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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
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- Primary Witness Text: He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. Where there is no vision, the people per...
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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
Proverbs 8's personified Wisdom — present at creation, delighting before God — is cited by early Church Fathers as a window into the eternal Son. The book's practical ethics (sexual integrity, speech, work, generosity) embody a worldview in which creation's design is the source of moral instruction.
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Proverbs 29:1
Hebrew
אִישׁ תּוֹכָחוֹת מַקְשֶׁה־עֹרֶף פֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר וְאֵין מַרְפֵּֽא׃'iysh-tvokhachvot-maqesheh-'oref-feta'-yishaver-ve'eyn-marefe'
KJV: He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
AKJV: He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
ASV: He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck
YLT: A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
Exposition: Proverbs 29:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:2
Hebrew
בִּרְבוֹת צַדִּיקִים יִשְׂמַח הָעָם וּבִמְשֹׁל רָשָׁע יֵאָנַֽח עָֽם׃virevvot-tzadiyqiym-yishemach-ha'am-vvimeshol-rasha'-ye'anach-'am
KJV: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
AKJV: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.
ASV: When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice;
YLT: In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 29:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 29:2
Proverbs 29:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 29:2
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- Proverbs 29:2
Exposition: Proverbs 29:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:3
Hebrew
אִֽישׁ־אֹהֵב חָכְמָה יְשַׂמַּח אָבִיו וְרֹעֶה זוֹנוֹת יְאַבֶּד־הֽוֹן׃'iysh-'ohev-chakhemah-yeshamach-'aviyv-vero'eh-zvonvot-ye'aved-hvon
KJV: Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
AKJV: Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots spends his substance.
ASV: Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;
YLT: A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.
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Proverbs 29:3
Verse 3 But he that keepeth company - רעה roeh, he that feedeth harlots, יאבד yeabed, shall utterly destroy his substance. Has there ever been a single case to the contrary?
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Proverbs 29:3
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:4
Hebrew
מֶלֶךְ בְּמִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִיד אָרֶץ וְאִישׁ תְּרוּמוֹת יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃melekhe-vemishefat-ya'amiyd-'aretz-ve'iysh-tervmvot-yeheresenah
KJV: The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
AKJV: The king by judgment establishes the land: but he that receives gifts overthrows it.
ASV: The king by justice establisheth the land;
YLT: A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 29:4Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 29:4
Verse 4 He that receiveth gifts - This was notoriously the case in this kingdom, before the passing of the Magna Charta, or great charter of liberties. Hence that article in it, Nulli vendemus justitiam; "We will not sell justice to any." I have met with cases in our ancient records where, in order to get his right, a man was obliged almost to ruin himself in presents to the king, queen, and their favourites, to get the case decided in his favor.
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- Magna Charta
Exposition: Proverbs 29:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:5
Hebrew
גֶּבֶר מַחֲלִיק עַל־רֵעֵהוּ רֶשֶׁת פּוֹרֵשׂ עַל־פְּעָמָֽיו׃gever-machaliyq-'al-re'ehv-reshet-fvoresh-'al-fe'amayv
KJV: A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
AKJV: A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
ASV: A man that flattereth his neighbor
YLT: A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 29:5Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 29:5
Verse 5 Spreadeth a net for his feet - Beware of a flatterer; he does not flatter merely to please you, but to deceive you and profit himself.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:6
Hebrew
בְּפֶשַֽׁע אִישׁ רָע מוֹקֵשׁ וְצַדִּיק יָרוּן וְשָׂמֵֽחַ׃vefesha'-'iysh-ra'-mvoqesh-vetzadiyq-yarvn-veshamecha
KJV: In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
AKJV: In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice.
ASV: In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare;
YLT: In the transgression of the evil is a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 29:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 29:6
Proverbs 29:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Proverbs 29:6
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- Proverbs 29:6
Exposition: Proverbs 29:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:7
Hebrew
יֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק דִּין דַּלִּים רָשָׁע לֹא־יָבִין דָּֽעַת׃yode'a-tzadiyq-diyn-daliym-rasha'-lo'-yaviyn-da'at
KJV: The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
AKJV: The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not to know it.
ASV: The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor;
YLT: The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 29:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 29:7
Proverbs 29:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Proverbs 29:7
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Proverbs 29:7
Exposition: Proverbs 29:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:8
Hebrew
אַנְשֵׁי לָצוֹן יָפִיחוּ קִרְיָה וַחֲכָמִים יָשִׁיבוּ אָֽף׃'aneshey-latzvon-yafiychv-qireyah-vachakhamiym-yashiyvv-'af
KJV: Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
AKJV: Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
ASV: Scoffers set a city in a flame;
YLT: Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 29:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 29:8
Proverbs 29:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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- Proverbs 29:8
Exposition: Proverbs 29:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:9
Hebrew
אִֽישׁ־חָכָם נִשְׁפָּט אֶת־אִישׁ אֱוִיל וְרָגַז וְשָׂחַק וְאֵין נָֽחַת׃'iysh-chakham-nishefat-'et-'iysh-'eviyl-veragaz-veshachaq-ve'eyn-nachat
KJV: If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
AKJV: If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
ASV: If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man,
YLT: A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.
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Verse 9 Whether he rage or laugh - Coverdale translates, "Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole, whether he deale with him frendly or roughly he geteth no rest."
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:10
Hebrew
אַנְשֵׁי דָמִים יִשְׂנְאוּ־תָם וִֽישָׁרִים יְבַקְשׁוּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃'aneshey-damiym-yishene'v-tam-viyshariym-yevaqeshv-nafeshvo
KJV: The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
AKJV: The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
ASV: The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect;
YLT: Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 29:10Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 29:10
Proverbs 29:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Proverbs 29:10
Exposition: Proverbs 29:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:11
Hebrew
כָּל־רוּחוֹ יוֹצִיא כְסִיל וְחָכָם בְּאָחוֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה׃khal-rvchvo-yvotziy'-khesiyl-vechakham-ve'achvor-yeshavechenah
KJV: A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
AKJV: A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.
ASV: A fool uttereth all his anger;
YLT: A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.
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Verse 11 A fool uttereth all his mind - A man should be careful to keep his own secret, and never tell his whole mind upon any subject, while there are other opinions yet to be delivered; else, if he speak again, he must go over his old ground; and as he brings out nothing new, he injures his former argument.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:12
Hebrew
מֹשֵׁל מַקְשִׁיב עַל־דְּבַר־שָׁקֶר כָּֽל־מְשָׁרְתָיו רְשָׁעִֽים׃moshel-maqeshiyv-'al-devar-shaqer-khal-mesharetayv-resha'iym
KJV: If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
AKJV: If a ruler listen to lies, all his servants are wicked.
ASV: If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood,
YLT: A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers are wicked.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 29:12Quoted commentary witness
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Verse 12 If a ruler hearken to lies - Wherever the system of espionage is permitted to prevail, there the system of falsity is established; for he who is capable of being a spy and informer, is not only capable of telling and swearing lies, but also of cutting his king's or even his father's throat. I have seen cases, where the same spy received pay from both parties, and deceived both.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:13
Hebrew
רָשׁ וְאִישׁ תְּכָכִים נִפְגָּשׁוּ מֵאִיר־עֵינֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם יְהוֽ͏ָה׃rash-ve'iysh-tekhakhiym-nifegashv-me'iyr-'eyney-sheneyhem-yehvah
KJV: The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
AKJV: The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes.
ASV: The poor man and the oppressor meet together;
YLT: The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.
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Verse 13 The poor and the deceitful man - It is difficult to fix the meaning of תככים techachim, which we here render the deceitful man. The Targum has, "The poor and the man of Little Wealth." The Septuagint, "The usurer and the Debtor." The Vulgate, "The poor and Creditor." Coverdale, "The poor and the Lender." Others, "The poor and the Rich;" "The poor and the Oppressors." I suppose the meaning may be the same as in Pro 22:2 (note): "The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all." Where see the note.
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- The Septuagint
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- Rich
- Oppressors
Exposition: Proverbs 29:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:14
Hebrew
מֶלֶךְ שׁוֹפֵט בֶּֽאֱמֶת דַּלִּים כִּסְאוֹ לָעַד יִכּֽוֹן׃melekhe-shvofet-ve'emet-daliym-khise'vo-la'ad-yikhvon
KJV: The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
AKJV: The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
ASV: The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
YLT: a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.
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Proverbs 29:14 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:15
Hebrew
שֵׁבֶט וְתוֹכַחַת יִתֵּן חָכְמָה וְנַעַר מְשֻׁלָּח מֵבִישׁ אִמּֽוֹ׃shevet-vetvokhachat-yiten-chakhemah-vena'ar-meshulach-meviysh-'imvo
KJV: The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
AKJV: The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.
ASV: The rod and reproof give wisdom;
YLT: A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.
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Proverbs 29:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:16
Hebrew
בִּרְבוֹת רְשָׁעִים יִרְבֶּה־פָּשַׁע וְצַדִּיקִים בְּֽמַפַּלְתָּם יִרְאֽוּ׃virevvot-resha'iym-yireveh-fasha'-vetzadiyqiym-vemafaletam-yire'v
KJV: When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
AKJV: When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall.
ASV: When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth;
YLT: In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look.
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Verse 16 When the wicked are multiplied - That, in the multiplication of the wicked transgression is increased, requires no proof; but an important doctrine attaches to this. On this account wicked nations and wicked families are cut off and rooted out. Were it not so righteousness would in process of time be banished from the earth. This will account for many of the numerous instances in which whole families fail.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:17
Hebrew
יַסֵּר בִּנְךָ וִֽינִיחֶךָ וְיִתֵּן מַעֲדַנִּים לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃yaser-vinekha-viyniychekha-veyiten-ma'adaniym-lenafeshekha
KJV: Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
AKJV: Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yes, he shall give delight to your soul.
ASV: Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest;
YLT: Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.
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Proverbs 29:17 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:18
Hebrew
בְּאֵין חָזוֹן יִפָּרַֽע עָם וְשֹׁמֵר תּוֹרָה אַשְׁרֵֽהוּ׃ve'eyn-chazvon-yifara'-'am-veshomer-tvorah-'asherehv
KJV: Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
AKJV: Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.
ASV: Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint;
YLT: Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!
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Verse 18 Where there is no vision - My old MS. Bible, following the Vulgate, translates: Whan prophecye schal failen, the peple schal ben to scatered. Where Divine revelation, and the faithful preaching of the sacred testimonies, are neither reverenced nor attended, the ruin of that land is at no great distance. But he that keepeth the law, happy is he - Go how it may with others, he shall be safe. So our Lord: "Blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it."
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- Vulgate
- Bible
- Lord
Exposition: Proverbs 29:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:19
Hebrew
בִּדְבָרִים לֹא־יִוָּסֶר עָבֶד כִּֽי־יָבִין וְאֵין מַעֲנֶֽה׃videvariym-lo'-yivaser-'aved-khiy-yaviyn-ve'eyn-ma'aneh
KJV: A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
AKJV: A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
ASV: A servant will not be corrected by words;
YLT: By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.
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Proverbs 29:19 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:20
Hebrew
חָזִיתָ אִישׁ אָץ בִּדְבָרָיו תִּקְוָה לִכְסִיל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃chaziyta-'iysh-'atz-videvarayv-tiqevah-likhesiyl-mimenv
KJV: Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
AKJV: See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
ASV: Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?
YLT: Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
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Proverbs 29:20 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:21
Hebrew
מְפַנֵּק מִנֹּעַר עַבְדּוֹ וְאַחֲרִיתוֹ יִהְיֶה מָנֽוֹן׃mefaneq-mino'ar-'avedvo-ve'achariytvo-yiheyeh-manvon
KJV: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
AKJV: He that delicately brings up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
ASV: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child
YLT: Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, At his latter end also he is continuator.
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Verse 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant - Such persons are generally forgetful of their obligations, assume the rights and privileges of children, and are seldom good for any thing.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:22
Hebrew
אִֽישׁ־אַף יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן וּבַעַל חֵמָה רַב־פָּֽשַׁע׃'iysh-'af-yegareh-madvon-vva'al-chemah-rav-fasha'
KJV: An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
AKJV: An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
ASV: An angry man stirreth up strife,
YLT: An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.
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Verse 22 An angry man stirreth up strife - His spirit begets its like wherever he goes. And a furious man aboundeth in transgression - His furious spirit is always carrying him into extremes, and each of these is a transgression.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:23
Hebrew
גַּאֲוַת אָדָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶנּוּ וּשְׁפַל־רוּחַ יִתְמֹךְ כָּבֽוֹד׃ga'avat-'adam-tashefiylenv-vshefal-rvcha-yitemokhe-khavvod
KJV: A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
AKJV: A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
ASV: A man’s pride shall bring him low;
YLT: The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.
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Verse 23 A man's pride shall bring him low - A proud man is universally despised, and such are often exposed to great mortifications.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:24
Hebrew
חוֹלֵק עִם־גַּנָּב שׂוֹנֵא נַפְשׁוֹ אָלָה יִשְׁמַע וְלֹא יַגִּֽיד׃chvoleq-'im-ganav-shvone'-nafeshvo-'alah-yishema'-velo'-yagiyd
KJV: Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
AKJV: Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and denudes it not.
ASV: Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul;
YLT: Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.
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Verse 24 Hateth his own soul - נפשו naphsho, his life, as the outraged law may at any time seize on and put him to death. He heareth cursing - אלה alah, the execration or adjuration, (for all culprits were charged, as before God, to tell the truth), ולא יגד velo yagpid, but He will not tell It. He has no fear of God, nor reverence for an oath, because his heart is hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:25
Hebrew
חֶרְדַּת אָדָם יִתֵּן מוֹקֵשׁ וּבוֹטֵחַ בַּיהוָה יְשֻׂגָּֽב׃cheredat-'adam-yiten-mvoqesh-vvvotecha-vayhvah-yeshugav
KJV: The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
AKJV: The fear of man brings a snare: but whoever puts his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
ASV: The fear of man bringeth a snare;
YLT: Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.
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Verse 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare - How often has this led weak men, though sincere in their general character, to deny their God, and abjure his people! See the case of Peter; and learn from this, O reader, that where the mighty have been slain, thou wilt fall, unless thou call on the Strong for strength, and for courage to use it. Be not ashamed of Jesus nor of his people, nor of his cross. Glory in this, that thou knowest him, art joined to them, and art counted worthy to bear it.
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- Jesus
- Peter
Exposition: Proverbs 29:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:26
Hebrew
רַבִּים מְבַקְשִׁים פְּנֵי־מוֹשֵׁל וּמֵיְהוָה מִשְׁפַּט־אִֽישׁ׃raviym-mevaqeshiym-feney-mvoshel-vmeyehvah-mishefat-'iysh
KJV: Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
AKJV: Many seek the ruler’s favor; but every man’s judgment comes from the LORD.
ASV: Many seek the ruler’s favor;
YLT: Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah is the judgment of each.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 29:26Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 29:26
Verse 26 Many seek the ruler's favor - To be screened from the punishment determined by the law; but should he grant the favor sought, and pardon the criminal, this takes not away his guilt in the sight of God, from whom all just judgment proceeds.
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Proverbs 29:26
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Exposition: Proverbs 29:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 29:27
Hebrew
תּוֹעֲבַת צַדִּיקִים אִישׁ עָוֶל וְתוֹעֲבַת רָשָׁע יְשַׁר־דָּֽרֶךְ׃tvo'avat-tzadiyqiym-'iysh-'avel-vetvo'avat-rasha'-yeshar-darekhe
KJV: An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
AKJV: An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
ASV: An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous;
YLT: An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!
Commentary WitnessProverbs 29:27Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 29:27
Verse 27 And he that is upright in the way - "But as for those that be in the right waye, the wicked hate them." - Coverdale. To this verse the Vulgate adds the following: Verbum custodiens filius extra perditionem erit; "The son that keeps the word shall not fall into perdition." This is not in all copies of the Vulgate: but it was in that from which my old MS. Bible was made, where it is thus translated: The sone keping the worde schal ben out of perdicyon. I believe verbum here is intended for the Divine word; the revelation from God.
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Canonical locus
Proverbs 29:27
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- Vulgate
- Coverdale
Exposition: Proverbs 29:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Proverbs 29:1
- Proverbs 29:2
- Proverbs 29:3
- Proverbs 29:4
- Proverbs 29:5
- Proverbs 29:6
- Proverbs 29:7
- Proverbs 29:8
- Proverbs 29:9
- Proverbs 29:10
- Proverbs 29:11
- Proverbs 29:12
- Proverbs 29:13
- Proverbs 29:14
- Proverbs 29:15
- Proverbs 29:16
- Proverbs 29:17
- Proverbs 29:18
- Proverbs 29:19
- Proverbs 29:20
- Proverbs 29:21
- Proverbs 29:22
- Proverbs 29:23
- Proverbs 29:24
- Proverbs 29:25
- Proverbs 29:26
- Proverbs 29:27
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Judge
- Magna Charta
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Targum
- Little Wealth
- The Septuagint
- Debtor
- The Vulgate
- Creditor
- Coverdale
- Lender
- Rich
- Oppressors
- That
- Bible
- Lord
- It
- Jesus
- Peter
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Commentary Witness
Proverbs 29:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Proverbs 29:1
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness