Sprueche 29:10

10 Die Blutgierigen hassen den Frommen; aber die Gerechten suchen sein Heil.

Sprueche 29:10 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the upright
Cain did Abel; and as the wicked world hate all good men, and persecute them, even unto death; but the just must seek his soul;
either the soul of the bloodthirsty, and that either the good of their souls; seek their spiritual welfare, and pray for it, even though they are so cruel and inhuman: or just magistrates will seek after such persons, to punish them for shedding the blood of the upright. Or else the meaning is, that just persons seek the soul of the upright, and make inquisition for the blood of such, to punish for it; which comes to the same sense, as Aben Ezra observes: or rather, such seek to defend and preserve the soul or life of upright men from those that hate and persecute them. Jarchi illustrates it by ( 1 Samuel 22:23 ) ; the Targum is,

``men that shed blood hate integrity; but the upright seek it.''

Sprueche 29:10 In-Context

8 Die Spötter bringen frech eine Stadt in Aufruhr; aber die Weisen stillen den Zorn.

9 Wenn ein Weiser mit einem Narren zu rechten kommt, er zürne oder lache, so hat er nicht Ruhe.

10 Die Blutgierigen hassen den Frommen; aber die Gerechten suchen sein Heil.

11 Ein Narr schüttet seinen Geist ganz aus; aber ein Weiser hält an sich.

12 Ein Herr, der zu Lügen Lust hat, des Diener sind alle gottlos.