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Selected Verse: Proverbs 28:14 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 28:14 |
King James |
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
feareth--that is, God, and so repents.
hardeneth his heart--makes himself insensible to sin, and so will not repent (Pro 14:16; Pro 29:1). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The "fear" here is not so much reverential awe, as anxious, or "nervous" sensitiveness of conscience. To most men this temperament seems that of the self-tormentor. To him who looks deeper it is a condition of blessedness, and the callousness which is opposed to it ends in misery. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
14 Well is it with the man who feareth always;
But he that is stiff-necked shall fall into mischief.
The Piel פּחד occurs elsewhere only at Isa 51:13, where it is used of the fear and dread of men; here it denotes the anxious concern with which one has to guard against the danger of evil coming upon his soul. Aben Ezra makes God the object; but rather we are to regard sin as the object, for while the truly pious is one that "fears God," he is at the same time one that "feareth evil." The antithesis extends beyond the nearest lying contrast of fleshly security; this is at the same time more or less one who hardens or steels his heart (מקשׁה לבּו), viz., against the word of God, against the sons of God in his heart, and against the affectionate concern of others about his soul, and as such rushes on to his own destruction (יפּול בּרעה, as at Pro 17:20). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Alway - In all times, companies, and conditions. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Happy is the man that feareth alway - That ever carries about with him that reverential and filial fear of God, which will lead him to avoid sin, and labor to do that which is lawful and right in the sight of God his Savior. |
1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?