A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
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A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
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A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
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A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 16:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 2:12-15 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things, who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness, who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil, who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
- Proverbs 12:26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
- 2 Peter 3:17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
- Proverbs 1:10-14 My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent. If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lay in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder. You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse.”
- Proverbs 3:31 Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
- 1 Samuel 19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
- 1 Samuel 19:17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’ ”
- 1 Samuel 22:7-9 Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, that all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?” Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 23:19-21 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.” Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
- Nehemiah 6:13 He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and…
Pro 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.
Ver. 29. A violent man enticeth his neighbour.] As those seducers at Ephesus "dragged disciples after them" {a} {Act 20:30} compelling them by their persuasions to embrace distorted doctrines, such as cause convulsions of conscience. Such are said to "thrust men out of God’s ways"; {Deu 13:5} as Jeroboam did the house of Israel; as Julian and other cunning persecutors did in the primitive times, prevailing as much by their tising tongues, as by their terrifying saws. {b} Heb 11:37, "They were sawn asunder, they were tempted." The apostle ranks and reckons their alluring promises among their violent practices. But "though they speak fair, believe them not; for there are seven abominations in their hearts." {Pro 26:25}
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{a} αποσπαν, διεστραμμενα.
{b} επρισθησαν, επειρασθησαν.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain A violent man, Heb. a man of violence, i.e.…
A violent man, Heb. a man of violence, i.e. devoted to violent and injurious courses,
enticeth his neighbour into a confederacy with him in his wicked practices, as it follows.
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That is not good, i.e. that is very sinful, as this phrase is used, Pro 17:26; 18:5, and oft elsewhere.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain Here is another sort of evil men described to…
Here is another sort of evil men described to us, that we may neither do like them, nor have any thing to do with them. 1. Such as (like Satan) do all the mischief they can by force and violence, as roaring lions, and not only by fraud and insinuation, as subtle serpents: They are violent men, that do all by rapine and oppression, that shut their eyes, meditating with the closest intention and application of mind to devise froward things, to contrive how they may do the greatest mischief to their neighbour, to do it effectually and yet securely to themselves; and then moving their lips, giving the word of command to their agents, they bring the evil to pass, and accomplish the wicked device, biting his lips (so some read it) for vexation. When the wicked plots against the just he gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 2. Such as (like Satan still) do all they can to entice and draw in others to join with them in doing mischief, leading them in a way that is not good, that is not honest, nor honourable, nor safe, but offensive to God, and which will be in the end pernicious to the sinner. Thus he aims to ruin some in this world by bringing them into trouble, and others in the other world by bringing them into sin.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things,.... Or…
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things,.... Or "perverse" or "contrary things" (r); he shuts his eyes, that his thoughts might not be disturbed and distracted by visible objects, but might be more free and composed, and intent upon the things he is meditating and devising; or he shuts his eyes against light, against Scripture evidence, which he does not care to come to, lest his principles and practices should be reproved; he shuts his eyes, and will not look into the Scriptures, that he may form and devise schemes of doctrine and worship contrary to them. Some render it, he winks with his eyes, as in Pro 6:13; so the Targum; he gives the hint thereby to his companions, when is the proper time to circumvent an innocent person, and to put in execution the scheme he had devised;
moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass; either as persons in deep thought used to do; or as a token to others to set about the evil designed and contrived; or rather as acting a deceitful part, as a false teacher; not speaking out his mind freely, but muttering out his words, handling the word of God deceitfully, and not by manifestation of the truth commending himself to every man's conscience in the sight of God, as a faithful minister does; and by such artful methods brings his evil designs to pass. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "biting his lips"; so a wicked man does through indignation at a good man, and through desire of revenge; and when he plots against him, he gnashes at him with his teeth, Psa 37:12. The Targum is,
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"threatening with his lips;''
he gives out menaces of evil things, and performs them; which is true of the man of sin, Rev 13:5.
(r) "perversitates", Pagninus, Montanus, Baynus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "res perversas", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "perversa", Michaelis.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Pro 16:29-30. A violent man — Hebrew, a man…
Pro 16:29-30. A violent man — Hebrew, a man of violence, that is, devoted to violent and injurious courses; enticeth his neighbour — Into a confederacy with him in his wicked practices; and leadeth him into the way that is not good — That is, into a way that is very sinful, as this phrase is frequently used. He shutteth his eyes — That his thoughts may be more free, and intent to contrive mischief; he meditates with the closest intention and application of mind, to devise wicked things, to contrive how he may do the greatest evil to his neighbour, may do it effectually, and yet without endangering himself; moving his lips, &c. — Speaking, or making signs to others to assist him in executing that wickedness which he hath contrived.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain violent man--or, "man of mischief" (Pro 3:31).
violent man--or, "man of mischief" (Pro 3:31).
enticeth-- (Pro 1:10).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. Enticeth — Persuades or seduces him to evil.
29. Enticeth — Persuades or seduces him to evil.
Leadeth him — Causes him to go. On first clause comp. Pro_3:31; Pro_1:10, et seq.; Mat_12:34.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. enticeth] Comp. Pro_1:10-19, where the same Heb. word…
29. enticeth] Comp. Pro_1:10-19, where the same Heb. word for “entice” is used.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) A violent man enticeth his neighbour. . .…
(29) A violent man enticeth his neighbour. . . .—Comp. Pro_1:10, sqq.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A violent man enticeth his neighbour. The man of…
A violent man enticeth his neighbour. The man of violence (Pro_3:31) is one who wrongs others by injurious conduct, by fraud or oppression. How such a one "enticeth," talks a man over, we see in Pro_1:10, etc. Septuagint, "The lawless man tempts (apopeiratai ) friends." And leadeth him into the way that is not good; (Psa_36:4 Isa_65:2) a position where he will suffer some calamity, or be induced to commit some wickedness.
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain v. 29. A violent man enticeth his neighbor, deliberately…
v. 29. A violent man enticeth his neighbor, deliberately and maliciously persuading him to his hurt, and leadeth him into the way that is not good, where he will be in a position to execute the ruin which he planned.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 A man of violence lies to his neighbor
A man of violence lies to his neighbor
It is implied that this man lies to his neighbor in order to get his neighbor to join him in violent actions. AT: "A man of violence entices his neighbor" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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A man of violence
"A violent man" or "A man who practices violence"
leads him down a path that is not good
The writer speaks of a person's actions as if they were a road on which the person walks. AT: "gets him to do things that are not good" (See: Metaphor)
a path that is not good
The writer uses an understatement to emphasize how bad this path is. AT: "a very bad path" or "a terrible path" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
The one who winks the eye ... those who purse the lips
Both of these are facial gestures which people might use to signal their plans to others. See how you translated "winks the eye" in Proverbs 10:10.
will bring evil to pass
"will do evil things"
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neighbor
evil
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