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Selected Verse: Proverbs 24:23 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 24:23 |
Strong Concordance |
These things also belong to the wise [02450]. It is not good [02896] to have respect [05234] of persons [06440] in judgment [04941]. |
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King James |
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. |
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] |
These . . . wise--literally, "are of the wise," as authors (compare "Psalms of David," Hebrew). "These" refers to the verses following, Pro 24:24-34.
to have respect--literally, "to discern faces," show partiality, |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Belong to the wise - Either "are fitting for the wise, addressed to them," or (as in the superscriptions of many of the Psalms) "are written by the wise." Most recent commentators take it in the latter sense, and look on it as indicating the beginning of a fresh section, containing proverbs not ascribed to Solomon's authorship. Compare the introduction to Proverbs. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The curse of partiality and the blessing of impartiality:
Respect of persons in judgment is by no means good:
24 He that saith to the guilty, "Thou art in the right,"
Him the people curse, nations detest.
25 But to them who rightly decide, it is well,
And upon them cometh blessing with good.
Partiality is either called שׂאת פנים, Pro 18:5, respect to the person, for the partisan looks with pleasure on the פני, the countenance, appearance, personality of one, by way of preference; or הכּר־פּנים, as here and at Pro 28:21, for he places one person before another in his sight, or, as we say, has a regard to him; the latter expression is found in Deu 1:17; Deu 16:19. הכּיר (vid., Pro 20:11) means to regard sharply, whether from interest in the object, or because it is strange. בּל Heidenheim regards as weaker than לא; but the reverse is the case (vid., vol. i. p. 204), as is seen from the derivation of this negative (= balj, from בּלה, to melt, to decay); thus it does not occur anywhere else than here with the pred. adj. The two supplements delight in this בל, Deu 22:29; Deu 23:7, 35. The thesis 23b is now confirmed in Pro 24:24 and Pro 24:25, from the consequences of this partiality and its opposite: He that saith (אמר, with Mehuppach Legarmeh from the last syllable, as rightly by Athias, Nissel, and Michaelis, vid., Thorath Emeth, p. 32) to the guilty: thou art right, i.e., he who sets the guilty free (for רשׁע and צדּיק have here the forensic sense of the post-bibl. חיּב and זכּי), him they curse, etc.; cf. the shorter proverb, Pro 17:15, according to which a partial, unjust judge is an abomination to God. Regarding נקב (קבב) here and at Pro 11:26, Schultens, under Job 3:8, is right; the word signifies figere, and hence to distinguish and make prominent by distinguishing as well as by branding; cf. defigere, to curse, properly, to pierce through. Regarding זעם, vid., at Pro 22:14. עמּים and לאמּים (from עמם and לאם, which both mean to bind and combine) are plur. of categ.: not merely individuals, not merely families, curse such an unrighteous judge and abhor him, but the whole people in all conditions and ranks of society; for even though such an unjust judge bring himself and his favourites to external honour, yet among no people is conscience so blunted, that he who absolves the crime and ennobles the miscarriage of justice shall escape the vox populi. On the contrary, it goes well (ינעם, like Pro 2:10; Pro 9:17, but here with neut. indef. subj. as ייטב, Gen 12:13, and frequently) with those who place the right, and particularly the wrong, fully to view; מוכיח is he who mediates the right, Job 9:33, and particularly who proves, censures, punishes the wrong, Pro 9:7, and in the character of a judge as here, Amo 5:10; Isa 29:21. The genitive connection ברכּת־טוב is not altogether of the same signification as יין הטּוב, wine of a good sort, Sol 7:10, and אושׁת רע, a woman of a bad kind, Pro 6:24, for every blessing is of a good kind; the gen. טוב thus, as at Psa 21:4, denotes the contents of the blessing; cf. Eph 1:3, "with all spiritual blessings," in which the manifoldness of the blessing is presupposed. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
These - The counsels following, to the end of the chapter, no less than those hitherto mentioned, are worthy of their consideration. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
These things also belong to the wise - גם אלה לחכמים gam elleh lachachamim, "These also to wise." This appears to be a new section; and perhaps, what follows belongs to another collection. Probably fragments of sayings collected by wise men from the Proverbs of Solomon.
It is not good to have respect - Judgment and justice should never be perverted. |
24 He that saith [0559] unto the wicked [07563], Thou art righteous [06662]; him shall the people [05971] curse [05344], nations [03816] shall abhor [02194] him:
25 But to them that rebuke [03198] him shall be delight [05276], and a good [02896] blessing [01293] shall come [0935] upon them.
26 Every man shall kiss [05401] his lips [08193] that giveth [07725] a right [05228] answer [01697].
27 Prepare [03559] thy work [04399] without [02351], and make it fit [06257] for thyself in the field [07704]; and afterwards [0310] build [01129] thine house [01004].
28 Be not a witness [05707] against thy neighbour [07453] without cause [02600]; and deceive [06601] not with thy lips [08193].
29 Say [0559] not, I will do [06213] so to him as he hath done [06213] to me: I will render [07725] to the man [0376] according to his work [06467].
30 I went [05674] by the field [07704] of the slothful [0376] [06102], and by the vineyard [03754] of the man [0120] void [02638] of understanding [03820];
31 And, lo, it was all grown over [05927] with thorns [07063], and nettles [02738] had covered [03680] the face [06440] thereof, and the stone [068] wall [01444] thereof was broken down [02040].
32 Then I saw [02372], and considered it well [07896] [03820]: I looked [07200] upon it, and received [03947] instruction [04148].
33 Yet a little [04592] sleep [08142], a little [04592] slumber [08572], a little [04592] folding [02264] of the hands [03027] to sleep [07901]:
34 So shall thy poverty [07389] come [0935] as one that travelleth [01980]; and thy want [04270] as an armed [04043] man [0376].
3 Blessed [2128] be the God [2316] and [2532] Father [3962] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], who [3588] hath blessed [2127] us [2248] with [1722] all [3956] spiritual [4152] blessings [2129] in [1722] heavenly [2032] places in [1722] Christ [5547]:
4 He asked [07592] life [02416] of thee, and thou gavest [05414] it him, even length [0753] of days [03117] for ever [05769] and ever [05703].
24 To keep [08104] thee from the evil [07451] woman [0802], from the flattery [02513] of the tongue [03956] of a strange woman [05237].
10 I am my beloved's [01730], and his desire [08669] is toward me.
21 That make a man [0120] an offender [02398] for a word [01697], and lay a snare [06983] for him that reproveth [03198] in the gate [08179], and turn aside [05186] the just [06662] for a thing of nought [08414].
10 They hate [08130] him that rebuketh [03198] in the gate [08179], and they abhor [08581] him that speaketh [01696] uprightly [08549].
7 He that reproveth [03256] a scorner [03887] getteth [03947] to himself shame [07036]: and he that rebuketh [03198] a wicked [07563] man getteth himself a blot [03971].
33 Neither is [03426] there any daysman [03198] betwixt us, that might lay [07896] his hand [03027] upon us both [08147].
13 Say [0559], I pray thee [04994], thou art my sister [0269]: that [04616] it may be well [03190] with me for thy sake; and my soul [05315] shall live [02421] because of thee [01558].
17 Stolen [01589] waters [04325] are sweet [04985], and bread [03899] eaten in secret [05643] is pleasant [05276].
10 When wisdom [02451] entereth [0935] into thine heart [03820], and knowledge [01847] is pleasant [05276] unto thy soul [05315];
14 The mouth [06310] of strange women [02114] is a deep [06013] pit [07745]: he that is abhorred [02194] of the LORD [03068] shall fall [05307] therein.
8 Let them curse [05344] it that curse [0779] the day [03117], who are ready [06264] to raise up [05782] their mourning [03882].
26 He that withholdeth [04513] corn [01250], the people [03816] shall curse [05344] him: but blessing [01293] shall be upon the head [07218] of him that selleth [07666] it.
15 He that justifieth [06663] the wicked [07563], and he that condemneth [07561] the just [06662], even they both [08147] are abomination [08441] to the LORD [03068].
25 But to them that rebuke [03198] him shall be delight [05276], and a good [02896] blessing [01293] shall come [0935] upon them.
24 He that saith [0559] unto the wicked [07563], Thou art righteous [06662]; him shall the people [05971] curse [05344], nations [03816] shall abhor [02194] him:
7 Thou shalt not abhor [08581] an Edomite [0130]; for he is thy brother [0251]: thou shalt not abhor [08581] an Egyptian [04713]; because thou wast a stranger [01616] in his land [0776].
29 Then the man [0376] that lay [07901] with her shall give [05414] unto the damsel's [05291] father [01] fifty [02572] shekels of silver [03701], and she shall be his wife [0802]; because he hath humbled [06031] her, he may [03201] not put her away [07971] all his days [03117].
11 Even a child [05288] is known [05234] by his doings [04611], whether his work [06467] be pure [02134], and whether it be right [03477].
19 Thou shalt not wrest [05186] judgment [04941]; thou shalt not respect [05234] persons [06440], neither take [03947] a gift [07810]: for a gift [07810] doth blind [05786] the eyes [05869] of the wise [02450], and pervert [05557] the words [01697] of the righteous [06662].
17 Ye shall not respect [05234] persons [06440] in judgment [04941]; but ye shall hear [08085] the small [06996] as well as the great [01419]; ye shall not be afraid [01481] of the face [06440] of man [0376]; for the judgment [04941] is God's [0430]: and the cause [01697] that is too hard [07185] for you, bring [07126] it unto me, and I will hear [08085] it.
21 To have respect [05234] of persons [06440] is not good [02896]: for for a piece [06595] of bread [03899] that man [01397] will transgress [06586].
5 It is not good [02896] to accept [05375] the person [06440] of the wicked [07563], to overthrow [05186] the righteous [06662] in judgment [04941].