PROVERBS CHAPTER 29.
Warning against Stubbornness and Rebellion.
DESCRIPTION OF STUBBORNNESS AND DISOBEDIENCE. — V. 1. He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shaking off the reproofs with deliberate stubbornness, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy, for when the patience of God is exhausted, He will shut the door to repentance and bring ruin upon the offender.
V. 2. When the righteous are in authority, when they increase in numbers, when they are in the majority, the people rejoice, for such a condition serves to further the welfare of a nation; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn, grieving on account of the harm which is bound to strike the country under the administration of the ungodly. Compare chapter 28, 12.
V. 3. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father, who will, of course, share in the reward which the application of wisdom brings, chap. 10, 1; but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance, thus bringing disgrace upon himself and upon all his relatives.