--- title: "Proverbs 29 - Study King James Bible with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary" description: "Read Proverbs 29 with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary commentary. 1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 2 When the righteous are in authority, the peopl" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29" --- [ Read](/kjv/proverbs/29)[ Commentary](/study/proverbs/29)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/proverbs/29) Audio 1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth *his* neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.* 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. * 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth *his* substance. 4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.* 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. 6 In the transgression of an evil man *there is* a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: *but* the wicked regardeth not to know *it*. 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise *men* turn away wrath.* 9 *If* a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, *there is* no rest. 10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.* 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise *man* keepeth it in till afterwards. 12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants *are* wicked. 13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.* 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left *to himself* bringeth his mother to shame. 16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 18 Where *there is* no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy *is* he.* 19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. 20 Seest thou a man *that is* hasty in his words? *there is* more hope of a fool than of him.* 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become *his* son at the length. 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. 23 A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth *it* not. 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.* 26 Many seek the ruler’s favour; but *every* man’s judgment *cometh* from the LORD.* 27 An unjust man *is* an abomination to the just: and *he that is* upright in the way *is* abomination to the wicked. [Proverbs 28](/study/proverbs/28) [Proverbs 30](/study/proverbs/30) ## Commentary To verse 1 A general ethical proverb here follows: A man often corrected who hardeneth his neck, Shall suddenly go to ruin without remedy. Line second = [Proverbs 6:15](/kjv/proverbs/6/15). The connection אישׁ תּוכחות must make the nearest impression on a reader of the Book of Proverbs that they mean a censurer (reprehender), but which is set aside by what follows, for the genit. after אישׁ is, [Proverbs 16:29](/kjv/proverbs/16/29); [Proverbs 26:21](/kjv/proverbs/26/21); [Proverbs 29:10](/kjv/proverbs/29/10); [Proverbs 13:20](/kjv/proverbs/13/20), the designation of that which proceeds from the subject treated. And since תּוכחות , [Psalms 37:15](/kjv/psalms/37/15); [Job 23:4](/kjv/job/23/4), denotes counter evidence, and generally rejoinders, thus in the first line a reasoner is designated who lets nothing be said to him, and nothing be shown to him, but contradicts all and every one. Thus *e.g.*, Fleischer: *vir qui correptus contradicit et cervicem obdurat*. But this interpolated *correptus* gives involuntary testimony of this, that the nearest lying impression of the ' אישׁ תו suffers a change by מקשׁה ערף : if we read הקשׁה ( לב ) ערף with ' תו , the latter then designates the correptio, over against which is placed obstinate boldness (Syr., Targ., Jerome, Luther), and ' תו shows itself thus to be *gen. objecti*, and we have to compare the gen. connection of אישׁ , as at [Proverbs 18:23](/kjv/proverbs/18/23); [Proverbs 21:17](/kjv/proverbs/21/17), or rather at [1 Kings 20:42](/kjv/1-kings/20/42) and [Jeremiah 15:10](/kjv/jeremiah/15/10). But it is unnecessary, with Hitzig, to limit ' תו to divine infliction of punishment, and after [Hosea 5:9](/kjv/hosea/5/9); [Isaiah 37:3](/kjv/isaiah/37/3), to read תוכחות [punishment], which occurs, [Psalms 149:7](/kjv/psalms/149/7), in the sense of punishment inflicted by man. (Note: *Vid*., Zunz, “Regarding the Idea and the Use of *Tokhecha*,” in Steinschneider's *Heb. Bibliographia*, entitled המחכיר , 1871, p. 70f.) Besides, we must think first not of actual punishment, but of chastening, reproving words; and the man to whom are spoken the reproving words is one whose conduct merits more and more severe censure, and continually receives correction from those who are concerned for his welfare. Hitzig regards the first line as a conditional clause: “Is a man of punishment stiff-necked?”.... This is syntactically impossible. Only מקשׁה ערף could have such force: a man of punishment, if he.... But why then did not the author rather write the words והוא מקשׁה ערף ? Why then could not מקשׁה ערף be a co-ordinated further description of the man? Cf. *e.g.*, Ex. 17:21. The door of penitence, to which earnest, well-meant admonition calls a man, does not always remain open. He who with stiff-necked persistence in sin and in self-delusion sets himself in opposition to all endeavours to save his soul, shall one day suddenly, and without the prospect and possibility of restoration (cf. [Jeremiah 19:11](/kjv/jeremiah/19/11)), become a wreck. *Audi doctrinam si vis vitare ruinam*. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29","name":"Proverbs 29 - Study King James Bible with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Proverbs 29 with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary commentary. 1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 2 When the righteous are in authority, the peopl","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary","name":"keil and delitzsch old testament commentary"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs","name":"Proverbs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/29","name":"29"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```