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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Proverbs 24"
description: "CHAPTER 24   :-. 1, 2. (Compare Proverbs 23:3;
Proverbs 23:17; Psalms 37:1). 2. studieth—meditateth. talk . . . mischief—Their
expressed purposes are to d"
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CHAPTER 24

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**1, 2.** (Compare [Proverbs 23:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/3);
[Proverbs 23:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/17); [Psalms 37:1](../../../kjv/psalms/37/1)).

**2. studieth**—meditateth.
**talk . . . mischief**—Their
expressed purposes are to do evil.

**3, 4.** (Compare [Proverbs 14:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/1);
[Isaiah 54:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/54/14)).
**house**—including the
family.

**4. by knowledge . . . riches**—
([Proverbs 8:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/18); [Proverbs 21:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/20)).

**5, 6.** The general statement
([Ecclesiastes 9:16](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/16); [Ecclesiastes 9:18](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/18))
is specially illustrated (compare [Proverbs 21:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/22);
[Psalms 144:1](../../../kjv/psalms/144/1)).

**7.** (Compare ).
**in the gate**—(Compare ).

**8.** So called even if he fails *to
do evil.*

**9.** Same thought varied.

**10.** Literally, "If thou
fail in the day of straits (*adversity*), strait (or, small) is
thy strength," which is then truly tested.

**11, 12.** Neglect of known duty is
sin ([James 4:17](../../../kjv/james/4/17)).
**ready**—literally,
"bowing down"
**to be slain**—that is,
unjustly. God's retributive justice cannot be avoided by professed
ignorance.

**13, 14.** As delicious food whets
the appetite, so should the rewards of wisdom excite us to seek it.

**14. reward**—literally, "after
part," the proper result (compare [Proverbs 23:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/18);
[Psalms 37:37](../../../kjv/psalms/37/37); [Psalms 37:38](../../../kjv/psalms/37/38)).

**15, 16.** The plots of the wicked
against the good, though partially, shall not be fully successful (); while the wicked, falling under penal evil, find no help.

**16. seven times**—often, or many
([Proverbs 6:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/16); [Proverbs 6:31](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/31);
[Proverbs 9:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/9/1)).

**17, 18.** Yet let none rejoice
over the fate of evildoers, lest God punish their wrong spirit by
relieving the sufferer (compare [Proverbs 17:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/5);
[Job 31:29](../../../kjv/job/31/29)).

**19, 20.** ([Psalms 37:1](../../../kjv/psalms/37/1);
[Psalms 37:38](../../../kjv/psalms/37/38); [Proverbs 18:28](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/28)).

**20. candle**—or, "prosperity";
it shall come to an end ([Proverbs 13:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/13/9);
[Proverbs 20:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/20/20)).

**21, 22.** A warning against
impiety and resistance to lawful rule ([Romans 13:1-7](../../../kjv/romans/13/1-7);
[1 Peter 2:17](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/17)).
**meddle . . . change**—(Compare
*Margin*), literally, "mingle not yourself," avoid the
society of restless persons.

**22. their calamity,** c.—either
what God and the king inflict, or what *changers* and their
company suffer better the first.

**23. These . . . wise**—literally,
"are of the wise," as authors (compare "Psalms of
David," *Hebrew*). "These" refers to the verses
following, [Proverbs 24:24-34](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/24-34).
**to have respect**—literally,
"to discern faces," show partiality,

**24, 25.** of which an example is
justifying the wicked, to which is opposed, rebuking him, which has a
blessing.

**26. kiss his lips**—love and
obey, do homage ([Psalms 2:12](../../../kjv/psalms/2/12);
[Song of Solomon 8:1](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/8/1)).
**right answer**—literally,
"plain words" (compare [Song of Solomon 8:1](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/8/1)), opposed to deceptive, or obscure.

**27. Prepare . . . in the
field**—Secure, by diligence, a proper support, and then build;
provide necessaries, then comforts, to which a house rather
pertained, in a mild climate, permitting the use of tents.

**28.** Do not speak even truth
needlessly against any, and never falsehood.

**29.** Especially avoid retaliation
([Matthew 5:43-45](../../../kjv/matthew/5/43-45); [Romans 12:17](../../../kjv/romans/12/17)).

**30, 31.** A striking picture of
the effects of sloth.

**32-34.** From the folly of the
sluggard learn wisdom ([Proverbs 6:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/10);
[Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11)).

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