Proverbs 20:28

Mercy. lovingkindness, grace, or favour.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. Mercy (toward the miserable and needy) and truth (in fulfilling his w...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. Ver. 28. Mercy and truth preserve the king. ] These are the best guard of...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mercy Clemency to offenders, and bounty to worthy indigent persons; and truth Faithfulness in keeping his word and promises inviolably; preserve...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. Here we have, 1. The virtues of a good king. Those are m...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mercy; clemency to offenders, and bounty to worthy and to indigent persons; and truth; faithfulness in keeping his word and promises inviolably; pr...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:26 . The wheel , i.e. , the wheel of the threshing, instrument which blows away the chaff. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Pr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 28. Mercy and truth preserve the king, they are the attributes or virtues which make his reign successful, and his throne is upholden by mercy,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 16:5 ; Proverbs 16:12 ; Proverbs 16:6 ; Proverbs 29:14 ; Psalms 101:1 ; Psalms 21:7 ; Psalms 26:1 ; Psalms 61:7

²⁸ Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:28

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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