the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 28:14
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Blessed are those who fear to do wrong, but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble.
Happy is [the] man that fears always; But he that hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
Those who are always respectful will be happy, but those who are stubborn will get into trouble.
Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.
Happy [is] the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Blessed and favored by God is the man who fears [sin and its consequence] at all times, But he who hardens his heart [and is determined to sin] will fall into disaster.
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Blessid is the man, which is euere dredeful; but he that is `harde of soule, schal falle in to yuel.
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
The Lord blesses everyone who is afraid to do evil, but if you are cruel, you will end up in trouble.
Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.
Happy the person who is never without fear, but he who hardens his heart will fall into misfortune.
Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.
People who respect others will be blessed, but stubborn people will have plenty of troubles.
Happy is the man that feareth alway; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.
Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into mischiefe.
Happy is the man who always fears the Lord, but he who makes his heart hard will fall into trouble.
Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.
Blessed is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart, shal fall into euill.
Blessed is the man who is reverent always; but he who hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
Always obey the Lord and you will be happy. If you are stubborn, you will be ruined.
How happy the man who is ever circumspect, whereas, he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into calamity.
Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind shall fall into evil.
Blessed is the man who fears the LORD always; but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Well is hym that standeth alway in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischiefe.
As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
Happy is the one who is always reverent,but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Blessed is the man who always fears; But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart, will fall into calamity.
Blessed is a man who is in awe constantly! But he who hardens his heart falls into evil.
O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
Well is him that stodeth allwaye in awe: as for him that hardeneth his herte, he shal fall in to mischefe.
A tenderhearted person lives a blessed life; a hardhearted person lives a hard life.
How blessed is the person who fears always, But one who hardens his heart will fall into disaster.
Happy is the man who is always reverent, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
How blessed is the man who fears always, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
How blessed is the man who is always in dread,But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Happy: Proverbs 23:17, Psalms 2:11, Psalms 16:8, Psalms 112:1, Isaiah 66:2, Jeremiah 32:40, Romans 11:20, Hebrews 4:1, 1 Peter 1:17
but: Proverbs 29:1, Exodus 7:22, Exodus 14:23, Job 9:4, Romans 2:4
Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:16 - the fool Proverbs 19:26 - wasteth Proverbs 21:29 - hardeneth Proverbs 24:16 - but Jeremiah 44:10 - neither Matthew 26:35 - Though 1 Corinthians 10:12 - General 2 Corinthians 7:11 - fear Hebrews 3:8 - Harden
Cross-References
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed."
Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like his!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Happy [is] the man that feareth alway,.... Not men, but the Lord; there is a fear and reverence due to men, according to the stations in which they are; but a slavish fear of man, and which deters from the worship of God and obedience to him, is criminal, and brings a snare; and a man, under the influence of it, cannot be happy: nor is a servile fear of God intended, a fear of wrath and damnation, or a distrust of his grace, a continual calling in question his love, and an awful apprehension of his displeasure and vengeance; for in such fear is torment, and with it a man can never be happy; but it is a reverence and godly fear, a filial one, a fear of God and his goodness, which he puts into the hearts of his people; a fear, indeed, of offending him, of sinning against him, by which a man departs from evil, and forsakes it, as well as confesses it; but is what arises from a sense of his goodness: and it is well when such a fear of God is always before the eyes and on the hearts of men; in their closets and families, in their trade and commerce, in all companies into which they come, as, well as in the house of God and the assembly of his saints, where he is to be feared; as also in prosperity and adversity, even throughout the whole course of life, passing the time of their sojourning here in fear: and such a man is happy; the eye of God is on him, his heart is towards him, and he delights it, him; his secret is with him, he sets a guard of angels about him, has laid up goodness for him, and communicates largely to him;
but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief; that hardens his heart from the fear of the Lord; neither confesses his sin, nor forsakes it; bids, as it were, defiance to heaven, strengthens and hardens himself in his wickedness, and by his hard and impenitent heart treasures up to himself wrath against the day of wrath; he falls "into evil" k, as it may be rendered, into the evil of sin yet more and more, which the hardness of his heart brings him into, and so into the evil of punishment here and hereafter.
k ברעה "in malum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The “fear” here is not so much reverential awe, as anxious, or “nervous” sensitiveness of conscience. To most men this temperament seems that of the self-tormentor. To him who looks deeper it is a condition of blessedness, and the callousness which is opposed to it ends in misery.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 28:14. Happy is the man that feareth alway — That ever carries about with him that reverential and filial fear of God, which will lead him to avoid sin, and labour to do that which is lawful and right in the sight of God his Saviour.
