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Text -- Proverbs 28:17 (NET)

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28:17 The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
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Wesley: Pro 28:17 - -- That sheddeth any man's blood.

That sheddeth any man's blood.

Wesley: Pro 28:17 - -- Shall speedily be destroyed.

Shall speedily be destroyed.

Wesley: Pro 28:17 - -- None should desire or endeavour to save him from his deserved punishment.

None should desire or endeavour to save him from his deserved punishment.

JFB: Pro 28:17 - -- Or, that is oppressed by the blood of life (Gen 9:6), which he has taken.

Or, that is oppressed by the blood of life (Gen 9:6), which he has taken.

JFB: Pro 28:17 - -- The grave or destruction (Pro 1:12; Job 33:18-24; Psa 143:7).

The grave or destruction (Pro 1:12; Job 33:18-24; Psa 143:7).

JFB: Pro 28:17 - -- Sustain or deliver him.

Sustain or deliver him.

Clarke: Pro 28:17 - -- That doeth violence to the blood - He who either slays the innocent, or procures his destruction, may flee to hide himself: but let none give him pr...

That doeth violence to the blood - He who either slays the innocent, or procures his destruction, may flee to hide himself: but let none give him protection. The law demands his life, because he is a murderer; and let none deprive justice of its claim. Murder is the most horrid crime in the sight of God and man; it scarcely ever goes unpunished, and is universally execrated.

TSK: Pro 28:17 - -- Gen 9:6; Exo 21:14; Num. 35:14-34; 1Ki 21:19, 1Ki 21:23; 2Ki 9:26; 2Ch 24:21-25; Mat 27:4, Mat 27:5; Act 28:4

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Barnes: Pro 28:17 - -- The case of willful murder, not the lesser crime of manslaughter for which the cities of refuge were appointed. One, with that guilt on his soul, is...

The case of willful murder, not the lesser crime of manslaughter for which the cities of refuge were appointed. One, with that guilt on his soul, is simply hasting on to his own destruction. Those who see him must simply stand aloof, and let God’ s judgments fulfill themselves.

Poole: Pro 28:17 - -- A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person that sheddeth any man’ s blood, or taketh away his life unjustly, shall flee to the pit s...

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person that sheddeth any man’ s blood, or taketh away his life unjustly,

shall flee to the pit shall speedily be destroyed, being pursued by Divine vengeance, and the horrors of a guilty conscience, and the avengers of blood.

Let no man stay him: so it is a prohibition that no man should endeavour to save the life of a wilful murderer, either by intercession, or by offering satisfaction, or any other way; of which see Gen 9:6 Exo 21:14 Num 35:31 . Or, as the ancient and many other interpreters render it, no man shall stay him ; none shall desire or endeavour to save him from his deserved punishment; he shall die without pity, being an object of public hatred.

Gill: Pro 28:17 - -- A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person,.... That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent hands upon a club, and t...

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person,.... That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent hands upon a club, and takes away his life, contrary to the law in Gen 9:6. Or, "that is pressed because of the blood of any person" q; pressed in his own mind; filled with horror, and tortured in his conscience, for the innocent blood he has shed: the letter "daleth" in the word "Adam" is lesser than usual; and Vitringa, on Isa 34:6; observes, that it signifies a man red with blood, oppressed in his conscience, and depressed by God, which this minute letter is a symbol of; and thinks it applicable to Edom or Rome: or it signifies one pressed, pursued, and dose followed by the avenger of blood;

shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him; support or help him. When such a murderer flees, and is pursued, and unawares falls into a pit, or is like to do so, let no man warn him of it, or help him out of it; or if he flees to a pit to hide himself, let no man hold him or detain him there, or suffer him to continue in such a lurking place, but discover him or pluck him out; or, if he is a fugitive and a vagabond all his days, as Cain, the murderer of his brother, was, till he comes to the pit of the grave, let no man yield him any support or sustenance.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 28:17 The verse is cryptic; it simply says that he will “flee to the pit.” Some have taken the “pit” to refer to the place of detent...

Geneva Bible: Pro 28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man ( i ) sustain him. ( i ) No one will be able to deliver him....

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Pro 28:1-28 - --1 General observations of impiety and religious integrity.

MHCC: Pro 28:17 - --The murderer shall be haunted with terrors. None shall desire to save him from deserved punishment, nor pity him.

Matthew Henry: Pro 28:17 - -- This agrees with that ancient law, Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed (Gen 9:6), and proclaims, 1. The doom of the shedder...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 28:17 - -- 17 A man burdened with the guilt of blood upon his soul Fleeth to the pit; let no one detain him. Luther translates: "A man that doeth violence to...

Constable: Pro 25:1--29:27 - --IV. MAXIMS EXPRESSING WISDOM chs. 25--29 We return now to the proverbs of Solomon (cf. 1:1-22:16). Chapters 25-2...

Constable: Pro 28:1--29:27 - --C. Instructive Contrasts chs. 28-29 Most of the proverbs in this section are couplets, and most of them set forth a truth by means of a contrast. 28:2...

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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 28 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Pro 28:1, General observations of impiety and religious integrity.

Poole: Proverbs 28 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 28 The character of the righteous and of the wicked, with the blessed fruits of integrity, and evil effects of sin, Pro 28:11-12 . The evil...

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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