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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Verse 1

Sluggard. Who neglects his own and others’ welfare. (Calmet) --- Disgrace. He is still despised here, and punished eternally, Matthew xxv. 30. (Worthington)

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Verse 2

Pelted. Greek, "compared to a lump of dung." (Haydock)

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Verse 3

Loss. "I wish," said Augustus, "I had never married, or that I had died without children." (Suetonius)

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Verse 4

Inheritance. Her wisdom and economy, Proverbs xxxi. 29. Women had no inheritance among the Jews, when they had brothers.

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Verse 5

Bold. In speaking and acting without restraint. (Calmet)

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Verse 6

Mourning. St. Jerome (ep. ad Julian) quoting this sentence, calls it "divine Scripture," Proverb xxv. 20. --- Of time. Or "stripes and instruction well-timed, are wisdom." (Haydock) --- Only the wise know how to correct with advantage.

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Verse 7

Fool. Who is incapable of understanding. Those who have sense may be corrected, though they may have taken evil courses.

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Verse 9

This? The Athenian philosophers and Festus derided St. Paul, Acts xvii. 32.

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Verse 10

For the fool. In the language of the Holy Ghost, he is styled a fool that turns away from God to follow vanity and sin. And what is said by the wise man against fools is meant of such fools as these. (Challoner) --- Their wicked life is worse than death. (Worthington)

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Verse 13

Day. There was a longer time assigned for great men, Genesis l. 3., Numbers xx. 30., and Deuteronomy xxxiv. 8. --- Life. This is understood of those who have lost all reason, or sense of religion. St. Monica wept for her son, hoping that he would repent, as a certain bishop had comforted her. (St. Augustine, Confessions iii. ultra.[last chapter])

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Verse 17

Lead? Gold alone is heavier. But the fool is compared with lead, and is most insupportable.

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Verse 19

Wood. Such were used in the walls of Jerusalem, (4 Machabees ii.) and of the temple and palace, 3 Kings vi. 36., and vii. 12.

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Verse 21

Cost. Of lime. (Calmet) --- Greek omits this comparison, as well as the 23d verse. (Haydock)

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Verse 23

Not fear. This seems contrary to what goes before. But fools are sometimes intrepid even to harshness. (Calmet)

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Verse 24

Resentment. Or "sense," (Haydock) by means of pungent reprimands. (Calmet)

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Verse 25

Away. Greek literally, "will knock them down," dejiciet. (Haydock) --- Deliberate provocations (ver. 27.) are pardoned with more difficulty than a sudden impulse of wrath, ver. 26. On such occasions we may withdraw our confidence, but not our charity and patience, Matthew v. 11. (Calmet) --- A true friend will not be lost for a temporal damage; but he must not be slighted. (Worthington)

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Verse 29

Inheritance. Greek adds, "for poverty is not always contemptible, nor is the senseless rich worthy of admiration." (Haydock)

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Verse 31

CHAPTER XXII.

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Verse 32

Of him. Yet I will not follow their example. (Calmet) --- If my friend has behaved ill to me, he will be the greatest sufferer. (Haydock)

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Verse 33

Not. Psalm cxl. 3. Who can sufficiently guard his tongue? (Calmet)

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Bibliographical Information
Haydock, George Leo. "Commentary on Wisdom of Solomon 22". "Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/hcc/wisdom-of-solomon-22.html. 1859.

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