own: rulers should not listen...
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked. Ver. 12. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. ] He shall have his Aiones and Negones, that will say as he says, a...
A fool uttereth all his mind All at once, unnecessarily, unseasonably, without reservation or caution; but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward Till he have a fit occasion to express it. If a...
This FIFTH SECTION now has similarities to the fourth, but carries us further, for if the fourth stresses mainly the testing of ways and walk. This dwells more upon results, that is the recompenses o...
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. Note, 1. It is a great sin in any, especially in rulers, to hearken to lies; for thereby they not only give a wrong ju...
If a ruler hearken to lies, delight in flatteries or calumnies, or any lying words or deceitful and wicked practices, all his servants are wicked; partly because he chooseth only such for his ser...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 29:13 . The deceitful . Rather “ the usurer.” A man of usury is only a more concrete expression for a rich man, and this is the corresponding term in chap. Proverbs 22:...
Proverbs 29:1 . He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck. The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθαι και δεδοικεναι οφειλουοιν. Αυξεται γαρ αυτοις τ...
EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. Proverbs 29:1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck; literally, a man of reproofs— one who has had a long e...
Description of Stubbornness and Disobedience
1 Kings 21:11-13 ; 1 Samuel 22:8-23 ; 1 Samuel 23:19-23 ; 2 Kings 10:6 ; 2 Kings 10:7 ; 2 Samuel 3:7-11 ; 2 Samuel 4:5-12 ; Proverbs 20:8 ; Proverbs 25:23 ; Psalms 101:5-7 ; Psalms 52:2-4...
The Way of the Righteous Proverbs 29:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole, reads thus: "He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,...