Proverbes 28:25

25 L'orgueilleux excite les querelles, Mais celui qui se confie en l'Eternel est rassasié.

Proverbes 28:25 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 28:25

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife
Or, of a "large heart" F3, or has an enlarged one; not with useful knowledge and understanding, as Solomon had; nor a heart enlarged with love and affection to the souls of men, as the Apostle Paul had; but either has a covetous one, who enlarges its desire as hell, and is never satisfied with what he has, and so is continually contending with his neighbours, engaging in lawsuits for their property, or unwilling to pay his lawful debts; or of a proud spirit, and despises all around him, and cannot bear opposition and contradiction; and is of a wrathful and revengeful spirit, and always at variance with his neighbours and quarrelling with them; see ( Proverbs 18:15 ) ; but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat;
that trusts in the Lord, both for things temporal and spiritual; does not covet his neighbour's goods, nor disturbs his peace, nor injures his person or property to increase his own, but depends upon the Lord for a supply of necessary good things; such an one shall be fat and flourishing, both in his temporal and spiritual estate; all he does shall prosper; he shall want no good thing, ( Psalms 84:11 Psalms 84:12 ) ( Jeremiah 17:7 Jeremiah 17:8 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (vpn bxr) "latus animo", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version; "amplus animo suo": Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "latus anima", Mercerus, Cocceius.

Proverbes 28:25 In-Context

23 Celui qui reprend les autres trouve ensuite plus de faveur Que celui dont la langue est flatteuse.
24 Celui qui vole son père et sa mère, Et qui dit: Ce n'est pas un péché! Est le compagnon du destructeur.
25 L'orgueilleux excite les querelles, Mais celui qui se confie en l'Eternel est rassasié.
26 Celui qui a confiance dans son propre coeur est un insensé, Mais celui qui marche dans la sagesse sera sauvé.
27 Celui qui donne au pauvre n'éprouve pas la disette, Mais celui qui ferme les yeux est chargé de malédictions.
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