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Text -- Proverbs 24:25 (NET)

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24:25 But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.
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Wesley: Pro 24:25 - -- That publickly and judicially rebuke and condemn the wicked.

That publickly and judicially rebuke and condemn the wicked.

Wesley: Pro 24:25 - -- The peace of a good conscience.

The peace of a good conscience.

JFB: Pro 24:24-25 - -- Of which an example is justifying the wicked, to which is opposed, rebuking him, which has a blessing.

Of which an example is justifying the wicked, to which is opposed, rebuking him, which has a blessing.

TSK: Pro 24:25 - -- them : Lev 19:17; 1Sa 3:13; 1Ki 21:19, 1Ki 21:20; Neh 5:7-9, Neh 13:8-11, Neh 13:17, Neh 13:25, Neh 13:28; Job 29:16-18; Mat 14:4; 1Ti 5:20; 2Ti 4:2; ...

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Barnes: Pro 24:25 - -- There is no surer path to popularity than a righteous severity in punishing guilt.

There is no surer path to popularity than a righteous severity in punishing guilt.

Poole: Pro 24:25 - -- That rebuke him that publicly and judicially rebuke and condemn the wicked. Delight the peace of a good conscience, and the comfort of a good name....

That rebuke him that publicly and judicially rebuke and condemn the wicked.

Delight the peace of a good conscience, and the comfort of a good name.

A good blessing which the people shall wish, and by their prayers obtain, from God for them; which is fitly opposed to the people’ s curse in the last verse.

Gill: Pro 24:25 - -- But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,.... That is, such that rebuke in the gate, or openly, in a court of judicature; that reprove delinquent...

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,.... That is, such that rebuke in the gate, or openly, in a court of judicature; that reprove delinquents, such as are found guilty of malpractices, and punish them as they ought to be, according to the laws of God and man; they shall have delight in themselves, peace and pleasure in their own minds; or the people shall delight in them, and speak well of them, and think themselves happy under such a just administration; or the Lord shall delight in them, the beauty or sweetness of the Lord shall come unto them, as Aben Ezra explains it; the Lord shall be sweet and delightful to them, and they shall have pleasure in him;

and a good blessing shall come upon them; or "a blessing of good" w; a blessing of good things, temporal and spiritual, here and hereafter; the blessing of a good God, and a blessing from him; and a blessing of good men, as opposed to the curse of the people in Pro 24:24.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 24:25 The expression is בִרְכַּת־טוֹב (birkat-tov, “blessing of goodR...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

MHCC: Pro 24:23-26 - --The wisdom God giveth, renders a man fit for his station. Every one who finds the benefit of the right answer, will be attached to him that gave it.

Matthew Henry: Pro 24:23-26 - -- Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 24:23-25 - -- The curse of partiality and the blessing of impartiality: Respect of persons in judgment is by no means good: 24 He that saith to the guilty, "Tho...

Constable: Pro 22:17--25:1 - --III. WISE SAYINGS 22:17--24:34 A third major section of the Book of Proverbs begins with 22:17. This is clear fr...

Constable: Pro 24:23-34 - --B. Six More Sayings of the Wise 24:23-34 The first sentence in 24:23 indicates that what follows was not part of the collection of 30 sayings that pre...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: Pro 24:25 We are to " preach the word; be instant in season, [and] out of season," and to " reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine" ( 2Ti...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE NATURE AND USE OF PROVERBS.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations ...

TSK: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The wisdom of all ages, from the highest antiquity, has chosen to compress and communicate its lessons in short, compendious sentences, and in poetic ...

TSK: Proverbs 24 (Chapter Introduction) Overview

Poole: Proverbs 24 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 24 Their company or manner of life.

MHCC: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. ...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use o...

Constable: Proverbs (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is "The Proverbs of Solo...

Constable: Proverbs (Outline) Outline I. Discourses on wisdom chs. 1-9 A. Introduction to the book 1:1-7 ...

Constable: Proverbs Proverbs Bibliography Aitken, Kenneth T. Proverbs. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. Alden...

Haydock: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. INTRODUCTION. This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences, regulating the morals of men; and...

Gill: Proverbs (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS This book is called, in some printed Hebrew copies, "Sepher Mishle", the Book of Proverbs; the title of it in the Vulgate ...

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