“ Scornful men bringc a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. ”
Scornful men - The men who head political or religious revolutions, who inflame (literally as in the margin) the minds of the people against the powers that be.
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,...
Scornful men . Scoffers. Hebrew "men of scorning". bring. city, &c. Illustrations: Judah ( 2 Chronicles 36:16-21 ); rulers ( Isaiah 28:14-22 . and Matthew 27:39-43 ). turn away wrath. Illu...
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. Scornful men (who, when reproved for sin, not only do not repent, but scorn at divine and human laws) bring a city into a...
Kings and Fathers 3. Cp. the prodigal son ( Luke 15 ).
Scornful men. — See above on Proverbs 1:22 . Bring a city into a snare. — Rather, excite the passions of; literally, fan, as a flame. Wise men turn away wrath. — By their gentle counsels...
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...
Scornful men bring a city into a snare ,.... Such as despise dominion, speak evil of dignities; proud and haughty men, that speak Loftily, and with a contempt of their superiors; or who make a mock...
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath. Ver. 8. Scornful men bring a city into a snare. ] The Vulgate render it, Pestilent persons undo a city or a state; as Nahash...
Scornful men That mock at religion, the obligations of conscience, the fears of another world, and every thing that is sacred and serious; who when employed in the business of the state do things w...
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...
8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. See here, 1. Who are the men that are dangerous to the public-- scornful men. When such are employed in the...
Bring a city into a snare; expose it to God's wrath and to destruction by their self-conceit and wilfulness, by their wicked counsels and courses, whereby they seduce and infect the generality of t...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 29:8 . Bring a city , etc., literally, “ set a city on fire .” Proverbs 29:9 . The second clause should rather be “ he rageth and laugheth (i.e. , the fool), and th...
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...
Scornful men bring a city into a snare. The snares of the metropolis As residents in London we ask, Is there as much wickedness here as in other great cities? Are there snares and temptations o...
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 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Samuel 24:16 ; 2 Samuel 24:17 ; Amos 7:2-6 ; Deuteronomy 9:18-20 ; Exodus 32:10-14 ; Ezekiel 22:30 ; Isaiah 28:14-22 ; James 3:5 ; James 3:6...
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,...
Wrath — The wrath of God or of men, who were enraged against it.