Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 13
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Proverbs 13
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Proverbs 13
"A wise son [heareth] his father`s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke." — Proverbs 13:1 (ASV)
A wise son hears his father’s instruction. —Or, is his father’s instruction, i.e., the result and embodiment of it.
A scorner. —See above on Proverbs 1:22.
"A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence." — Proverbs 13:2 (ASV)
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth. —See above on Proverbs 12:14.
Shall eat violence.—Compare to Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 26:6.
"He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; [But] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction." — Proverbs 13:3 (ASV)
He that keeps his mouth keeps his life.—Compare above, on Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 12:13.
"A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame." — Proverbs 13:5 (ASV)
A wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. —Or it may signify, “disgraces and puts to shame” (by his calumnies), or “acts contemptibly and shamefully.”
"Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner." — Proverbs 13:6 (ASV)
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way.— See above on Proverbs 11:5.
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