Proverbes 29:10

10 Les hommes sanguinaires haïssent l'homme intègre; mais les hommes droits protègent sa vie.

Proverbes 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.''

Proverbes 29:10 In-Context

8 Les hommes moqueurs soufflent le feu dans la ville; mais les sages calment la colère.

9 Un homme sage contestant avec un homme insensé, qu'il se fâche ou qu'il rie, n'aura point de repos.

10 Les hommes sanguinaires haïssent l'homme intègre; mais les hommes droits protègent sa vie.

11 L'insensé met dehors tout ce qu'il a dans l'esprit; mais le sage le réprime et le retient.

12 Quand le prince prête l'oreille à la parole de mensonge, tous ses serviteurs sont méchants.