the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Proverbs 17:11
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An evil person desires only rebellion;a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
A rebellious person seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Disobedient people look only for trouble, so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
A rebellious man seeks only evil; Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
A sedicious person seeketh onely euill, and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
A rebellious man seeks only evil,So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Cruel people want to rebel, and so vicious attackers will be sent against them.
An evil person seeks only rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion; but a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Those who are evil only want to cause trouble. In the end, punishment without mercy will be sent to them.
A quarrelsome man seeks mischief; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.
An evil person will seek only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Rebellion seeks evil, so a cruel messenger is sent against him.
A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.
A rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An euill man seeketh onely rebellion; therefore a cruell messenger shall be sent against him.
A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.
Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Evil people are eager for rebellion, but they will be severely punished.
A man who will not obey looks only for what is bad. So one who has no loving-pity will be sent against him.
Evil people seek only rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
Nothing less than rebellion, doth a wicked man seek, and, a relentless messenger, shall be sent out against him.
An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
Criminals out looking for nothing but trouble won't have to wait long—they'll meet it coming and going!
A rebellious man seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:5-9, 2 Samuel 18:15, 2 Samuel 18:19, 2 Samuel 20:1, 2 Samuel 20:22, 1 Kings 2:24, 1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 2:31, 1 Kings 2:46, Matthew 21:41, Matthew 22:7, Luke 19:27
Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:27 - he that seeketh Proverbs 16:14 - messengers Proverbs 26:17 - passeth 1 Peter 2:13 - General
Cross-References
and Ismael, his sone, hadde fillid threttene yeer in the tyme of his circumsicioun.
and alle men of his hows, as wel borun seruauntis as bouyt and aliens, weren circumcidid togidre.
Sefora took anoon a moost scharp stoon, and circumcidide the yerde of hir sone; and sche towchide `the feet of Moises, and seide, Thou art an hosebonde of bloodis to me.
that if ony pilgrym wole passe into youre feith and worschipyng, and make fase of the Lord, ech male kynde of hym schal be circumcidid bifore, and thanne he schal make lawfuli, and he schal be to gidere as a man borun of the lond; forsothe if ony man is not circumcidid, he schal not ete therof.
Therfor circumcide ye the prepucie, `ethir vnclennesse, of youre herte, and no more make ye harde youre nol.
Josue dide tho thingis whiche the Lord comaundide, and he circumside the sones of Israel in the `hil of prepucies.
Therfor Dauid sente messangeris to Isbosech, the sone of Saul, and seide, Yelde thou my wijf Mycol, whom Y spouside to me for an hundryd prepucies of Filisteis.
And he yaf to hym the testament of circumcisioun; and so he gendride Ysaac, and circumcidide hym in the eiyt dai. And Isaac gendride Jacob, and Jacob gendride the twelue patriarkis.
And he took a signe of circumcisioun, a tokenyng of riytwisnesse of the feith which is in prepucie, that he be fadir of alle men bileuynge bi prepucie, that it be arettid also to hem to riytwisnesse;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion,.... For he seeks nothing but what is evil; and all sin is rebellion against God, a contempt of his laws, and a transgression of them; a trampling upon his legislative power and authority; an act of hostility against him, and a casting off allegiance to him. Or rather the words may be rendered, "rebellion", that is, "the rebellious man", so the Targum, the abstract for the concrete, "verily" or "only seeketh evil" m; a man that is rebellious against his prince, that is of a rebellious disposition, is continually seeking to do mischief in the commonwealth; he is continually plotting and contriving destructive schemes, and stirring up sedition, and causing trouble; and so a rebel against God is always seeking that which is sinful, which is evil in its own nature, and contrary to the law and will of God; and in the issue brings the evil of punishment on himself;
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him: if a rebel against his lawful sovereign, a messenger shall be sent by him to take him into custody, who will show him no mercy; or an executioner to dispatch him, who will not spare to perform his orders: and if a rebel against God, some judgment of God shall fall upon him in a very severe manner; or his own conscience shall accuse him, and shall be filled with dreadful apprehensions of divine vengeance; or Satan, the angel of death, shall be let loose upon him, to terrify or destroy him; or death itself, which spares none. The Septuagint and Arabic versions ascribe this to God as his act, rendering it, "the Lord shall send", c. and so Aben Ezra who also refers the former clause to him, and gives it as the sense of it; that he shall seek to do the rebellious man evil, inflict on him the evil of punishment for the evil of sin.
m אך מרי יבקש רע "profecto rebellio quaeret malum", Montanus; so Schultens, Piscator, Tigurine version, Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The proverb expresses the reverence of the East for the supreme authority of the king. The “cruel messenger” is probably the king’s officer despatched to subdue and punish. The Septuagint renders it: “The Lord will send a pitiless Angel.”
