Passage Research
Proverbs 29 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Proverbs 29, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 29 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צַדִּיק | tsaddîyq | H6662 | 5 | just |
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 5 | wrong, bad |
| פֶּשַׁע | peshaʻ | H6588 | 3 | revolt |
| מָשַׁל | mâshal | H4910 | 3 | rule |
| חָכָם | châkâm | H2450 | 3 | wise |
| שָׂמַח | sâmach | H8055 | 3 | brighten, be |
| רָבָה | râbâh | H7235 | 3 | increase |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 29, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Good usage to a servant does not mean indulgence, which would ruin even a child. The body is a servant to the soul; those that humour it, and are over-tender of it, will find it forget its place.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 29:21–24 (Public Domain)
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