{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/jfb/pro013.htm","path":"bib/cmt/jfb/pro013.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/jfb/pro013.htm","text":"A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]\n(Compare Pro 6:1-5; Pro 10:1, Pro 10:17).\nshall eat--that is, obtain (Pro 12:14).\ntransgressors--as in Pro 2:22.\nviolence--or, \"mischief\" to themselves.\nHe . . . mouth . . . life--because evil speeches may provoke violence from others.\nhe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction--On last clause, compare Pro 10:14.\n(Compare Pro 12:11, Pro 12:27).\nloathsome . . . shame--better, causeth shame and reproach (compare Pro 19:26), by slander, &c., which the righteous hates.\nA sentiment of frequent recurrence, that piety benefits and sin injures.\nIn opposite ways men act hypocritically for gain of honor or wealth.\nRiches save some from punishment, while others suffer because they will not heed the rebuke of sloth, which makes and keeps them poor.\nlight . . . lamp--prosperity; the first, the greater, and it\nrejoiceth--burns brightly, or continues, while the other, at best small, soon fails.\nThe obstinacy which attends self-conceit, produces contention, which the well-advised, thus evincing modesty, avoid.\nby vanity--or, \"nothingness,\" that is, which is vain or useless to the public (as card playing or similar vices).\ngathereth . . . labour--(Compare Margin), little by little, laboriously.\ndesire cometh--is realized.\na tree of life--or, \"cause of happiness.\"\nthe word--that is, of advice, or, instruction (compare Pro 10:27; Pro 11:31).\n(Compare Pro 10:11).\nfountain--or, \"source of life.\"\nto depart--(compare Pro 1:2-4), or, \"for departing,\" &c., and so gives life.\nRight perception and action secure good will, while evil ways are difficult as a stony road. The wicked left of God find punishment of sin in sinning.\nhard--or, \"harsh\" (compare Hebrew: Deu 21:4; Jer 5:15).\ndealeth--acts with foresight.\na fool . . . folly--for want of caution.\nA wicked--or, \"unfaithful\"\nmessenger falleth into mischief--or, \"by mischief,\" or \"evil,\" and so his errand fails. Contrasted is the character of the faithful, whose faithfulness benefits others.\n(Compare Pro 10:17; Pro 12:1).\nSelf-denial, which fools will not endure, is essential to success.\nThe benefits of good and evil of bad society are contrasted.\n(Compare Pro 11:31).\ngood . . . repaid--or, \"He (God) will repay good.\"\nwealth . . . just--While good men's estates remain in their families, God so orders that the gains of sinners enure to the just (compare Pro 28:8; Psa 37:18, Psa 37:22, Psa 37:26, &c.).\nThe laboring poor prosper more than those who injudiciously or wickedly strive, by fraud and violence, to supersede the necessity of lawful labor.\nspareth--or, \"withholds.\"\nrod--of correction.\nhateth--or, acts as if he hated him (compare Pro 3:12; Pro 8:36).\nchasteneth . . . betimes--or, \"diligently seeks for him all useful discipline.\"\nThe comparative temporal prosperity of the righteous and wicked, rather than contentment and discontent, is noted.","title":"A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments: Proverbs: Proverbs Chapter 13","type":"page"}