Proverbs 3:33 (BSB)
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 3:33
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 3:27-35: True wisdom consists in the due discharge of our duty towards man, as well as towards God, in honesty as well as piety, and therefore we have here divers excellent precepts of wisdom which relate to our neighbour. I. We must render to all their due, both in justice and charity, and not delay to do it (Pro 3:27, Pro 3:28): "Withhold not good from...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 3:33: The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked,.... The wicked man, being a transgressor of the law, is under the curse of it; and all that he has, his house, his substance, his very blessings are curses; see Mal 2:2; he is accursed amidst his greatest affluence, and sometimes from a plentiful estate is reduced to penury and want: and Aben...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:33: curse . . . wicked--It abides with them, and will be manifested.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 3:33: Pro 3:33 The prosperity of the godless, far from being worthy of envy, has as its reverse side the curse: The curse of Jahve is in the house of the godless, And the dwelling of the just He blesseth. מארה (a curse), like מסלּה (a highway, from סלל), is formed from ארר (cf. Arab. harr, detestari, abhorrere, a word-imitation of an interjection used in disagreeable experiences).