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<p id="Chapter13" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 13
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<p id="Pr13_1"><a onclick="return mV('Pro',13,'1-25');">Pro 13:1-25</a>.
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<p><b>1.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,'1-5');">Pro 6:1-5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,1,17);">10:1, 17</a>).
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<p id="Pr13_2"><b>2. shall eat</b>—that is, obtain (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',12,14);">Pro 12:14</a>).
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<br><br><b>transgressors</b>—as in <a onclick="return mV('Pro',2,22);">Pro 2:22</a>.
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<br><br><b>violence</b>—or, "mischief" to themselves.
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<p id="Pr13_3"><b>3. He...mouth...life</b>—because evil speeches may provoke violence from others.
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<br><br><b>he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction</b>—On last clause, compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,14);">Pro 10:14</a>.
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<p id="Pr13_4"><b>4.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',12,11,27);">Pro 12:11, 27</a>).
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<p id="Pr13_5"><b>5. loathsome...shame</b>—better, causeth shame and reproach (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',19,26);">Pro 19:26</a>), by slander, etc., which the righteous hates.
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<p id="Pr13_6"><b>6.</b> A sentiment of frequent recurrence, that piety benefits and sin injures.
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<p id="Pr13_7"><b>7.</b> In opposite ways men act hypocritically for gain of honor or wealth.
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<p id="Pr13_8"><b>8.</b> Riches save some from punishment, while others suffer because they will not heed the rebuke of sloth, which makes and keeps them poor.
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<p id="Pr13_9"><b>9. light...lamp</b>—prosperity; the first, the greater, and it
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<br><br><b>rejoiceth</b>—burns brightly, or continues, while the other, at best small, soon fails.
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<p id="Pr13_10"><b>10.</b> The obstinacy which attends self-conceit, produces contention, which the well-advised, thus evincing modesty, avoid.
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<p id="Pr13_11"><b>11. by vanity</b>—or, "nothingness," that is, which is vain or useless to the public (as card playing or similar vices).
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<br><br><b>gathereth...labour</b>—(Compare <i>Margin</i>), little by little, laboriously.
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<p id="Pr13_12"><b>12. desire cometh</b>—is realized.
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<br><br><b>a tree of life</b>—or, "cause of happiness."
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<p id="Pr13_13"><b>13. the word</b>—that is, of advice, or, instruction (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,27);">Pro 10:27</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,31);">11:31</a>).
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<p id="Pr13_14"><b>14.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,11);">Pro 10:11</a>).
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<br><br><b>fountain</b>—or, "source of life."
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<br><br><b>to depart</b>—(compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',1,'2-4');">Pro 1:2-4</a>), or, "for departing," etc., and so gives life.
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<p id="Pr13_15"><b>15.</b> Right perception and action secure good will, while evil ways are difficult as a stony road. The wicked left of God find punishment of sin in sinning.
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<br><br><b>hard</b>—or, "harsh" (compare <i>Hebrew:</i> <a onclick="return mV('Deu',21,4);">Deu 21:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',5,15);">Jer 5:15</a>).
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<p id="Pr13_16"><b>16. dealeth</b>—acts with foresight.
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<br><br><b>a fool...folly</b>—for want of caution.
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<p id="Pr13_17"><b>17. A wicked</b>—or, "unfaithful"
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<br><br><b>messenger falleth into mischief</b>—or, "by mischief," or "evil," and so his errand fails. Contrasted is the character of the faithful, whose faithfulness benefits others.
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<p id="Pr13_18"><b>18.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',10,17);">Pro 10:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',12,1);">12:1</a>).
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<p id="Pr13_19"><b>19.</b> Self-denial, which fools will not endure, is essential to success.
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<p id="Pr13_20"><b>20.</b> The benefits of good and evil of bad society are contrasted.
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<p id="Pr13_21"><b>21.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',11,31);">Pro 11:31</a>).
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<br><br><b>good...repaid</b>—or, "He (God) will repay good."
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<p id="Pr13_22"><b>22. wealth...just</b>—While good men's estates remain in their families, God so orders that the gains of sinners enure to the just (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',28,8);">Pro 28:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',37,18,22,26);">Psa 37:18, 22, 26</a>, etc.).
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<p id="Pr13_23"><b>23.</b> The laboring poor prosper more than those who injudiciously or wickedly strive, by fraud and violence, to supersede the necessity of lawful labor.
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<p id="Pr13_24"><b>24. spareth</b>—or, "withholds."
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<br><br><b>rod</b>—of correction.
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<br><br><b>hateth</b>—or, acts as if he hated him (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',3,12);">Pro 3:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',8,36);">8:36</a>).
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<br><br><b>chasteneth...betimes</b>—or, "diligently seeks for him all useful discipline."
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<p id="Pr13_25"><b>25.</b> The comparative temporal prosperity of the righteous and wicked, rather than contentment and discontent, is noted.
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