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Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. See also: Proverbs 28:6Proverbs 16:8Matthew 16:26It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way. See also: Proverbs 21:5Proverbs 29:20Philippians 1:9The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD. See also: Revelation 16:9-11Psalms 37:7Proverbs 11:3Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend. See also: Proverbs 14:20Proverbs 19:6-7Luke 15:13-15A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free. See also: Proverbs 21:28Exodus 23:1Proverbs 6:19Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. See also: Proverbs 29:26Proverbs 18:16Proverbs 17:8All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. See also: Psalms 88:8Psalms 38:11James 2:15-16He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. See also: Proverbs 16:20Proverbs 8:35-36Proverbs 4:6A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish. See also: Revelation 22:15Proverbs 19:5Revelation 19:20Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes. See also: Proverbs 30:21-22Proverbs 26:1Luke 16:23The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense. See also: Proverbs 16:32Proverbs 14:29James 1:19The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. See also: Hosea 14:5Proverbs 16:14-15Luke 12:4-5A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping. See also: Proverbs 21:9Proverbs 27:15Proverbs 10:1House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. See also: Proverbs 18:22Proverbs 31:10-31Proverbs 13:22Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. See also: Proverbs 23:21Proverbs 20:132 Thessalonians 3:10He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. See also: Proverbs 13:13Luke 10:281 John 5:3He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him. See also: Proverbs 28:27Hebrews 6:10Luke 6:38Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death. See also: Proverbs 13:24Proverbs 29:15Proverbs 22:15A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again. See also: Proverbs 25:282 Samuel 16:5-6Proverbs 29:22Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end. See also: Proverbs 12:15Proverbs 8:34-35Proverbs 2:1-9There are many plans in a man’s heart, but the LORD’s counsel will prevail. See also: Proverbs 16:9Isaiah 14:24Proverbs 16:1That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar. See also: 2 Corinthians 8:12Mark 14:6-82 Chronicles 6:8The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble. See also: Matthew 5:6Proverbs 14:26-27Isaiah 58:10-11The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. See also: Proverbs 15:19Proverbs 6:9-10Proverbs 26:13-16Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge. See also: Proverbs 21:11Proverbs 17:10Proverbs 15:5He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. See also: Proverbs 10:5Proverbs 17:2Proverbs 30:17If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. See also: 1 Timothy 6:3-5Mark 4:24Proverbs 14:7A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity. See also: Job 15:16Acts 6:11-13Job 34:7Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools. See also: Proverbs 26:3Proverbs 10:13Proverbs 9:12
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)23 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Proverbs 19:1
Ver. 1. Rich, is not in Heb. Sept. Compl. or S. Jerom. C. --- But as there is not antithesis between a poor man and a fool, it ought to be inserted, as it is in the Syriac, which reads, "than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich."
The MS. 2 confirms "ways." Kennicott.
↑ 1Proverbs 19:2
Ver. 2. Soul. Wholesome and spiritual. Heb. "the soul or life is not good." ---
Stumble. "The more I make haste, the less I advance," said Plato; (Rep. 7.) and Augustus often repeated; Sat cito, si sat benè. Sueton.
↑ 2Proverbs 19:3
Ver. 3. Fretteth. Lit. "burneth." Sept. "blameth." Heb. "his heart rageth against the Lord." H.
--- Thus Adam tacitly laid the blame on him, as all those who excuse themselves on account of their temper, habits, stars, the violence of temptation, &c. C.
↑ 3Proverbs 19:7
Ver. 7. Only. Heb. has lo, and the marg. lu, with the Vulg. C. --- The former word intimates that the words have no solidity, and the latter that they shall be his only portion who is so foolish as to trust in them. Sequens dicta non ispa; (Mont.) or ei ipsa, if we follow the margin. H.
↑ 7Proverbs 19:8
Ver. 8. Mind. Heb. "heart," intelligence. C. xv. 32. --- Loveth. This does not contradict the gospel; (Jo. xii. 25.) as those who refrain from what the soul would crave to its own detriment, truly love it.
↑ 8Proverbs 19:10
Ver. 10. Fool. He would eat them, so as to prejudice his health. --- Princes. C.
xxx. 21. Such are commonly insolent, and should attend to Ausonius.
Fortunam reverenter habe.
↑ 10Proverbs 19:11
Ver. 11. Wrongs. The wise man is not vindictive or punctilious.
↑ 11Proverbs 19:12
Ver. 12. Anger. Is not their dominion enough? Having none to admonish them, they do not perceive their excesses.
↑ 12Proverbs 19:13
Ver. 13. Through. It cannot be endured long. C. --- Dos est uxoria lites. Ovid.
Art. 1. ---
"Quarrels are a wife's dowry."
↑ 13Proverbs 19:14
This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.
Ver. 14. Properly. Sept. "fitted by." H. --- Hence the Fathers dissuade marrying with infidels.
S. Amb. in Lu. xvi. --- All good comes from God.
↑ 14Proverbs 19:15
Ver. 15. Hunger. Both temporal and eternal. C. --- Non progredi, regredi est. S.
Bernard says,
"Not to advance, is to go back."
↑ 15Proverbs 19:16
Ver. 16. Neglecteth. Heb. "contemneth." In the law of Moses, many transgressions are punished with death, but here that of the soul is meant. C.
↑ 16Proverbs 19:17
Ver. 17. Lendeth. To receive interest, fœneratur. H. --- Such usury is lawful, and God will abundantly reward acts of mercy. C. --- He engages his word for the poor. S. Aug. in Ps. xxxvi.
↑ 17Proverbs 19:18
Ver. 18. Killing. Prot. "crying;" or by his complaint be not deterred. H. --- Chal.
agrees with us.
The law permitted parents to sell their children, and to have them stoned to death, if they declared them disobedient, (Deut. xxi. 18. C.) and riotous, v. 20.
Timely chastisement may prevent such extremities. H. --- S. Paul dissuades unnecessary severity. Col. iii. 21.
↑ 18Proverbs 19:19
Ver. 19. Thing. A child neglected will continue to steal, or to offend; (C.) while too much harshness will do no good, but tend to the damage of all parties. H.
--- Anger is productive of the worst effects.
↑ 19Proverbs 19:21
Ver. 21. Firm. Ignorance and weakness cause men to change.
↑ 21Proverbs 19:22
Ver. 22. Merciful. Heb. ii. 17. Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco. Æn. 4.
--- Heb. "the desire of a man is his mercy," (Mont. H.) or "shame," (R. Levi) as it leads to sin. Gen. vi. 5. All wish to be esteemed merciful. --- Man of quality.
Heb. meish, "prœ viro." Mont. --- "Rich man."
Sept. H.
↑ 22Proverbs 19:23
Ver. 23. Life. Both temporal and eternal. C. x. 27. C. --- With evil. Lit. "the worst," pessima.
H. --- Sixtus V. "by the most wicked one." The devil shall have no power over him.
↑ 23Proverbs 19:24
Ver. 24. Arm-pit. Or Heb. tsallachath, "in the pot," out of which he eats; which shews his negligence. --- Mouth, to eat. This hyperbole indicates that he is too lazy to take the necessary sustenance. C. xxvi. 15. C. --- Sept. "in his breast unjustly. Neither will he bring them to his mouth." H. --- He will bestow nothing, and shall reap no benefit from his avarice. S. Bern. ---
He will not practise what he teaches. S. Greg. Mor. xii. 10.
↑ 24Proverbs 19:25
Ver. 25. Wicked. Heb. "scoffer." Chastisements have always some good effect either on the sufferer, or on the spectators, who will be cautioned not to imitate what is wrong.
↑ 25Proverbs 19:26
Ver. 26. Infamous. Heb. "a son of confusion and reproach;" a spendthrift.
↑ 26Proverbs 19:27
Ver. 27. Not. Heb. seems to say the reverse. C. --- But we may read it with an interrogation.
"Wilt thou cease?" &c. Or the instruction here meant is of a dangerous nature.
Prot. " that causeth to err from the words of knowledge." Sept. "a son who neglects to keep the instruction of his father, shall muse on bad sayings." H.
↑ 27Proverbs 19:29
Ver. 29. Hammers, (Sym.) "punishments." Sept. See Judg. v. 25. C.
↑ 29License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses