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<p id="Chapter30" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 30
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<p id="Pr30_1"><a onclick="return mV('Pro',30,'1-33');">Pro 30:1-33</a>.
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<p><b>1.</b> This is the title of this chapter (see JFB for <a href="./Comm/jfb/Pro/Pro000.html"><i>Introduction</i></a>).
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<br><br><b>the prophecy</b>—literally, "the burden" (compare <a onclick="return mV('Isa',13,1);">Isa 13:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zec',9,1);">Zec 9:1</a>), used for any divine instruction; not necessarily a prediction, which was only a kind of prophecy (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',15,27);">1Ch 15:27</a>, "a song"). Prophets were inspired men, who spoke for God to man, or for man to God (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',20,7);">Gen 20:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Exd',7,14,15,16);">Exd 7:14-16</a>). Such, also, were the New Testament prophets. In a general sense, Gad, Nathan, and others were such, who were divine teachers, though we do not learn that they ever predicted.
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<br><br><b>the man spake</b>—literally, "the saying of the man"; an expression used to denote any solemn and important announcement (compare <a onclick="return mV('2Sa',23,1);">2Sa 23:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',36,1);">Psa 36:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',110,1);">110:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',1,24);">Isa 1:24</a>, etc.). Ithiel and Ucal were perhaps pupils.
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<p id="Pr30_2"><b>2-4. brutish</b>— stupid, a strong term to denote his lowly self-estimation; or he may speak of such as his natural condition, as contrasted with God's all-seeing comprehensive knowledge and almighty power. The questions of this clause emphatically deny the attributes mentioned to be those of any creature, thus impressively strengthening the implied reference of the former to God (compare <a onclick="return mV('Deu',30,'12-14');">Deu 30:12-14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',40,12);">Isa 40:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eph',4,8);">Eph 4:8</a>).
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<p id="Pr30_5"><b>5.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',12,6);">Psa 12:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',119,140);">119:140</a>).
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<p id="Pr30_6"><b>6. Add...words</b>—implying that his sole reliance was on God's all-sufficient teaching.
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<br><br><b>reprove thee</b>—or, "convict thee"—and so the falsehood will appear.
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<p id="Pr30_7"><b>7-9.</b> A prayer for exemption from wickedness, and the extremes of poverty and riches, the <i>two things</i> mentioned. Contentment is implied as desired.
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<p id="Pr30_8"><b>8. vanity</b>—all sorts of sinful acts (<a onclick="return mV('Job',11,11);">Job 11:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',5,18);">Isa 5:18</a>).
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<p id="Pr30_9"><b>9. be full...deny</b>— that is, puffed up by the pride of prosperity.
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<br><br><b>take the name...vain</b>— This is not (<i>Hebrew</i>) the form (compare <a onclick="return mV('Exd',20,7);">Exd 20:7</a>), but "take" rather denotes laying violent hold on any thing; that is lest I assail God's name or attributes, as justice, mercy, etc., which the poor are tempted to do.
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<p id="Pr30_10"><b>10. Accuse not</b>—Slander not (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',10,7);">Psa 10:7</a>).
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<br><br><b>curse...guilty</b>—lest, however lowly, he be exasperated to turn on thee, and your guilt be made to appear.
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<p id="Pr30_11"><b>11-14.</b> Four kinds of hateful persons—(1) graceless children, (2) hypocrites, (3) the proud, (4) cruel oppressors (compare on <a onclick="return mV('Pro',30,14);">Pro 30:14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',14,4);">Psa 14:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',52,2);">52:2</a>) —are now illustrated; (1) <a onclick="return mV('Pro',30,15,16);">Pro 30:15-16</a>, the insatiability of prodigal children and their fate; (2) <a onclick="return mV('Pro',30,17);">Pro 30:17</a>, hypocrisy, or the concealment of real character; (3 and 4) <a onclick="return mV('Pro',30,'18-20');">Pro 30:18-20</a>, various examples of pride and oppression.
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<p id="Pr30_15"><b>15, 16. horse leech</b>—supposed by some to be the vampire (a fabulous creature), as being literally insatiable; but the other subjects mentioned must be taken as this, comparatively insatiable. The use of a fabulous creature agreeably to popular notions is not inconsistent with inspiration.
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<br><br><b>There are three...yea, four</b>—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,16);">Pro 6:16</a>).
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<p id="Pr30_17"><b>17. The eye</b>—for the person, with reference to the use of the organ to express mockery and contempt, and also as that by which punishment is received.
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<br><br><b>the ravens...eagles...eat</b>— either as dying unnaturally, or being left unburied, or both.
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<p id="Pr30_18"><b>18-20.</b> Hypocrisy is illustrated by four examples of the concealment of all methods or traces of action, and a pertinent example of double dealing in actual vice is added, that is, the <i>adulterous woman.</i>
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<p id="Pr30_20"><b>20. she eateth...mouth</b>—that is, she hides the evidences of her shame and professes innocence.
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<p id="Pr30_21"><b>21-23.</b> Pride and cruelty, the undue exaltation of those unfit to hold power, produce those vices which disquiet society (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',19,10);">Pro 19:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',28,3);">28:3</a>).
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<p id="Pr30_23"><b>23. heir...mistress</b>—that is, takes her place as a wife (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',16,4);">Gen 16:4</a>).
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<p id="Pr30_24"><b>24-31.</b> These verses provide two classes of apt illustrations of various aspects of the moral world, which the reader is left to apply. By the first (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',30,'25-28');">Pro 30:25-28</a>), diligence and providence are commended; the success of these insignificant animals being due to their instinctive sagacity and activity, rather than strength. The other class (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',30,30,31);">Pro 30:30-31</a>) provides similes for whatever is majestic or comely, uniting efficiency with gracefulness.
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<p id="Pr30_26"><b>26. conies</b>—mountain mice, or rabbits.
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<p id="Pr30_28"><b>28. spider</b>—tolerated, even in palaces, to destroy flies.
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<br><br><b>taketh...hands</b>—or, uses with activity the limbs provided for taking prey.
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<p id="Pr30_32"><b>32.</b> As none can hope, successfully, to resist such a king, suppress even the thought of an attempt.
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<br><br><b>lay...hand upon thy mouth</b>—"lay" is well supplied (<a onclick="return mV('Jdg',18,19);">Jdg 18:19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',29,9);">Job 29:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',40,4);">40:4</a>).
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<p id="Pr30_33"><b>33.</b> or other ills, as surely arise from devising evil as natural effects from natural causes.
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