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Proverbs 21 |
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Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
The believer, perceiving that the Lord rules every heart as he sees fit, like the husbandman who turns the water through his grounds as he pleases, seeks to have his own heart, and the hearts of others, directed in his faith, fear, and love.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
The phrase “Thy kingdom come” also refers to the same end as “Thy will be done,” namely, [that God’s kingdom may come] in ourselves. For, when does God not reign, “in whose hand is the heart of every king”? But, whatever we wish for ourselves, we direct our hope toward him, and we attribute to him what we expect from him.… This is the prayer of Christians; this shall bring shame to the heathens; this shall bring joy to the angels. It is for the coming of this kingdom that we are harassed now, or rather, it is for this coming that we pray. –.
Author: Tertullian of Carthage Rank: Author AD: 220
This is the will of God: Look at the situation of the kingdoms and empires as arranged by God, in whose hand the heart of the king lies. Every day they plan for future income, from the registration of property, taxes in kind, gifts and taxes payable in money. But never up to this time has there been procured any such income by bringing the Christians under some sales tax for the person and the sect, when that could be a tremendous source of income because of our vast numbers, known to all. We are bought with blood, we are paid for in blood, we owe no money for our head, because Christ is our head. It is not fitting that Christ should cost us money. How could martyrdoms bring glory to God if by tribute we should pay for the liberty of our sect? And so, the one who bargains to have his freedom at a price goes counter to the divine dispensation.
Author: Tertullian of Carthage Rank: Author AD: 220
Was the heart of Julian, the persecutor, in the hand of God? The heart of Saul, was it in the hand of God? Was the heart of Manasseh in the hand of God? The heart of Ahab? Were the hearts of all the impious kings of Judah in the hand of God? Do you see that this verse does not admit of a literal interpretation? The kings, therefore, are the saints, and their hearts are in the hand of the Lord.… The following words of the apostle are appropriate here: “But I chastise my body and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps after preaching to others, I myself should be rejected.” May our soul be in command, our body in subjection. Then Christ will come at once to make his abode with us. Homilies on the Psalms (Psalm ).
The heart of Julian, the persecutor, of Nero, of Decius, are their hearts in the hand of God? No, the hearts in the hand of God are those who govern their body, who bring it into subjection and compel it to servitude, lest preaching to others they themselves should be rejected. These are the kings of whom Wisdom says in Proverbs, “He gives kingship to kings.” Homilies on the Psalms (Psalm ).
The kings of the earth are those who reign over sin; consequently, they who govern sin shall give thanks. The prophet is certainly not referring to the kings of this world, for it is written, “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord.” Do you for one moment suppose that the heart of Julian the Apostate was in the hand of God? God forbid! Or of Nero or of Maximianus and Decius, the persecutors? God forbid! No, he is speaking of those who have control over sin, who, because their heart is in the hand of God, have conquered the vices and passions of their soul and thereby prevail over sin. Homilies on the Psalms (Psalm ).
If “the heart of the king is in the hand of God,” he will not be saved through power of arms but through the divine guidance. Now, not any random person is in the hand of God but one who is worthy of the name of king. Homilies on the Psalms (Psalm ).
A desire to learn and a yearning for heavenly things is suitable to a religious emperor; for thus you will truly have “your heart” also “in the hand of God.” Since then your piety desired to learn from us the faith of the catholic church, giving thanks for these things to the Lord, we counseled above all things to remind your piety of the faith confessed by the fathers at Nicea.
Author: Athanasius the Apostolic Rank: Pope AD: 373
Entrust your soul to the hands of the Lord. Not only when it departs from the body but also when it is in the body, it is in the hands of the Lord, because you do not see it, its source or its destination. It is both in you and also with God. Therefore “the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord,” who guides it and rules it. The heart is also filled with the spirit, because the spirit is the ruling part of the soul and the strength of the soul. I say that strength lies not in the arms but in counsel, temperance, piety and justice. If the heart of a man is in the hand of the Lord, much more is his soul.
Author: Ambrosius von Mailand Rank: Bishop AD: 397
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Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Everything emanates from the heart; the heart reveals the true nature of a person, his secrets, and intentions. God knows everything about the heart.
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Proverbs 21:3 To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Many deceive themselves with a conceit that outward devotions will excuse unrighteousness.
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Proverbs 21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.
Sin is the pride, the ambition, the glory, the joy, and the business of wicked men.
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Proverbs 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
The really diligent employ foresight as well as labor.
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Proverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
While men seek wealth by unlawful practices, they seek death.
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Do not be doubleminded or doubletongued, for a double tongue is a “deadly snare.” Your words shall not be dishonest or hollow but substantiated by action. Do not be greedy or threatening or hypocritical or malicious or arrogant. Do not plot against your neighbor. Do not hate anybody. Reprove some, pray for others, and still others love more than your own life.
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Proverbs 21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Injustice will return upon the sinner, and will destroy him here and for ever.
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Proverbs 21:8 The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
The way of mankind by nature is forward and strange.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
“For God sends crooked ways to the perverse.” … Indeed, nothing makes people so stupid as does habitual evildoing. When a person is deceitful, when he is unjust, when he is churlish (and these, to be sure, are different forms of evildoing), when, without having been wronged in any way himself, he inflicts pain, when he connives at trickery—how will he not be exhibiting signs of utter stupidity? Homilies on the Gospel of John
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Proverbs 21:9 [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
It is best to shun bitter contention by pouring out the heart before God. For by prudence and patience, with constant prayer, the cross may be removed.
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Proverbs 21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
The evil desires of a wicked man’s heart, lead to baseness in his conduct.
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Proverbs 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
The simple may be made wise by punishments on the wicked, and by instructions to those who are willing to be taught.
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Proverbs 21:12 The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.
Good men envy not the prosperity of evil-doers; they see there is a curse on them.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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Proverbs 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Such as oppress the poor by beating down wages, such as will not relieve according to their ability those in distress, and those in authority who neglect to do justice, stop their ears at the cry of the poor. But doubtless care is to be used in the exercise of charity.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Do you not agree that poverty, as I said, is more cruel than any beast of prey? Therefore you must aid those who are fallen under it. Incline your ear to the poor and listen to them, as it is written: “For he who stops his ears that he may not hear the feeble shall also cry, and there shall be none to listen.” Give so that you may receive; hear so that you may be heard; sow the little you have so that you may reap much. Besides, the pleasure of the body is short and temporary and ends in rottenness. But almsgiving and charity to the poor crown those who practice them with glory from God and lead to that incorruptible happiness which Christ bestows on those who love him. Commentary on Luke, Homily
He will not be able to merit the mercy of God who himself has not been merciful, nor will [he] gain any request from the divine love by his prayers who has not been humane toward the prayer of the poor.
Benefactions to the needy, financed by unjust gains, are not acceptable with God. Even one who refrains from committing injustices, and yet does not share the goods he possesses with anyone, is not deserving of praise.… If you will make an offering to God from the fruits of injustice and rapine, it would be better not to possess such wealth and not to make an offering. .
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Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
If money can conquer the fury of the passions, shall reason, the fear of God, and the command of Christ, be too weak to bridle them?
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Proverbs 21:15 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
There is true pleasure only in the practice of religion.
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Proverbs 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Of all wanderers in the ways of sin, those are in the most dangerous condition who turn aside into the ways of darkness. Yet there is hope even for them in the all-sufficient Savior; but let them flee to him without delay.
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Proverbs 21:17 He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
A life of worldly pleasure brings ruin on men.
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Proverbs 21:18 The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
The righteous is often delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead, and so seems as a ransom for him.
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Proverbs 21:19 [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Unbridled passions spoil the comfort of all relations.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
“It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman.” You wives, therefore, demonstrate your piety by your modesty and meekness to all outside the church, whether they are women or men, in order to their conversion and improvement in the faith. And since we have warned you and instructed you briefly, whom we do esteem our sisters, daughters and members, as being wise yourselves, persevere all your lives in a blameless course of life. Seek to know such kinds of learning whereby you may arrive at the kingdom of our Lord, and please him, and so rest for ever and ever. .
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Proverbs 21:20 [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
The plenty obtained by prudence, industry, and frugality, is desirable. But the foolish misspend what they have upon their lusts.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
So those who hear and out of carelessness forget, so to say swallow what they have heard, so that they no longer have a taste of it in their mouth but just bury what they hear under forgetfulness. But those who meditate on “the law of the Lord day and night” are chewing the cud, as it were, and enjoying the flavor of the word with a kind of palate of the heart.
Another passage of Scripture speaks of the precious treasure of wisdom and describes ruminating on wisdom as clean and not ruminating as unclean: “A precious treasure rests in the mouth of a wise man; but a foolish man swallows it up.” Symbols of this kind, either in words or in things, give useful and pleasant exercise to intelligent minds in the way of inquiry and comparison. But formerly people were required not only to hear [of food laws] but to practice many such things. For at that time it was necessary that, by deeds as well as by words, those things should be foreshadowed which were in after times to be revealed. After the revelation by Christ and in Christ, the community of believers is not burdened with the practice of the observances but is admonished to give heed to the prophecy. This is our reason for accounting no animals unclean, in accordance with the saying of the Lord and of the apostle, while we are not opposed to the Old Testament, where some animals are pronounced unclean.
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Proverbs 21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
True repentance and faith will lead him that relies on the mercy of God in Christ, to follow after righteousness and mercy in his own conduct.
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Proverbs 21:22 A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Those that have wisdom, often do great things, even against those confident of their strength.
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Proverbs 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
It is our great concern to keep our souls from being entangled and disquieted.
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Proverbs 21:24 Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Pride and haughtiness make men passionate; such continually deal in wrath, as if it were their trade to be angry.
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Proverbs 21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Here is the misery of the slothful; their hands refuse to labor in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood; yet their hearts cease not to covet riches, pleasures, and honors, which cannot be obtained without labor. But the righteous and industrious have their desires satisfied.
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25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
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Proverbs 21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Here is the misery of the slothful; their hands refuse to labor in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood; yet their hearts cease not to covet riches, pleasures, and honors, which cannot be obtained without labor. But the righteous and industrious have their desires satisfied.
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25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
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It belongs to angels never to have evil desires; it is human sometimes to have evil desires and other times not to have them; it belongs to demons always to have evil desires. The expression “all the day” signifies the entire life. So also, “continue in the fear of the Lord all the day” applies to the whole life. .
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Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
When holiness is pretended, but wickedness intended, that especially is an abomination.
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Proverbs 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
The doom of a false witness is certain.
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Proverbs 21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way.
A wicked man bids defiance to the terrors of the law and the rebukes of Providence. But a good man asks, What does God require of me?
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Proverbs 21:30 [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Means are to be used, but, after all, our safety and salvation are only of the Lord. In our spiritual warfare we must arm ourselves with the whole armor of God; but our strength must be in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.31The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.
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Proverbs 21:31 The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.
Means are to be used, but, after all, our safety and salvation are only of the Lord. In our spiritual warfare we must arm ourselves with the whole armor of God; but our strength must be in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.31The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.
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