Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness. — See above, on Proverbs 10:2.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Reproach - The word so rendered has this sense in the Targum of Leviticus 20:17 . Its more usual meaning is “mercy,” “piety;” hence, some have a...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. T...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

exalteth... But, &c. Illustrations: Deuteronomy 4:6 . Deu 4:28. 1 Kings 9:7-9 ; 2 Chronicles 15:3 2 Chronicles 15:5 , 2 Chronicles 15:6 ....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. But sin is a reproach to any people - I am satisfied this is not the sense of...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But a sin is a reproach to any people— Schultens renders this, And the beneficence of nations is their expiation; which appears to be perfectly a...
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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exalteth a nation; maketh it honourable in the eyes of God, and of all other nations, as it did the ancient Romans. A reproach to any people; bri...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 14:34 . The Hebrew word for reproach means also “mercy.” Hence Gejer and Miller translate “Mercy for nations is the s...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 34. Righteousness exalteth a nation, the exercise of true moral uprightness in every department of a nation's activity will set such a nation up...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ; Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:18-28 ; Deuteronomy 4:6-8 ; Ezekiel 16:1-63 ; Ezekiel 23:49 ; Hosea 13:1 ; Jeremi...

³⁴ Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 14:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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