Proverbs 29:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XXIX.

(1) Hardeneth his neck. — And will not bear the “easy yoke” of God. (Comp. Matthew 11:29-30.)

Shall suddenly be destroyed. — Literally, shattered, like a potter’s vessel that cannot be mended (Jeremiah 19:11; Isa. xxx 14).

And that without remedy. — For what more can be done for him, if he has despised God’s warnings? (Comp. Hebrews 6:4, sqq.)

Proverbs 29:1

1 He,a that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.