PROVERBS CHAPTER 29.
Warning against Stubbornness and Rebellion.
THE SOURCE OF EVIL SHOWN. — V. 20. Seest thou a man that is hasty In his words? one who speaks before he thinks. There is more hope of a fool than of him. Compare chapter 26, 12; Eccl. 9, 18.
V. 21. He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, causing the slave to believe himself more than his station really permits him to be, shall have him become his son at the length, or, his end will be contention, for rebellion on the part of the slave will naturally follow.
V. 22. An angry man, one readily yielding to his temper, stirreth up strife, chap. 15, 18, and a furious man, one who gives way to angry passions, aboundeth in transgression, that being the inevitable consequence of such a disposition.
V. 23. A man’s pride shall bring him low, for self-exaltation comes before the fall; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Compare Matt. 23, 12; Luke 14, 11; 1 Pet. 5,5.