Proverbs 11

Proverbs 11:2

Pride] Where pride is in the saddle, shame is in the crooper.

Proverbs 11:7

the hope] His hope made a bridge of his own shadow; and thinking to go over it, he falls into the water: he as a childe grasps at a shadow on the wall.

Proverbs 11:8

in his stead] As it befell Haman, Daniels enemies in the denne of lions, and others, 2 Thes. I. 6, 7.

Proverbs 11:12

holdeth his peace] From despising words, opprobrious language; not seeking to wash off durt with durt.

Proverbs 11:13

concealeth] Tacitus to him is the best historian.

Proverbs 11:17

own flesh] As Baals Priests, and some popish merit-mongers.

Proverbs 11:18

sure reward] Only he must have patience, and not look to sow and reap all in one day, James V. 7.

Proverbs 11:19

pursueth evil] As Asahel followed Abner. Ephes. IV. 19. adding drunkennesse to thirst, with both hands; Hel gapeth for him.

Proverbs 11:20

a froward heart] A man may die by inward bleeding, Jer. IV. 14. The Heart appears in the life; as the candle in the lanthorne.

Proverbs 11:23

only good] Rom. VII. 22. Heb. XIII. 18. Yet when the flesh gets the winde, and hill of the Spirit, it sometimes over-bears: as a gust of winde forceth the ferry-man backward.

is wrath] Proves such, Rom. II. 8, 9.

Proverbs 11:24

that scattereth] The five loaves in the Gospel were multiplied by division, and augmented by substraction.

Proverbs 11:28

trusteth] Riches were never true to any that trusted in them, Luke XII. 15. Psal. LII. 6, 7. exoriuntur ut exurantur; as the grasse.

Proverbs 11:30

winneth souls] James V. 20. Dan. XII. 3. One soul more worth then all the world; as he tells us who only went to the price of it, Mat. XVI. 26.

Proverbs 11:31

recompensed] Chastened. Their afflictions are not penal, but medicinal, or probational.

in the earth] Which is their house of correction: not in hell.

much more] Totaly and finaly, Nahum. I. 9. as 1 Sam. XXVI. 8. 1 Pet. IV. 17, 18.