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The proverb's geography matters—the north wind's effect depends on terrain, just as righteous anger's effect depends on its proper object.
We employ what he calls 'two pairs of spectacles'—one that diminishes our own faults, another that magnifies our brother's.
When David hears of a wealthy man stealing a poor man's sole ewe lamb, his righteous fury blazes instantly: 'The man that did this thing shall die because he had no pity.' He condemns with the heat of genuine moral...
Everything depends upon the prevailing sentiment of the hour.
While all persons possess some sense of duty rooted deeply in the human heart, the constant strife between inclination and principle generates contradiction in conduct.
Skinner's rendering exposes the active betrayal—these are not merely failed guides but active corruptors.
The conduct of Yahweh toward those who have rejected Him is terrible, yet just and adorable.
The Hebrew exclamation *hoy* (הוי) — often translated "Ah" — expresses God's judicial anger, not mere regret.
The particle "therefore" (*dio*) anchors judgment in three ascending causes: first, their impiety itself; second, their refusal to repent despite God's discipline ("they turned not to Him that smote them"); and third, their continued obstinacy in refusing to seek the...
He employs no qualifying phrases such as 'loving though righteous' or 'righteous yet loving'—language that suggests tension between these attributes.
When they differ, it is commonly from ignorance and want of mutual explanation; and therefore when their understandings are informed, as their hearts were right before, they are like so many drops of water on a table—when they touch they...
Like the mythological Twins of Love, *eros* and *anteros*, Truth and Mercy weep together, smile together, sicken together, and recover jointly.
This declaration from Psalm 10:7 captures a foundational truth: *dikaiosyne* (righteousness) is not merely a divine attribute among many, but the quality binding all of Elohim's perfections into perfect unity.
Jesus hung 'in the midst' of two robbers—a placement orchestrated by Pilate's mockery, yet divine in its symbolism.
Yet even this secure fastening remains subject to removal by the Lord of hosts who placed it there.
This proverb exposes the merchant who deprecates goods to negotiate a lower price, then brags of his shrewd bargain once the transaction concludes.
The Victorians, with Bible in hand, understood that Yahweh—who is "wise in counsel, benevolent in purpose, and almighty in power"—employs even the most destructive forces of nature as ministers of His will.
The Hebrew word for "cords" refers to the thick, twisted harness by which oxen are bound to the plough—yoked and controlled by their master's hand.
Achan's sin was not mere theft; it was *maʿal* (breach of trust), that treacherous departure from God described throughout the Pentateuch.
God does not pronounce judgment until men have first abused His benevolence and provoked His intervention.
If Adonai values our salvation so deeply, why does He withhold His hand and permit our enemies to rage?
Consider how easily stubble kindles when fully dry.
This intervention—born of her troubling dream—stands as a threefold testimony: the testimony of women to Christ, the testimony of dreams to Christ, and the testimony of suffering to Christ.
The work of retribution operates as a fowler's craft—precisely, inexorably.