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Proverbs 14:31
Proverbs 14:31
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Proverbs 14 — OverviewProverbs 14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWisdom and Folly.Proverbs 14 — OverviewProverbs 14 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 14 is a collection of sharp contrasts between the wise and the foolish, the righteous and the wicked. It covers the home, the heart, the tongue, the poor, the king, and the nation — showing that wisdom and…Proverbs 14:1-35Proverbs 14:1-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONProverbs 14:28-35Proverbs 14:28-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryLife contrasts
I. IN PUBLIC LIFE.
1. Fulness and scantiness of population. (Proverbs 14:28.) The Hebrew had a deep sense of the value of fruitfulness in the wedded life, and of increase in the nation. The majesty of…Proverbs 14:31Proverbs 14:31 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleGod is here pleased to interest himself more than one would imagine in
the treatment given to the poor. 1. He reckons himself affronted in the
injuries that are done them. Whosoever he be that wrongs a poor man,…Proverbs 14:31Proverbs 14:31 · The Pulpit CommentaryHe that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, even God. who hath placed men in their several conditions (Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 22:2). "The poor shall never cease out of the land" (Deuteronomy 15:11); "The poor ye…