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Selected Verse: Proverbs 28:25 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 28:25 |
King James |
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. |
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] |
of a proud heart--literally, "puffed up of soul"--that is, self-confident, and hence overbearing and litigious.
made fat--or, "prosperous" (Pro 11:25; Pro 16:20). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Shall be made fat - He shall enjoy the two-fold blessing of abundance and tranquility (compare Pro 11:25). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
trust
(See Scofield) - (Psa 2:12), Also; (Pro 29:25). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
25 The covetous stirreth up strife;
But he that trusteth in Jahve is richly comforted.
Line first is a variation of Pro 15:18; רחב־נפשׁ is not to be interchanged with רחב־לב, Pro 21:4. He is of a wide heart who haughtily puffs himself up, of a wide soul (cf. with Schultens הרחיב נפשׁו, of the opening up of the throat, or of revenge, Isa 5:14; Hab 2:5) who is insatiably covetous; for לב is the spiritual, and נפשׁ the natural, heart of man, according to which the widening of the heart is the overstraining of self-consciousness, and the widening of the soul the overstraining of passion. Rightly the lxx, according to its original text: ἄπληστος ἀνὴρ κινεῖ (thus with Hitzig for κρινεῖ) νείκη. Line second is a variation of Pro 16:20; Pro 29:25. Over against the insatiable is he who trusts in God (וּב טח, with Gaja to the vocal, concluding the word, for it follows a word accented on the first syllable, and beginning with a guttural; cf. יא, Pro 29:2; יףּ, Pro 29:18), that He will bestow upon him what is necessary and good for him. One thus contented is easily satisfied (compare with the word Pro 11:25; Pro 13:4, and with the matter, Pro 10:3; Pro 13:24), is externally as well as internally appeased; while that other, never contented, has no peace, and creates dispeace around him. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Fat - Shall live happily and comfortably. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Shall be made fat - Shall be prosperous. |
20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.