Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
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Gill's Exposition
Good understanding giveth favour,.... A good understanding in things natural and civil gives favour among men; and so a good understanding in divine and spiritual things gives a man favour among…
Barnes' Notes
Hard - The primary meaning of the original word is permanence (compare Deu 21:4; Mic 6:2). This may be applied as here to the hard dry rock, to running streams, or to stagnant pools. In either case,…
Matthew Henry
If we compare not only the end, but the way, we shall find that religion has the advantage; for, 1. The way of saints is pleasant and agreeable: Good understanding gains favour with God and man; our…
Cambridge Bible
transgressors Rather, the treacherous, R.V.
hard rugged, R.V., i.e. harsh and forbidding, like a desert or rocky place (Deu 21:4) in contrast to the "favour" which "good understanding" "giveth," or…
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