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The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. See also: Proverbs 16:9 Ezra 6:22 Proverbs 20:24Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts. See also: Proverbs 16:2 Luke 16:15 Proverbs 16:25To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. See also: 1 Samuel 15:22 Hosea 6:6 Proverbs 15:8A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. See also: 1 Peter 5:5 Proverbs 6:17 Proverbs 8:13The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. See also: Proverbs 13:4 Proverbs 10:4 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. See also: Proverbs 13:11 Proverbs 10:2 Jeremiah 17:11The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right. See also: Proverbs 21:21 Psalms 7:16 Proverbs 22:22-23The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. See also: 1 John 3:3 Psalms 14:2-3 Daniel 12:10It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman. See also: Proverbs 21:19 Proverbs 19:13 Proverbs 27:15-16The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. See also: 1 John 2:16 Proverbs 3:29 Micah 3:2-3When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. See also: Proverbs 19:25 Proverbs 18:15 Acts 5:5The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin. See also: Psalms 107:43 Proverbs 14:11 Psalms 37:35-36Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard. See also: Proverbs 28:27 Proverbs 1:28 Matthew 6:14A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. See also: Proverbs 19:6 Proverbs 18:16 1 Samuel 25:35It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. See also: Proverbs 10:29 Matthew 7:23 Isaiah 64:5The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits. See also: Hebrews 10:38 Psalms 125:5 Psalms 49:14He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich. See also: Proverbs 23:21 1 Timothy 5:6 2 Timothy 3:4The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright. See also: Proverbs 11:8 Isaiah 43:3-4 Isaiah 53:4-5It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman. See also: Proverbs 21:9 Psalms 55:6-7 Psalms 120:5-6There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up. See also: Matthew 25:3-4 Psalms 112:3 Ecclesiastes 5:19He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor. See also: Matthew 5:6 1 Corinthians 15:58 Proverbs 22:4A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence. See also: Ecclesiastes 7:19 Proverbs 24:5 Ecclesiastes 9:13-18Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. See also: Proverbs 13:3 Proverbs 18:21 Proverbs 17:27-28The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride. See also: Psalms 1:1 Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 Proverbs 18:12The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. See also: Proverbs 13:4 Matthew 25:26 Proverbs 19:24There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold. See also: Psalms 37:26 Acts 20:33-35 Psalms 112:9The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind! See also: Isaiah 66:3 Matthew 23:13 Proverbs 15:8A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity. See also: 2 Corinthians 4:13 Proverbs 19:5 Proverbs 19:9A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways. See also: Haggai 1:7 1 Thessalonians 3:11 Proverbs 11:5There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. See also: Acts 5:39 Proverbs 19:21 Jeremiah 9:23The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with the LORD. See also: Psalms 20:7 Isaiah 31:1 Psalms 33:17-18

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)24 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 21:1

Ver. 1. It. Though it be free, and may resist grace or embrace virtue. Is. xlv. 22.

Jer. iii. 14. and vii. 3. Jos. xxiv. 23. C. --- Yet God knows how to turn the heart even of a king, so as to preserve his liberty, with the same ease as a gardener brings the streams of water to his plants. M.

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Proverbs 21:3

Ver. 3. Mercy. Sept. "justice and truth." H. See Os. vi. 6. M.

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Proverbs 21:4

Ver. 4. Heart. Or when it is proud, it causes the eyes to appear so too. C. ---

Lamp. Prot.

"ploughing of the wicked is sin." When it is done with a bad motive, out of pride. Heb. "the haughtiness of the eyes, and the enlarging of the heart, are the labour (" tillage. " Mont. " thought. "

Pagn.) of the wicked; yea, sin." H. --- Those things are their employment, and their sin. C. ---

Sept. and Vulg. may also mean, "sin is the lamp and exultation of the wicked."

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Proverbs 21:5

Ver. 5. Sluggard. Heb. "hasty man," as the slothful is ironically styled. He would see his desires accomplished without labouring; and will never stick to work. This levity is most injurious to his advancement.

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Proverbs 21:6

Ver. 6. Death. Their injustice shall be punished.

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Proverbs 21:8

Ver. 8. Strange. Unknown, impure way. Lev. x. 1. Deut. xvii. 15. C.

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Proverbs 21:9

Ver. 9. Top, ( domatis) as the roofs in Palestine were flat. S. Jer. ad Sun. --- Any inconvenience had better be endured, than to live with the quarrelsome. M.

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Proverbs 21:10

Ver. 10. Neighbour. Sym. "he has no idea of friendship." Sept. "he shall not be treated with mercy by any man." H.

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Proverbs 21:11

Ver. 11. Knowledge. These are the effects of chastisements and good company.

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Proverbs 21:12

Ver. 12. Evil. He tries every expedient to save him. --- That. Sept. "he despises."

Sym. "throws down."

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Proverbs 21:14

Ver. 14. Bosom. In private. C. --- They put all valuable things in the bosom. H.

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Proverbs 21:15

Ver. 15. To do judgment. Or to see it done, while the wicked depend only on the corruption of their judges.

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Proverbs 21:16

Ver. 16. Giants, in hell. C. xv. 11. Job xxvi. 5. Ezec. xxii. 21.

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Proverbs 21:17

Ver. 17. Rich. Economy is constantly recommended. C. --- Those who squandered away their goods, were fined by the Areopagites. Athen. iv. 19.

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Proverbs 21:18

Ver. 18. Righteous. Many are deterred from wickedness by the punishment of malefactors, whose injuries are frequently irreparable. God abandoned Pharao and Aman to save his people.

He treated them as victims of wrath. Is. xliii. 3.

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Proverbs 21:20

Ver. 20. Treasure of provisions. Temporal blessings were promised as a figure of more lasting ones, which are set before Christians.

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Proverbs 21:22

Ver. 22. Thereof. Nothing can resist. Matt. xii. 29. Eccle. ix. 16. C.

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Proverbs 21:23

Ver. 23. Mouth, from eating too much. Lyran.

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Proverbs 21:24

Ver. 24. Ignorant. Heb. "a scoffer." Sept. "pestilent." H. --- Such a one is always actuated by pride, when he attempts to turn good advice and religion to ridicule.

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Proverbs 21:25

Ver. 25. At all. Hence his desires of riches and wisdom prove fruitless. C. xiii. 4.

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Proverbs 21:27

Ver. 27. Wickedness. Heb. "with an evil thought." Mont. Eccli. xxxiv. 24. H.

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Proverbs 21:28

Ver. 28. Obedient. Attentive, faithful witness, shall speak with triumph, or he who obeys the law, shall gain the victory over the devil, &c. Phil. ii. 8.

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Proverbs 21:29

Ver. 29. Face. Never blushing, or yielding to good advice.

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Proverbs 21:31

Ver. 31. Battle. It was kept for no other purpose by the eastern nations, who used oxen to till the land; asses and camels to carry burdens. Job xxxix. 18.

Ps. xix. 8. and xxxii. 17. C.

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License: 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

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