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# Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

*Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown*

The Victorian standard commentary, critical and practical, from Genesis to Revelation.

## 266. Proverbs · 16 of 27

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[¶0] 1. Through desire ... seeketh--that is, seeks selfish gratification.

[¶1] intermeddleth ... wisdom--or, "rushes on" ([Pr 17:14]) against all wisdom, or what is valuable ([Pr 2:7]).

[¶2] 2. that his heart ... itself--that is, takes pleasure in revealing his folly ([Pr 12:23]; ).

[¶3] 3. So surely are sin and punishment connected ([Pr 16:4]).

[¶4] wicked, for "wickedness," answers to

[¶5] ignominy, or the state of such; and

[¶6] contempt, the feeling of others to them; and to

[¶7] reproach, a manifestation of contempt.

[¶8] 4. Wise speech is like an exhaustless stream of benefit.

[¶9] 5. accept the person--(Compare [Psa 82:2]). "It is not good" is to be supplied before "to overthrow."

[¶10] 6-7. The quarrelsome bring trouble on themselves. Their rash language ensnares them ([Pr 6:2]).

[¶11] 8. (Compare [Pr 16:28]).

[¶12] as wounds--not sustained by the Hebrew; better, as "sweet morsels," which men gladly swallow.

[¶13] innermost ... belly--the mind, or heart (compare [Pr 20:27-30]; [Psa 22:14]).

[¶14] 9. One by failing to get, the other by wasting wealth, grows poor.

[¶15] waster--literally, "master of washing," a prodigal.

[¶16] 10. name of the Lord--manifested perfections ([Psa 8:1]; ), as faithfulness, power, mercy, &c., on which men rely.

[¶17] is safe--literally, "set on high, out of danger" ([Psa 18:2]; ).

[¶18] 11. contrasts with [Pr 18:10] (compare [Pr 10:15]). Such is a vain trust (compare [Psa 73:6]).

[¶19] 12. (Compare [Pr 15:33]; ).

[¶20] 13. Hasty speech evinces self-conceit, and ensures shame ([Pr 26:12]).

[¶21] 14. infirmity--bodily sickness, or outward evil. The spirit, which sustains, being wounded, no support is left, except, as implied, in God.

[¶22] 15. (Compare [Pr 1:5], [15, 31]).

[¶23] 16. (Compare [Pr 17:8], ). Disapproval of the fact stated is implied.

[¶24] 17. One-sided statements are not reliable.

[¶25] searcheth--thoroughly ([Pr 17:9], ).

[¶26] 18. The lot--whose disposal is of God ([Pr 16:13]), may, properly used, be a right mode of settling disputes.

[¶27] 19. No feuds so difficult of adjustment as those of relatives; hence great care should be used to avoid them.

[¶28] 20. (Compare [Pr 12:14]; ). Men's words are the fruit, or, increase of his lips, and when good, benefit them.

[¶29] satisfied with--(Compare [Pr 1:31]; ).

[¶30] 21. Death and life--or, the greatest evil and good.

[¶31] that love it--that is, the tongue, or its use for good or evil.

[¶32] eat ... fruit--(Compare [Pr 18:19]; [Jas 1:19]).

[¶33] 22. The old versions supply "good" before the "wife," as the last clause and [Pr 19:14] imply (compare [Pr 31:10]).

[¶34] 23. the rich ... roughly--He is tolerated because rich, implying that the estimate of men by wealth is wrong.

[¶35] 24. A man ... friendly--better, "A man ... (is) to, or, may triumph ([Psa 108:9]), or, shout for joy ([Psa 5:11]), that is, may congratulate himself." Indeed, there is a Friend who is better than a brother; such is the "Friend of sinners" [Mt 11:19; Lu 7:34], who may have been before the writer's mind.

### Chapter 19

[¶37] [Pr 19:1-29].

[¶38] 1. (Compare [Pr 28:6]). "Rich" for fool here. Integrity is better than riches ([Pr 15:16], ; ).

[¶39] 2. The last illustrates the first clause. Rashness, the result of ignorance, brings trouble.

[¶40] 3. perverteth ... way--turns him back from right ([Pr 13:6]; [Jas 1:13]); and he blames God for his failures.

[¶41] 4. (Compare [Pr 14:20]). Such facts are often adduced with implied disapprobation.

[¶42] 5. Compare [Pr 19:9], where perish explains not escape here (compare [Psa 88:9], ).

[¶43] 8. (Compare Margin; [Pr 15:32]).

[¶44] loveth ... soul--or, "himself," which he evinces by regarding his best interests.