{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/pro013.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/pro013.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/pro013.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \nProverbs 13:2\n \npro 13:2\nShall eat - Shall receive comfort, and benefit by his wise and profitable discourses. \nProverbs 13:6\n \npro 13:6\nKeepeth him - From that over - throw which befal sinners. \nProverbs 13:7\n \npro 13:7\nMaketh rich - Some men who have little or nothing, pretend to have great riches. Maketh rich - Some rich men profess to be poor. \nProverbs 13:8\n \npro 13:8\nRiches - Riches enable a man to redeem his life when it is in greatest danger, and poverty preserves a man from many injuries. Because they are cautious, that they may not provoke others; and because they are esteemed objects of pity. \nProverbs 13:9\n \npro 13:9\nThe light - The prosperity. Rejoiceth - Shines with a pleasant and constant brightness. Rejoicing is here ascribed to the light, as it is to the sun, Psa 19:5, metaphorically. Put out - Their felicity shall have a hidden end. \nProverbs 13:10\n \npro 13:10\nPride - It is chiefly, pride which blows up the coals of contention. Well - advised - Who are not governed by their passions, but by prudent considerations. Wisdom - Which teaches them to avoid contention. \nProverbs 13:11\n \npro 13:11\nVanity - By wicked practices. \nProverbs 13:12\n \npro 13:12\nHope deferred - Delays in obtaining what a man passionately desires. The desire - The good desired. A tree of life - It is satisfactory, and reviving. \nProverbs 13:13\n \npro 13:13\nThe word - The word of God. \nProverbs 13:14\n \npro 13:14\nThe law - The instruction, or counsel; as the word law, is frequently understood in scripture. \nProverbs 13:15\n \npro 13:15\nGiveth - Makes a man acceptable to God. Rough - Offensive and hateful to God and men, as rough ways are to a traveller. \nProverbs 13:16\n \npro 13:16\nKnowledge - Considerately and discreetly. Layeth open - By his foolish actions. \nProverbs 13:17\n \npro 13:17\nA messenger - Who is unfaithful in the execution of that which is committed to his charge. Is health - Procures benefit, as to his master, so to himself. \nProverbs 13:19\n \npro 13:19\nSweet - Whatsoever men earnestly desire, the enjoyment of it is sweet to them; therefore sinners rejoice in the satisfaction of their sinful lusts, and abhor all restraint of them. \nProverbs 13:21\n \npro 13:21\nEvil - Punishment proportionable to their sin. \nProverbs 13:23\n \npro 13:23\nThe poor - Poor persons by their diligent labours, and God's blessing often grow rich. Destroyed - Or, consumed, brought to poverty, for want of discretion. \nProverbs 13:24\n \npro 13:24\nHateth his son - His fond affection, is as pernicious to him as hatred.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs Chapter 13","type":"page"}