Proverbs 29:1

“He that being often reported hardeneth [his] neck, etc.] Or “a man of reproofs”f799; either a man that takes upon him to be a censurer and reprover of others, and is often at that work, and yet does those things himself which he censures and reproves in others; and therefore must have an impudent face and a hard heart a seared conscience and a stiff neck; his neck must be an iron sinew and his brow brass: or rather a man that is often reproved by others by parents by ministers of the Gospel, by the Lord himself, by the admonitions of his word and Spirit and by the correcting dispensations of his providence; and yet despises and rejects all counsel and admonition, instruction and reproofs of…”

“(Pro. 29:1-27) hardeneth . . . neck--obstinately refuses counsel (Kg2 17:14; Neh 9:16). destroyed--literally, "shivered" or "utterly broken to pieces." without remedy--literally, "without healing" or repairing.”

“Shall be destroyed - literally, “shall be broken” Proverbs 6:15. Stress is laid on the suddenness in such a case of the long-delayed retribution. return to 'Top of Page'”

“He, that being often reproved: Heb. a man of reproofs, Pro 1:24-31; Sa1 2:25, Sa1 2:34; Kg1 17:1, Kg1 18:18, Kg1 20:42, Kg1 21:20-23; Kg1 22:20-23, Kg1 22:28, Kg1 22:34-37; Ch2 25:16, Ch2 33:10, Ch2 36:15-17; Jer 25:3-5; Jer 26:3-5, Jer 35:13-16; Zac 1:3-6; Mat 26:21-25; Joh 6:70, Joh 6:71; Joh 13:10, Joh 13:11, Joh 13:18, Joh 13:26; Act 1:18, Act 1:25 hardeneth: Ch2 36:13; Neh 9:29; Isa 48:4; Jer 17:23 shall: Pro 6:15, Pro 28:18; Isa 30:13, Isa 30:14; Zac 7:11-14; Th1 5:3 Proverbs 29:2”

“A general ethical proverb here follows: A man often corrected who hardeneth his neck, Shall suddenly go to ruin without remedy. Line second = Pro 6:15. The connection אישׁ תּוכחות must make the nearest impression on a reader of the Book of Proverbs that they mean a censurer (reprehender), but which is set aside by what follows, for the genit. after אישׁ is, Pro 16:29; Pro 26:21; Pro 29:10; Pro 13:20, the designation of that which proceeds from the subject treated. And since תּוכחות, Psa 37:15; Job 23:4, denotes counter evidence, and generally rejoinders, thus in the first line a reasoner is designated who lets nothing be said to him, and nothing be shown to him, but contradicts all and every…”