Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, December 21st, 2024
the Third Week of Advent
the Third Week of Advent
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Commentaries
Geneva Study Bible Geneva Study Bible
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliographical Information
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Proverbs 20". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gsb/proverbs-20.html. 1599-1645.
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Proverbs 20". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/
Whole Bible (42)Old Testament (1)Individual Books (3)
Verse 1
20:1 {a} Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.
(a) By wine here is meant him that is given to wine, and so by strong drink.
Verse 2
20:2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoever] provoketh him to anger {b} sinneth [against] his own soul.
(b) Puts his life in danger.
Verse 5
20:5 Counsel in the heart of {c} man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
(c) It is hard to find out: for it is as deep waters, whose bottom cannot be found: yet the wise man will know a man either by his words or manners.
Verse 8
20:8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment {d} scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
(d) Where righteous judgment is executed, there sin ceases, and vice dare not appear.
Verse 10
20:10 Differing weights, [and] differing measures, both of {e} them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
(e) Read Proverbs 16:11.
Verse 16
20:16 Take his {f} garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
(f) Teach him wit, that he cast not himself rashly into danger.
Verse 25
20:25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] {g} devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
(g) That is, to apply or take for his own use, that which was appointed to God’s and then ask how he may be exempted from the fault.
Verse 26
20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the {h} wheel over them.
(h) Which was a kind of punishment then used.
Verse 27
20:27 The {i} spirit of man [is] the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
(i) The word of God gives life to man and causes us to see and try the secret of our dark hearts, Hebrews 4:12.
Verse 30
20:30 {k} The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
(k) Sharp punishment that pierces even the inward parts is profitable for the wicked to bring them to amendment.