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<p id="Chapter11" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 11
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<p id="Pr11_1"><a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,'1-31');">Pro 11:1-31</a>.
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<p><b>1.</b> (Compare <i>Margin</i>). The Hebrews used stones for weights.
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<br><br><b>just</b>—complete in measure.
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<p id="Pr11_2"><b>2.</b> Self-conceit is unteachable; the humble grow wise (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',16,18);">Pro 16:18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',18,12);">18:12</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_3"><b>3. guide</b>—to lead, as a shepherd (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,7);">Pro 6:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',78,52);">Psa 78:52</a>).
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<br><br><b>perverseness</b>—ill-nature.
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<br><br><b>destroy</b>—with violence.
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<p id="Pr11_4"><b>4.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,2);">Pro 10:2</a>).
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<br><br><b>wrath</b>—that is, of God.
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<p id="Pr11_5"><b>5. direct</b>—or, "make plain"; wicked ways are not plain (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',13,17);">Pro 13:17</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_6"><b>6. deliver them</b>—that is, from evil, which the wicked suffer by their own doings (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',5,22);">Pro 5:22</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,16);">Psa 9:16</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_7"><b>7. expectation...perish</b>—for death cuts short all his plans (<a onclick="return mV('Luk',16,25);">Luk 16:25</a>).
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<br><br><b>hope of unjust</b>—better, "hope of wealth," or "power" (compare <a onclick="return mV('Isa',40,29);">Isa 40:29</a>, <i>Hebrew</i>). This gives an advance on the sentiment of the first clause. Even hopes of gain die with him.
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<p id="Pr11_8"><b>8.</b> Perhaps the <i>trouble</i> prepared by the wicked, and which he inherits (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,6);">Pro 11:6</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_9"><b>9.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',35,16);">Psa 35:16</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,32);">Dan 11:32</a>). The just is saved by superior discernment.
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<p id="Pr11_10"><b>10, 11.</b> The last may be a reason for the first. Together, they set forth the relative moral worth of good and bad men.
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<p id="Pr11_11"><b>11. By the blessing</b>—implying active benevolence.
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<p id="Pr11_12"><b>12. despiseth</b>—or, "reviles," a course contrasted with the prudent silence of the wise.
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<br><br><b>holdeth his peace</b>—as if neither hearing nor telling.
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<p id="Pr11_13"><b>13. tale-bearer</b>—(Compare <i>Margin</i>), one trading as a peddler in scandal, whose propensity to talk leads him to betray confidence.
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<p id="Pr11_14"><b>14. counsel</b>—the art of governing (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',1,5);">Pro 1:5</a>).
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<br><br><b>counsellors</b>—literally, "one giving counsel"; the participle used as a collective.
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<p id="Pr11_15"><b>15.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,1);">Pro 6:1</a>).
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<br><br><b>suretiship</b>—(Compare <i>Margin</i>), the actors put for the action, which may be lawfully hated.
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<p id="Pr11_16"><b>16. retaineth</b>—or literally, "lay hold of as a support." Honor is to a feeble woman thus as valuable as riches to men.
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<p id="Pr11_17"><b>17. merciful</b>—kind to others; opposed to cruel. Such benefit themselves by doing good to others (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',24,5);">Pro 24:5</a>), while the cruel injure themselves as well as others.
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<br><br><b>flesh</b>—that is, his body, by penuriousness (<a onclick="return mV('Col',2,23);">Col 2:23</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_18"><b>18. a deceitful work</b>—or, "wages," which fail to satisfy, or flee away (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,2);">Pro 10:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,2);">23:5</a>).
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<br><br><b>sure reward</b>—or, "gain," as from trading (<a onclick="return mV('Hsa',10,12);">Hsa 10:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Gal',6,8,9);">Gal 6:8-9</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_19"><b>19.</b> Inference from <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,18);">Pro 11:18</a> (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,5,6);">Pro 11:5-6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,16);">10:16</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_20"><b>20.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,5);">Pro 11:5</a>).
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<br><br><b>froward</b>—as in <a onclick="return mV('Pro',2,15);">Pro 2:15</a>, opposed to the simplicity and purity of the upright.
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<br><br><b>in their way</b>—or, "conduct."
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<p id="Pr11_21"><b>21.</b> The combined power of the wicked cannot free them from just punishment, while the unaided children of the righteous find deliverance by reason of their pious relationship (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',37,25,26);">Psa 37:25-26</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_22"><b>22.</b> Jewels were often suspended from the nose (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',24,47);">Gen 24:47</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',3,21);">Isa 3:21</a>). Thus adorned, a hog disgusts less than a fair and indiscreet woman.
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<p id="Pr11_23"><b>23.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,28);">Pro 10:28</a>).
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<br><br><b>wrath</b>—is that of God.
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<p id="Pr11_24"><b>24-31.</b> The scope of the whole is a comment on <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,23);">Pro 11:23</a>. Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.
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<p id="Pr11_25"><b>25. liberal soul</b>—(Compare <i>Margin</i>).
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<br><br><b>made fat</b>—prospers (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',28,25);">Pro 28:25</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Deu',32,15);">Deu 32:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Luk',6,38);">Luk 6:38</a>).
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<br><br><b>watereth...watered</b>—a common figure for blessing.
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<p id="Pr11_26"><b>26.</b> Another example of the truth of <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,23);">Pro 11:23</a>; the miser loses reputation, though he saves corn.
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<br><br><b>selleth it</b>—that is at a fair price.
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<p id="Pr11_27"><b>27. good</b> [and] <b>mischief</b>—that is, of others.
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<br><br><b>procureth...seeketh</b>—implying success.
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<p id="Pr11_28"><b>28.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,15);">Pro 10:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',49,6);">Psa 49:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Ti',6,17);">1Ti 6:17</a>).
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<br><br><b>righteous...branch</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',1,3);">Psa 1:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',17,8);">Jer 17:8</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_29"><b>29. troubleth</b>—as <a onclick="return mV('Pro',15,27);">Pro 15:27</a> explains, by greediness for gain (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,17);">Pro 11:17</a>).
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<br><br><b>inherit...wind</b>—Even successful, his gains are of no real value. So the fool, thus acting, either comes to poverty, or heaps up for others.
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<p id="Pr11_30"><b>30. a tree of life</b>—Blessings to others proceed from the works of the righteous (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',3,18);">Pro 3:18</a>).
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<br><br><b>winneth souls</b>—(Compare <i>Margin</i>) to do them good as opposed to <a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,25);">Pro 6:25</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',13,18);">Eze 13:18</a> (compare <a onclick="return mV('Luk',5,10);">Luk 5:10</a>).
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<p id="Pr11_31"><b>31. Behold</b>—Thus calling attention to the illustrations (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,23);">Pro 11:23</a>), the sentiment of which is confirmed even in time, not excluding future rewards and punishments.
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