Proverbs 11:27

“He that diligently seeketh good, etc.] Or “early”; who rises early in the morning, as the wordf318 signifies, and seeks both to do good, and to enjoy it all the day; who, in the first place, seeks the kingdom of God and his righteousness; who, in the morning of his youth, inquires after the best things; and diligently pursues what is for his own good and welfare, and that of others, and for the glory of God: procureth favour, both of God and men: or, “seeketh favour”f319; or that which is acceptable and well-pleasing unto God; but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him; that seeks to do hurt to others; that which he seeks to do to them shall come upon himself; (see <190915>”

“good [and] mischief--that is, of others. procureth . . . seeketh--implying success.”

“Procureth - Better, striveth after. He who desires good, absolutely, for its own sake, is also unconsciously striving after the favor which attends goodness. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Seeketh - To do good to all men. Favour - With God and men. Proverbs 11:29”

“diligently: Shochair, properly, "rising early to seek" what is greatly desired. he that seeketh: Pro 17:11; Est 7:10; Psa 7:15, Psa 7:16, Psa 9:15, Psa 9:16, Psa 10:2, Psa 57:6 Proverbs 11:28”

“That self-sacrificing endeavour after the good of others finds its regard in the thought encircling the following proverbs. 27 He that striveth after good, seeketh that which is pleasing; And he that searcheth after evil, it shall find him. Here we have together three synonyms of seeking: בּקּשׁ (R. בק, findere), which has the general meaning quaerere, from the root-idea of penetrating and pressing forwards; דּרשׁ (R. דר .R( , terere), which from the root-idea of trying (proving) corresponds to the Lat. studere; and שׁחר (whence here שׁחר instead of משׁחר, as דּבר instead of מדבּר), which means mane, and thus sedulo quaere (vid., at Pro 1:28). From 27b, where by רעה is meant evil which one…”