Jamieson–Fausset–Brown CommentaryProverbs 24

R. Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, D. Brown

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Proverbs 24:1-34

CHAPTER 24

Pr 24:1-34. 1-2. (Compare Pr 23:3, 17; Psa 37:1).

Proverbs 24:3-4

3-4. (Compare Pr 14:1; Is 54:14). house--including the family.

Proverbs 24:5-6

5-6. The general statement (Ec 9:16, 18) is specially illustrated (compare Pr 21:22; Psa 144:1).

Proverbs 24:7

7. (Compare Pr 14:16). in the gate--(Compare Pr 22:22).

Proverbs 24:8

8. So called even if he fails to do evil.

Proverbs 24:9

9. Same thought varied.

Proverbs 24:10

10. Literally, "If thou fail in the day of straits (adversity), strait (or, small) is thy strength," which is then truly tested.

Proverbs 24:11-12

11-12. Neglect of known duty is sin (Jas 4:17). ready--literally, "bowing down" to be slain--that is, unjustly. God's retributive justice cannot be avoided by professed ignorance.

Proverbs 24:13-14

13-14. As delicious food whets the appetite, so should the rewards of wisdom excite us to seek it.

Proverbs 24:15-16

15-16. The plots of the wicked against the good, though partially, shall not be fully successful (Psa 37:24); while the wicked, falling under penal evil, find no help.

Proverbs 24:17-18

17-18. Yet let none rejoice over the fate of evildoers, lest God punish their wrong spirit by relieving the sufferer (compare Pr 17:5; Job 31:29).

Proverbs 24:19-20

19-20. (Psa 37:1, 38; 18:28).

Proverbs 24:21-22

21-22. A warning against impiety and resistance to lawful rule (Ro 13:1-7; 1Pe 2:17). meddle ... change--(Compare Margin), literally, "mingle not yourself," avoid the society of restless persons.

Proverbs 24:23

23. These ... wise--literally, "are of the wise," as authors (compare "Psalms of David," Hebrew). "These" refers to the verses following, Pr 24:24-34. to have respect--literally, "to discern faces," show partiality,

Proverbs 24:24-25

24-25. of which an example is justifying the wicked, to which is opposed, rebuking him, which has a blessing.

Proverbs 24:26

26. kiss his lips--love and obey, do homage (Psa 2:12; So 8:1). right answer--literally, "plain words" (compare Pr 8:9), opposed to deceptive, or obscure.

Proverbs 24:27

27. Prepare ... in the field--Secure, by diligence, a proper support, and then build; provide necessaries, then comforts, to which a house rather pertained, in a mild climate, permitting the use of tents.

Proverbs 24:28

28. Do not speak even truth needlessly against any, and never falsehood.

Proverbs 24:29

29. Especially avoid retaliation (Mt 5:43-45; Ro 12:17).

Proverbs 24:30-31

30-31. A striking picture of the effects of sloth.

Proverbs 24:32-34

32-34. From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pr 6:10, 11).

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