Pro 28:25 | KingComments | STEP | In it goes beyond failing to fulfill the duty to care for one’s parents ( ). It speaks of one who “robs his father or his mother” and then even without any shame or guilt he dares to claim: “It is not a transgression.” Is it possible to sink any deeper? The person we are talking about here is someone in whom the most basic form of natural love has disappeared, that is love for parents. The company in which he finds himself is that “of a man who destroys”. He who robs his parents, no matter how he tries to justify it, is a pernicious man. He anticipates what he will inherit at their death. He cannot wait for that. He wants to try to gain control of his parents’ property prematurely. To do so, he uses some form of psychological pressure or even physical force. His reasoning is that one day the inheritance will be his anyway. No one needs to accuse him of a transgression, he thinks. Such a person is spiritually akin to the Pharisees who had also devised cunning methods for robbing father and mother ( ; ). They told people to say the word “Corban (that is to say, given [to God])” as a kind of magic spell over an amount of money that actually served to support the parents. This made that amount of money sacred and it was not a sin if it was given to them, the Pharisees. Thus these depraved people filled their own wallet. The Lord Jesus condemns them for this hypocrisy in sharp terms. refers to the sphere of the family; refers to all of society. “An arrogant man” ( ) is a great egotist and often ruthless. Wherever he goes, he “stirs up strife”. He does not consider anyone and thinks only of himself. His attitudes and actions cause strife because people do not tolerate him for long. Against the turmoil that permeates the first line of verse, the second line of verse is an oasis of calm. The word “but” introduces the contrast. “He who trusts in the LORD” for temporal and eternal things, “will prosper”, literally “be made fat”. Trusting in the LORD nullifies arrogance. God provides for all the needs of those who trust in Him. That is the contentment that fills a person. For earthly conditions, satiation is being content with “food and clothing” ( ).

‏ Proverbs 28:25

Covetousness

In Pro 28:24 it goes beyond failing to fulfill the duty to care for one’s parents (Pro 19:26). It speaks of one who “robs his father or his mother” and then even without any shame or guilt he dares to claim: “It is not a transgression.” Is it possible to sink any deeper? The person we are talking about here is someone in whom the most basic form of natural love has disappeared, that is love for parents. The company in which he finds himself is that “of a man who destroys”.

He who robs his parents, no matter how he tries to justify it, is a pernicious man. He anticipates what he will inherit at their death. He cannot wait for that. He wants to try to gain control of his parents’ property prematurely. To do so, he uses some form of psychological pressure or even physical force. His reasoning is that one day the inheritance will be his anyway. No one needs to accuse him of a transgression, he thinks.

Such a person is spiritually akin to the Pharisees who had also devised cunning methods for robbing father and mother (Mt 15:1-9; Mk 7:6-13). They told people to say the word “Corban (that is to say, given [to God])” as a kind of magic spell over an amount of money that actually served to support the parents. This made that amount of money sacred and it was not a sin if it was given to them, the Pharisees. Thus these depraved people filled their own wallet. The Lord Jesus condemns them for this hypocrisy in sharp terms.

Pro 28:24 refers to the sphere of the family; Pro 28:25 refers to all of society. “An arrogant man” (Pro 28:25) is a great egotist and often ruthless. Wherever he goes, he “stirs up strife”. He does not consider anyone and thinks only of himself. His attitudes and actions cause strife because people do not tolerate him for long.

Against the turmoil that permeates the first line of verse, the second line of verse is an oasis of calm. The word “but” introduces the contrast. “He who trusts in the LORD” for temporal and eternal things, “will prosper”, literally “be made fat”. Trusting in the LORD nullifies arrogance. God provides for all the needs of those who trust in Him. That is the contentment that fills a person. For earthly conditions, satiation is being content with “food and clothing” (1Tim 6:8).