"Commentary on Proverbs 29:18". 1905.

The husbandman and all mankind need a harvest, but they have no power within themselves to supply their need; although they can plough, and plant, and sow, they cannot give the quickening rays of light and heat which alone can make the seed to live and grow. The times we live in are oppressive and depressive, and it is easy to allow them to give us a sense of hopelessness. As we have that vision before us, we shall ennoble all we do. Where there is no setting forth of the will of God, whether by special revelation, as in old times (Psalms 74:9; Lamentations 2:9; Ezekiel 7:26), or by the ordinary ministrations of God's ministers and God's Word, as now, "the people perish." . 23., and 2 Paralipomenon xxv. The LXX read, A wicked people shall have no person to explain the law; but, &c. The word חזון chazon, rendered vision, signifies a prophetic sight, or knowledge; and very well justifies the interpretation of the Vulgate and Houbigant. 18. But when prophecy ceased the people were scattered, or every one did that which was right in his own eyes. Hebrews 11:27 tells us that Moses "endured as seeing Him who is invisible." The hour for revival, for reform, is come, and the minds that see the truth lead the new movement.
The "vision" (Heb. iii., p. 306. (J. M. "Concise Commentary on Proverbs 29:18". It follows that gratitude and self-love should prompt men to listen to God, and to obey Him. Compare all. Fully Accepting God's Sovereignty (Part Four), The Elements of Motivation (Part Two): Vision. Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary. If we think of God as stern, arbitrary, partial, we cannot experience love, worship, trust, sacrifice. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/proverbs-29.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/proverbs-29.html. ]— — — as enjoying his presence [Note: Psalms 89:5. N.A.S.B. This has to be, or we will not be prepared for God's Kingdom. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. It is also used to introduce the prophetic books of Isaiah and Obadiah and several of the visions of Daniel. Very striking in the midst of ethical precepts is this recognition of the need of a yet higher teaching, without which morality passes into worldly prudence or degenerates into casuistry. Where there is no vision, the people perish. (e). 2 Corinthians 4:3-4. Therefore is it that here and there in our valley of dry bones there stands a man who is announcing the new faith with majestic authority and the earnestness of realisation. Perhaps I may still say that a man is punished for what he has, and not for what he has not. BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on Proverbs 29:18". 16  When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. 1. For “ages men have believed that they were made to see and know God in His works and in His Word; that we have not only eyes, but objects; that we can hold intercourse with God--love Him, trust Him, and pray to Him.

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