25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
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Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. …
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-26)Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do their duty in administering justice to their subjects, both in pleas of the crown and causes between party and party. These are lessons for them. 1. They must always weigh the merits of a cause, and not be swayed by any regard, one way or other, to the…
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