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This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinner and the righteous.
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Proverbs 28:1-28
The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:1-28
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 28:1Sin makes men cowards. Whatever difficulties the righteous meet in the way of duty, they are not daunted.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 28:1See here, 1. What continual frights those are subject to that go on in wicked ways. Guilt in the conscience makes men a terror to themselves, so that they are ready to flee when none pursues; like one that absconds for…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:1-5Canons of moral truth I. WICKEDNESS IS FEARFUL, GOODNESS IS COURAGEOUS. (Proverbs 28:1.) A good conscience is better than a thousand witnesses; an evil conscience unmans (Job 15:21). What passes by the name of courage i…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth. The unreasoning terror of the sinner arises partly from his uneasy conscience, which will not permit him to transgress without warning of consequences, and partly from the judgment…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:1The cowardice of guilt and the courage of righteousness I. THE COWARDICE OF GUILT. "The wicked flee when no man pursueth." 1. This cowardice springs from a natural feeling of ill desert. "Conscience doth make cowards of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 28:2National sins disturb the public repose.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 28:2Note, 1. National sins bring national disorders and the disturbance of the public repose: For the transgression of a land, and a general defection from God and religion to idolatry, profaneness, or immorality, many are…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 28:2For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof. This implies that the wickedness of a nation is punished by frequent changes of rulers, who impose new laws, taxes, and other burdens, which greatly oppress…Joseph S. Exell and contributors