the Fourth Week of Advent
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ç®´è¨ 28:16
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无 知 的 君 多 行 暴 虐 ； 以 贪 财 为 可 恨 的 ， 必 年 长 日 久 。
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
prince: 1 Kings 12:10, 1 Kings 12:14, Nehemiah 5:15, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Isaiah 3:12, Amos 4:1
he that: Exodus 18:21, Isaiah 33:15, Isaiah 33:16, Jeremiah 22:15-17
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:14 - General Proverbs 15:27 - but Proverbs 26:1 - so Proverbs 29:14 - king Ecclesiastes 4:13 - is a poor Isaiah 33:6 - wisdom Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Ezekiel 19:7 - and the land Ezekiel 45:8 - and my princes Luke 12:15 - Take Ephesians 5:3 - covetousness
Cross-References
May he give you and your descendants the blessing of Abraham so that you may own the land where you are now living as a stranger, the land God gave to Abraham."
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Northwest Mesopotamia.
Then God said, "Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground.
"Are there any gods like you, Lord ? There are no gods like you. You are wonderfully holy, amazingly powerful, a worker of miracles.
The commander of the Lord 's army answered, "Take off your sandals, because the place where you are standing is holy." So Joshua did.
When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by me, I do not recognize him.
God does speak—sometimes one way and sometimes another— even though people may not understand it.
God, you are wonderful in your Temple. The God of Israel gives his people strength and power. Praise God!
But remember that the Lord All-Powerful is holy. He is the one you should fear; he is the one you should dread.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor,.... Or, "much in oppressions" o; he multiplies them, and abounds in them; he distresses his subjects in a variety of ways and methods he uses to extort money from them by which he shows his want of understanding: he is a wise prince that uses gentle methods, and gains the affections of his people, and who cheerfully supports his crown and government with honour and glory; but he is a foolish prince that uses them with rigour. It may be rendered, "and a prince that wanteth understanding, and is much", or "abounds, in oppressions"; in laying heavy burdens and taxes on his people, in an arbitrary manner; "shall shorten, and not prolong his days" p, as it may be supplied from the next clause; either his subjects will rise up against him, and dethrone him, and destroy him; or God, in mercy to them, and in judgment to him, will remove him by death;
[but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days; to hate covetousness is a good qualification of a civil magistrate, prince, or ruler, Exodus 18:21. This sin is the cause of a wicked prince oppressing his subjects; but where it is hated, which is seen by moderation in government, and easing of the people as much as possible; such a prince, as he has the hearts of his subjects, is well pleasing to God, by whom he reigns; and such an one, through the prayers of the people for him, and the goodness of God unto him, lives long, and reigns prosperously; and dies, as David, in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour.
o רב מעשקות "multus oppressionibus", Montanus, Junius & Tremeilius, Piscator, Mercerus, Baynus, Michaelis, Schultens. p So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, and some Jewish writers in Vatablus.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 28:16. The prince that wanteth understanding — A weak prince will generally have wicked ministers, for his weakness prevents him from making a proper choice; and he is apt to prefer them who flatter him, and minister most to his pleasures. The quantum of the king's intellect may be always appreciated by the mildness or oppressiveness of his government. He who plunges his people into expensive wars, to support which they are burdened with taxes, is a prince without understanding. He does not know his own interest, and does not regard that of his people. But these things, though general truths, apply more particularly to those despotic governments which prevail in Asiatic countries.
