The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
Pro 3:35 This group of the proverbs of wisdom now suitably closes with the fundamental contrast between the wise and fools: The wise shall inherit honour, But fools carry away shame. If we take וּכסילים as the object, then we can scarcely interpret the clause: shame sweeps fools away (Umbreit, Zöckler, Bertheau), for הרים [Hiph.
The wise shall inherit glory,.... The wise are the same with the just and lowly before mentioned, to whom God gives grace, and to these he gives glory. The "wise" are such who are so, not in a natural, civil, or notional sense, or that are wise in the things of nature, in civil affairs and in speculative matters of religion; but in a spiritual...
Render what is due without delay or excuse. If you have it in your hand today, do not put off your neighbor until tomorrow, pretending convenience will come; you are not certain you will live to see tomorrow, and delay shows you love money more than justice and mercy.
AI summary
Commenting on Proverbs 3:27-35