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John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 19:23
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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These [things] also [belong] to the wise, etc.] Both what is said before concerning fearing God and the king; these belong to the wise and unwise, rich and poor, great and small; particularly judges and civil magistrates, and all subordinate governors, who have, or ought to have, a competency of wisdom; these ought to fear God and the king, as well as private subjects; and also what follows after, especially in this verse and (<202424>Proverbs 24:24-26). Some render the words, “these things also [are the sayings] of wise men”f670; not of Solomon, but of other wise men in his time, or who lived after him, and before the men of Hezekiah copied out the proverbs in the following chapters; (see <202501>Proverbs 25:1); but it seems more than probable that what follows to the end of the chapter are the words of Solomon, as (<202433>Proverbs 24:33,34) most clearly are, compared with (<200610>Proverbs 6:10, 11); [it is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment; in trying causes in a court of judicature, no regard should be had to the persons of men by the judge on the bench, as the rich more than to the poor; or to a relation, a friend, an intimate acquaintance, more than to a stranger; but the justice of the cause ought to be attended to, and sentence given according to it, let it fall as it will: God does not accept persons, nor regard the rich more than the poor; nor should they that stand in his stead, and who in some sense represent him, (<031915>Leviticus 19:15) (<050117>Deuteronomy 1:17 <183419>Job 34:19); nor should Christians in their communities act such a partial part, (<590201>James 2:1-3).
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