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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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Matthew Henry 6 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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