PROVERBS CHAPTER 29.
Warning against Stubbornness and Rebellion.
THE SOURCE OF EVIL SHOWN. — V.24. Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul, the concealer, being on the same level with the criminal, must expect to share his punishment; he heareth cursing and bewrayeth it not, he hears the imprecation or objurgation of the judge, Lev. 5, 1, warning him to tell the truth, but he refuses to reveal the crime, and so the penalty descends upon him.
V. 25. The fear of man bringeth a snare, many a person having yielded to sin under the constraint of such terror; but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe, both by overcoming temptation and by escaping the evils attending transgression.
V. 26. Many seek the ruler’s favor, literally, “his face,” they try to gain his good will by every form of attention; but every man’s Judgment cometh from the Lord, who is not swayed by fawning or flattery, but always judges a righteous judgment.
V. 27. An unjust man is an abomination to the just, on account of his utter lack of uprightness; and he that is upright in the way, in his entire conduct, is abomination to the wicked, because the behavior of the righteous is a constant accusation of the ungodly, a fact which they resent very strongly. There can be no union between the godly and the ungodly, between believers and unbelievers. To be a friend of the world is equivalent to being an enemy of God.