Proverbs 28:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 28:14 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 23:17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Psalms 2:11
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Isaiah 66:2
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
1 Peter 1:17
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Bowels Deafness Fear Godlessness Happiness Heart Impenitence

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14)

Here is, 1. The benefit of a holy caution. It sounds strangely, but it is very true: Happy is the man that feareth always. Most people think that those are happy who never fear; but there is a fear which is so far from having torment in it that it has in it the greatest satisfaction. Happy is the man who always keeps up in his mind a holy awe and reverence of God, his glory, goodness, and governme…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. feareth--that is, God, and so repents. hardeneth his heart--makes himself insensible to sin, and so will not repent (Pr 14:16; 29:1).