Proverbs 28:10

“Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, etc.] That is, who attempts to deceive them, and draw them into errors or immoralities, and so into a snare, into mischief and ruin; first into the evil of sin, in order to bring them into the evil of punishment; I say, who attempts to do it; for it is not possible that God’s elect, those who are truly righteous and good, should be totally and finally deceived, (<402424>Matthew 24:24); he shall fall himself into his own pit; which he had dug and prepared for the righteous, who through the grace and goodness of God is preserved from it; the mischief intended for the good man falls upon himself in righteous, judgment, (<190715>Psalm…”

“(Compare Pro 26:27).”

“When the wicked succeed in tempting the righteous, Vice seems to win a triumph. But the triumph is suicidal. The tempter will suffer the punishment he deserves, and the blameless, if true to themselves, will be strengthened and ennobled by the temptation. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Causeth - That by evil counsel, or example, or artifice, draws them into evil. Proverbs 28:12”

“causeth: Num 31:15, Num 31:16; Sa1 26:19; Act 13:8-10; Rom 16:17, Rom 16:18; Co2 11:3, Co2 11:4, Co2 11:13-15; Gal 1:8, Gal 1:9, Gal 2:4, Gal 3:1-4; Pe2 2:18-20; Rev 2:14 he shall: Pro 26:27; Psa 7:15, Psa 7:16, Psa 9:15; Ecc 10:8 but: Pro 10:3, Pro 15:6, Pro 21:20; Deu 7:12-14; Psa 37:11, Psa 37:25, Psa 37:26; Mat 6:33 Proverbs 28:11”

“A tristich beginning with a participle: He who misleads the upright into an evil way, He shall fall into his own pit; But the innocent shall inherit that which is good. In the first case, Pro 26:27 is fulfilled: the deceiver who leads astray falls himself into the destruction which he prepared for others, whether he misleads them into sin, and thus mediately prepares destruction for them, or that he does this immediately by enticing them into this or that danger; for בּדרך רע may be understood of the way of wicked conduct, as well as of the experience of evil, of being betrayed, robbed, or even murdered. That those who are misled are called ישׁרים, explains itself in the latter case: that…”