Provérbios 20
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Provérbios 20
(Pro. 20:1-30) mocker--scorner. Such men are made by wine. strong drink--made by spicing wine (compare Isa 5:11, Isa 5:22); and it may include wine. raging--or boisterous as a drunkard. deceived--literally, "erring," or reeling.
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(Compare Pro 19:12). Men who resist authority injure themselves (Rom 13:2).
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to cease from strife--or, better, "to dwell from or without strife," denoting the habit of life. fool . . . meddling-- (Pro 17:14).
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shall . . . beg--literally, "ask" (in this sense, Psa 109:10).
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Counsel . . . water--that is, deeply hidden (Pro 18:4; Psa 13:2). The wise can discern well.
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Boasters are unreliable. goodness--or, "kind disposition."
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The conduct of good men proclaims their sound principles. God's covenant and their good example secure blessing to their children (Pro 4:26; Psa 112:1-2).
Provérbios 20:8
As in Pro 14:35; Pro 16:10, Pro 16:15, this is the character of a good king, not of all kings.
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The interrogation in the affirmative strengthens the implied negation (compare Job 15:14; Ecc 7:20).
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Various measures, implying that some are wrong (compare Pro 11:1; Pro 16:11).
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The conduct of children even is the best test of principle (compare Mat 7:16).
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Hence, of course, God will know all you do (Psa 94:9).
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Activity and diligence contrasted with sloth (Pro 6:9; Pro 10:11). lest . . . poverty--literally, "be deprived of inheritance."
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when . . . his way--implying that he goes about boasting of his bargains.
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The contrast denotes the greater value of knowledge (compare Pro 3:14-16).
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Take his garment--implies severe exaction, justified by the surety's rashness. a strange woman--by some readings "strangers," but the former here, and in Pro 27:13, is allowable, and strengthens the sense. The debauchee is less reliable than the merely careless.
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Bread . . . sweet--either as unlawfully (Pro 9:17) or easily obtained. mouth . . . gravel--well expresses the pain and grief given at last.
Provérbios 20:18
(Compare Pro 15:22). Be careful and considerate in important plans.
Provérbios 20:19
Those who love to tell news will hardly keep secrets. flattereth . . . lips--(compare Margin; Pro 1:10). meddle . . . him--literally, "join," or "associate with."
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his lamp--(Compare Pro 13:9; Pro 24:20).
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gotten hastily--contrary to God's providence (Pro 28:20), implying its unjust or easy attainment; hence the man is punished, or spends freely what he got easily (compare Pro 20:17).
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(Compare Psa 27:14; Rom 12:17-19).
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(Compare Pro 20:10; Pro 11:1).
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Man's goings--literally, "Stately steppings of a strong man." a man--any common man. understand--or, "perceive."
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devoureth . . . holy--or, better, "who rashly speaks promises," or "devotes what is holy," consecrating any thing. This suits better the last clause, which expresses a similar view of the results of rashly vowing.
Provérbios 20:26
(Compare Pro 20:8). bringeth . . . over them--The wheel was used for threshing grain. The figure denotes severity (compare Amo 1:3).
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The spirit . . . Lord--Men's minds are God's gifts, and thus able to search one another (compare Pro 20:5; Pro 18:8, Pro 18:17; Co1 2:11).
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(Compare Pro 3:3; Pro 16:6, Pro 16:12).
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The glory of young men . . . the beauty of old men--Each age has its peculiar excellence (Pro 16:31).
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blueness--literally, "joining," the process of uniting the edges of a wound throws off purulent matter. stripes . . . belly--So punishment provides healing of soul (Pro 18:8), by deterring from evil courses. Next: Proverbs Chapter 21