Posted by Jeff Short on September 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
– Proverbs 17:2
While possible, a servant rarely advanced beyond being a servant. A wise servant could merit reward (Proverbs 14:35). The emphasis of the proverb is on the
son that causeth shame. He is disinherited because of his foolishness and shall see the servant advance beyond him (Proverbs 11:29). Proverbs has many warnings to foolish sons and the consequences of their folly (Proverbs 10:5; 19:26).
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Posted by Jeff Short on May 9, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
– Proverbs 13:18
This proverb is a truism of outcomes in life. The word for
shame points to disgrace, or dishonor, and
poverty is just that. This comes to one who refuses
instruction, which is discipline including correction. Despising instruction is the proverbial characteristic of the fool (Proverbs 1:7). The contrast is to regard
reproof. To regard is to keep or give heed. The word for
reproof leans more to the correction. Such correction is an indispensable part of acquiring wisdom (Proverbs 15:5, 31-32; 9:9; 25:12).
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Posted by Jeff Short on April 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
– Proverbs 13:5
The
righteous deal in honesty. They hate, or make themselves the enemy of lying. So the righteous abominate what is false (Proverbs 6:17). The contrast is with the person of the
wicked man. The word for
loathsome means to stink and
shame means to blush. The wicked deal and trade in lies and slander and come to shame (Proverbs 3:35; 6:12-14; 16:27-28).
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Posted by Jeff Short on February 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
– Proverbs 11:2
The word for
pride indicates a high arrogance, or hubris. It speaks of one who must have his own way, and Proverbs points out the end of that way is
shame, or disgrace, and elsewhere destruction (Proverbs 16:18; 18:12). The word for
lowly means humility and it is the way of
wisdom. Humility with wisdom is better than great riches (Proverbs 16:19). Humility always precedes any true promotion (Proverbs 15:33).
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Posted by Jeff Short on August 5, 2016 · 1 Comment
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
– Proverbs 3:35
Wise rounds out the threefold description of the blessed. They are just (v. 33), lowly (v. 34), and wise (v.35). They shall inherit or come into glory. Fools mock and scorn and scoff at wisdom and extol shame. Shame, or disgrace, shall be their end. This verse brings us back to the two ways and two ends. The issues of wisdom and folly are the issues of life and death.
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Proverbs 17:2
Posted by Jeff Short on September 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
While possible, a servant rarely advanced beyond being a servant. A wise servant could merit reward (Proverbs 14:35). The emphasis of the proverb is on the son that causeth shame. He is disinherited because of his foolishness and shall see the servant advance beyond him (Proverbs 11:29). Proverbs has many warnings to foolish sons and the consequences of their folly (Proverbs 10:5; 19:26).– Proverbs 17:2
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