35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: …
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. …
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-35)True wisdom consists in the due discharge of our duty towards man, as well as towards God, in honesty as well as piety, and therefore we have here divers excellent precepts of wisdom which relate to our neighbour. I. We must render to all their due, both in justice and charity, and not delay to do it ( Prov. 3:27 , 28 ): “ Withhold not good from those to whom it is due (either for want of love to…
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