Proverbs 29:1, Observations of public government, Proverbs 29:15, and of private; Proverbs 29:22, Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice, and corruption.
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Proverbs 29 — OverviewProverbs 29 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMiscellaneous Maxims.Proverbs 29 — OverviewProverbs 29 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 29 is a sweeping chapter on authority, wisdom, justice, and the human heart. It opens with a stark warning: the person who keeps ignoring correction will be suddenly and completely destroyed. From there it…Proverbs 29:1Proverbs 29:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, 1. The obstinacy of many wicked people in a wicked way is to be
greatly lamented. They are often reproved by parents and friends, by
magistrates and ministers, by the providence of God and by their own…Proverbs 29:1Proverbs 29:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryHe that being often reproved hardeneth his neck; literally, a man of reproofs—one who has had a long experience of rebukes and warnings. Compare "a man of sorrows" (Isaiah 53:3). The hardening of the neck is a metaphor…Proverbs 29:1Proverbs 29:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryHardened under reproof
I. REPROOF MAY RE REJECTED. It is not violent and compulsory correction. We have free wills, and God does not destroy our wills in order to reform our conduct, for he only delights in voluntary…Proverbs 29:1Proverbs 29:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe doom of obduracy
There are four stages which conduct to spiritual ruin.
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