the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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箴言 29:25
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惧 怕 人 的 ， 陷 入 网 罗 ； 惟 有 倚 靠 耶 和 华 的 ， 必 得 安 稳 。
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fear: Genesis 12:11-13, Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:11, Genesis 26:7, Exodus 32:22-24, 1 Samuel 15:24, 1 Samuel 27:1, 1 Samuel 27:11, 1 Kings 19:3, Isaiah 57:11, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 15:12, Matthew 26:69-74, John 3:2, John 9:22, John 12:42, John 19:12, John 19:13, Galatians 2:11-13, 2 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 4:17
whoso: Proverbs 16:20, Proverbs 18:10, Proverbs 30:5, 1 Chronicles 5:20, Psalms 118:8, Psalms 125:1, Ecclesiastes 7:18, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 6:23, 1 Peter 1:21
safe: Heb. set on high, Psalms 69:29, Psalms 91:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:12 - will kill Genesis 31:31 - Because Genesis 50:16 - sent Exodus 2:14 - Moses Deuteronomy 1:17 - ye shall not Judges 16:11 - If they bind me 1 Samuel 21:13 - changed 1 Samuel 27:10 - And David 1 Kings 12:27 - and they shall 2 Kings 18:14 - I have offended Job 31:34 - Did I Psalms 25:13 - His soul Psalms 26:1 - trusted Jeremiah 26:21 - he was Jeremiah 38:5 - for Jeremiah 38:19 - I Daniel 1:10 - I fear Daniel 6:16 - the king Haggai 1:2 - This Matthew 10:26 - Fear Matthew 26:70 - General Mark 15:15 - willing John 7:13 - spake John 18:25 - He John 19:38 - but Acts 24:27 - willing Galatians 2:12 - fearing
Cross-References
So the king sent for Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me Sarai was your wife?
Then Leah gave birth to another son. She named him Judah, because she said, "Now I will praise the Lord ." Then Leah stopped having children.
Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings whose thumbs and big toes had been cut off used to eat scraps that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them." The men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Good people will be rewarded on earth, and the wicked and the sinners will be punished.
You will be judged in the same way that you judge others, and the amount you give to others will be given to you.
"Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.
A third time he said, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" Peter said, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you!" He said to him, "Feed my sheep.
their work will be clearly seen, because the Day of Judgment will make it visible. That Day will appear with fire, and the fire will test everyone's work to show what sort of work it was.
"I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The fear of man bringeth a snare,.... Either that which is subjectively in man; not a divine fear, or the fear of God, that grace which is put into the heart, for that leads to no snare, but tends to life; but a human fear, a servile one, a distrust of the power and providence, grace and goodness, of God, which has torment in it; which brings into bondage, and into many distresses and difficulties, and is opposed to trust in the Lord: or objectively, which has man for its object; a fear of losing the favour and friendship of men, of not having honour and applause from them; and a fear of their reproaches and reviling; of the wrath of men, of persecution from them, and of sufferings by them, even death itself; which has been sometimes a snare to ministers of the word, to drop or conceal some truths of it; and to professors of religion, not to embrace, own, and profess them; as many, through fear of the Jews, would not profess Jesus to be the Messiah, though they knew he was, John 7:13; yea, such a fear has been a snare to the best of men, and leads into temptation and sin; as particularly Abraham and Peter, Genesis 12:12;
but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe; that trusts in the Lord as the God of nature and providence, and the God of all grace, for all mercies, spiritual, temporal, and eternal, and leaves himself and case with him; such an one is safe from men, and the fear of them, and from snares and temptations, and sin and mischief, which come by them: or, "shall be lifted up on high" d; he is upon a high rock, firm and sure; he dwells on high, his place of defence is the munition of rocks; he is in a high tower which is impregnable, in a city of refuge where he is safe; he is as immovable as Mount Zion; he is above the fear of man, or danger from him; he is out of the reach of all his enemies, men or devils; see Proverbs 18:10.
d ×ש×× "sublevabitur", V. L. "elevabitur", Pagninus, Montanus; "exaltabitar", Vatablus; "in edito collocatur", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "sublimabitur", Cocceius, Michaelis; "celsa in arce locabitur", Schultens, so Ben Melech.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The confusion and wretchedness in which the fear of what men can do entangles us, is contrasted with the security of one, who not only âfearsâ the Lord, so as to avoid offending Him, but trusts in Him as his protector and guide.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 29:25. The fear of man bringeth a snare — How often has this led weak men, though sincere in their general character, to deny their God, and abjure his people! See the case of Peter; and learn from this, O reader, that where the mighty have been slain, thou wilt fall, unless thou call on the Strong for strength, and for courage to use it. Be not ashamed of JESUS nor of his people, nor of his cross. Glory in this, that thou knowest him, art joined to them, and art counted worthy to bear it.
