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Amsal 3:33
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Kutuk TUHAN ada di dalam rumah orang fasik, tetapi tempat kediaman orang benar diberkati-Nya.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
curse: Proverbs 21:12, Leviticus 26:14-46, Deuteronomy 7:26, Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Deuteronomy 29:19-29, Joshua 6:18, Joshua 7:13, Psalms 37:22, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4, Malachi 2:2
he blesseth: Deuteronomy 28:2-14, 2 Samuel 6:11, Job 8:6, Job 8:7, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 91:10
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:34 - I put the plague of leprosy Leviticus 14:35 - a plague Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city Job 24:18 - their portion Job 31:12 - General Psalms 37:16 - General Psalms 112:8 - shall Proverbs 14:11 - house Mark 11:21 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked,.... The wicked man, being a transgressor of the law, is under the curse of it; and all that he has, his house, his substance, his very blessings are curses; see Malachi 2:2; he is accursed amidst his greatest affluence, and sometimes from a plentiful estate is reduced to penury and want: and Aben Ezra interprets it, "the curse of want"; and the Vulgate Latin version is, "want from the Lord is", c.
but he blesseth the habitation of the just the righteous man, as before described; he is blessed himself, having the righteousness of Christ imputed to him, and his sins forgiven him for his sake; and what he has of worldly substance, though it be ever so little, he has it with a blessing; and therefore it is better than the riches of many wicked men; his house, though it is but a courage, as the word k here signifies, is blessed with the presence of God in it; his family, his children, and servants, are blessed, having his instructions and example, and especially when made effectual by the grace of God; as the house of Obededom was blessed for the sake of the ark, so is a just man's house, being a "bethel", an house of God, blessed on account of his worship in it; see 2 Samuel 6:11.
k נוה "tugurio", Montanus; "tugurium, vel casam pastoritiam", Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims.
From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought that the so-called possession of wealth is but a stewardship; that the true owners of what we call our own are those to whom, with it, we may do good. Not to relieve them is a breach of trust.
Proverbs 3:28
Procrastination is especially fatal to the giving impulse. The Septuagint adds the caution: “for thou knowest not what the morrow will bring forth.”
Proverbs 3:29
Securely - i. e., “With full trust,” without care or suspicion. Compare Judges 18:7, Judges 18:27.
Proverbs 3:31
A protest against the tendency to worship success, to think the lot of the “man of violence” enviable, and therefore to be chosen.
Proverbs 3:32
The true nature of such success. That which people admire is an abomination to Yahweh. His “secret,” i. e., His close, intimate communion as of “friend with friend,” is with the righteous.
Proverbs 3:33
The thought, like that which appears in Zechariah 5:3-4, and pervades the tragedies of Greek drama, is of a curse, an Ate, dwelling in a house from generation to generation, the source of ever-recurring woes. There is, possibly, a contrast between the “house” or “palace” of the rich oppressor and the lowly shepherd’s hut, the “sheep-cote” 2 Samuel 7:8 ennobled only by its upright inhabitants.
Proverbs 3:34
Surely - Better, If he scorneth the scorners, i. e., Divine scorn of evil is the complement, and, as it were, the condition, of divine bounty to the lowly (compare the marginal reference and the Proverbs 1:26 note).
Proverbs 3:35
The margin conveys the thought that “fools” glory in that which is indeed their shame. Others take the clause as meaning “every fool takes up shame,” i. e., gains nothing but that.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 3:33. The curse of the Lord — No godly people meet in such a house; nor is God ever an inmate there.
But he blesseth the habitation of the just. — He considers it as his own temple. There he is worshipped in spirit and in truth; and hence God makes it his dwelling-place.