Proverbs 11:18

Worketh — A work which will deceive his expectation. Soweth — That worketh it with constancy, and diligence.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deceitful work - Work which deceives and disappoints the worker; in contrast with the “sure reward” of the second clause. Omit “shall be” and r...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

worketh, &c. Pharaoh ( Exodus 1:20 ; Acts 7:19 ). Caiaphas( John 11:49 ; John 11:50 ). Compare Acts 8:1 ; Acts 8:4 . deceitful . lie. Heb...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 776 PORTION OF THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS CONTRASTED Proverbs 11:18 . The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth r...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Worketh a deceitful work - An unstable work; noth...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all frau...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Worketh a deceitful work] RV 'earneth deceitful wages,' fairy gold, apples of Sodom.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Worketh a deceitful work — i.e., which ends in nothing, deceiving his hopes. (Comp. Proverbs 11:7 .) But to him that soweth righteousness shall...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectati...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The wicked worketh a deceitful work ,.... Such a wicked man as before described; that neither enjoys the good things of life he has, nor suffers oth...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward. Ver. 18. The wicked worketh a deceitful work...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wicked worketh a deceitful work A work which will deceive his expectation of that good for which he works. But to him that soweth righteousnes...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Note, 1. Sinners put a most f...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A deceitful work; a work which will deceive his expectation of that good for which he worketh. That soweth; that worketh it with constancy, and d...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Contrasts Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous ( Proverbs 11:15-23 ). In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:18 . “The wicked gaineth a deceptive result, but he that soweth righteousness a sure reward” (Zöckler). MAIN HOMI...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:1 . A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little...
The Biblical Illustrator

The wicked worketh a deceitful work. The wicked and the just There is here a startling contrast between them, in their work and in their reward...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deute...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 18. The wicked worketh a deceitful work, the acquisitions which he gains are delusive, they are neither real nor lasting; but to him that sowet...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:8 ; Ephesians 4:22 ; Galatians 6:8 ; Galatians 6:9 ; Hosea 10:12 ; Hosea 10:13 ; Isaiah 59:5-8 ; James 3:18 ; Job 27:13-23 ;...

¹⁸ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 11:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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)

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the 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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