Proverbs 29:16

Proverbs 29:2; Psalms 112:8; Psalms 37:34; Psalms 37:36; Psalms 58:10; Psalms 91:8; Psalms 92:11; Psalms 92:9; Revelation 15:4; Revelation 18:20

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 29:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 2...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the wicked . wicked ones. multiplied . increased in authority or position. Not necessarily in number. Compare Proverbs 29:2 , and see note on Pr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. When the wicked are multiplied - That, in the multi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. When the wicked are multiplied, transgressi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Kings and Fathers 3. Cp. the prodigal son ( Luke 15 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But the righteous shall see their fall with joy ( Psalms 54:7 ), having long expected it ( ibid, Psalms 73:18 , sqq. ) .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 TH...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 convi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established forever. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When the wicked are multiplied ,.... Or "are in authority" r; as the word is rendered, Proverbs 29:2 ; transgression increaseth ; among the commo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. Ver. 16. When the wicked are multiplied, transgr...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When the wicked are multiplied Or rather, are advanced , or in authority , as the word ברבות, is understood, Proverbs 29:2 ; transgression incr...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 d...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. Note, 1. The more sinners there...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Are multiplied; or rather, are advanced, because this is opposed to their falling in the next clause; and so this Hebrew word is taken above, P...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 29:16 VICTORY NOT WITH THE MAJORITY I. There is no necessary connection between numbers and righteousness . Weeds...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 29:1 . He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck. The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθ...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. Proverbs 29:1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck; literal...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Source of Evil Shown
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

When the wicked are multiplied, when they are in the majority in a community or state, transgression increaseth, for not only do they themselves gr...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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:...

¹⁶ When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 29:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 29:16