
Text -- Proverbs 30:22 (NET)




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Wesley: Pro 30:22 - -- For such an one is commonly ignorant, and therefore commits many errors; he is poor, and therefore insatiable, he is proud and imperious, and usually ...
For such an one is commonly ignorant, and therefore commits many errors; he is poor, and therefore insatiable, he is proud and imperious, and usually injurious and cruel.
JFB -> Pro 30:21-23
JFB: Pro 30:21-23 - -- Pride and cruelty, the undue exaltation of those unfit to hold power, produce those vices which disquiet society (compare Pro 19:10; Pro 28:3).
TSK -> Pro 30:22

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Poole -> Pro 30:22
Poole: Pro 30:22 - -- When he reigneth when he is advanced to great power and dignity; for such a one is ignorant and unfit for his place, and therefore commits many error...
When he reigneth when he is advanced to great power and dignity; for such a one is ignorant and unfit for his place, and therefore commits many errors; he is poor, and therefore an insatiable oppressor, according to Pro 28:3 ; he is proud and imperious, and being maligned and hated by others, he is provoked to hate them, and to be injurious and cruel to them.
A fool a conceited and wilful fool, or all obstinately wicked man,
when he is filled with meat either,
1. When he is glutted with meat or drink, which dulls men’ s reason, and heats their blood, and stirs them up to many insolencies. Or rather,
2. When he abounds in wealth, which in that case is like a sword in a madman’ s hand, being an instrument and occasion of innumerable wickednesses and mischiefs, as appears from common experience.
Gill -> Pro 30:22
Gill: Pro 30:22 - -- For a servant, when he reigneth,.... Being unfit for it through his education, not having been trained up in and learned the arts of government and ma...
For a servant, when he reigneth,.... Being unfit for it through his education, not having been trained up in and learned the arts of government and maxims of it; and through the disposition of his mind, which is mean, abject, and servile; and as he has been used himself when a servant, so he will use others c and through his circumstances, being poor, he will take oppressive methods to become rich; and being raised from a low estate, he is the more imperious, proud, and haughty d; all which and more make his reign intolerable; see Pro 19:10. This may be applied to antichrist, the "servus servorum", who in a haughty, tyrannical, and insolent manner, exalts himself above all that is called God: and reigns over the kings of the earth, at least has done so, and that in such a manner as was unbearable; deposing kings at pleasure, disposing of their kingdoms, and trampling upon their necks, and making their subjects his vassals; see 2Th 2:4;
and a fool, when he is filled with meat; as Nabal at his feast, when he behaved so intolerably in his cups towards David and his messengers, that he determined on his destruction, had not Abigail interposed, 1Sa 25:10; and there are many such fools, who having their bellies full of food, and their heads full of liquor, are very overbearing in company, and give their tongues such a loose as is very disturbing: or this may intend such fools, or wicked men, who are full of wealth and riches, and being purse proud, are exceeding haughty and insolent; set their mouths against the heaven, and blaspheme God that is in it; and their tongues walk through the earth, and spare none, but lash all in an insufferable manner. These disquiet families, neighbourhoods, communities, and commonwealths; see Psa 73:7.

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NET Notes: Pro 30:22 The expression stuffed with food probably represents prosperity in general. So the line portrays someone who suddenly comes into wealth, but continues...
Geneva Bible -> Pro 30:22
Geneva Bible: Pro 30:22 For ( l ) a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food;
( l ) These commonly abuse the state to which they are called.

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TSK Synopsis -> Pro 30:1-33
TSK Synopsis: Pro 30:1-33 - --1 Agur's confession of his faith.7 The two points of his prayer.10 The meanest are not to be wronged.11 Four wicked generations.15 Four things insatia...
MHCC -> Pro 30:21-23
MHCC: Pro 30:21-23 - --Four sorts of persons are very troublesome. Men of low origin and base spirit, who, getting authority, become tyrants. Foolish and violent men indulgi...
Matthew Henry -> Pro 30:18-23
Matthew Henry: Pro 30:18-23 - -- Here is, I. An account of four things that are unsearchable, too wonderful to be fully known. And here, 1. The first three are natural things, and...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 30:21-23
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 30:21-23 - --
It is now not at all necessary to rack one's brains over the grounds or the reasons of the arrangement of the following proverb ( vid ., Hitzig). Th...
Constable: Pro 30:1--31:31 - --V. TWO DISCOURSES BY OTHER WISE MEN chs. 30--31
Chapters 30 and 31 form a distinct section in Proverbs because n...

Constable: Pro 30:1-33 - --A. The Wisdom of Agur ch. 30
The most distinctive features of Agur's proverbs are his numerical style of...
