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Verse Proverbs 15:29. _THE LORD_ IS _FAR FROM THE WICKED_] He is
neither near to _hear_, nor near to _help_....
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Compare John 9:31....
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CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS
One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the
question, What are the better things?
A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
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PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning
the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One
(Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...
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THE RIGHTEOUS. righteous ones....
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Comp. John 9:31....
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TEXT Proverbs 15:23-33
23.
A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth;
And a word in due season, how good is it!
24.
To the wise the way of life goeth upward,
That he may depart from Sheol beneat...
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1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other
pour in cold.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 15
V1 A quiet answer reduces anger.
But an impatient word increases anger....
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‘God is not deaf or weak. The result of your evil actions is that
you have moved far away from God.’ (Isaiah 59:1-2)
However, God is close to a good person. God even knows a good
person’s silent pray...
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HE HEARETH THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS. — For they desire above all
things to do His will, and so their petitions to this effect are heard
by Him....
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רָחֹ֣וק יְ֭הוָה מֵ רְשָׁעִ֑ים וּ
תְפִלַּ֖ת צַ
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CHAPTER 16
A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION
"A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up
anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.-
Proverbs 15:1
"A meek t...
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WORDS IN SEASON
Proverbs 15:18-33
Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper
which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said
to be nine-tenths of Christ...
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Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to
God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that
which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
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A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger
appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of
thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh
a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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THE LORD [IS] FAR FROM THE WICKED,.... Not as to his essence or
powerful presence, which is everywhere, for he is God omnipresent; but
with respect to his favour and good will, he is far from helping...
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The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the
righteous.
Ver. 29. _The Lord is far from the wicked._] He was so from the proud
Pharisee, who yet got as near God as he could, pre...
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_The Lord is far from the wicked_ They set him at defiance, and
therefore he sets himself at a distance from them; they _say to the
Almighty, Depart from us_, and he accordingly does depart, and is fa...
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V. 29. THE LORD IS FAR FROM THE WICKED, so that they cannot reach Him
with their hypocritical form of worship; BUT HE HEARETH THE PRAYER OF
THE RIGHTEOUS, they have free access to the throne of mercy,...
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IS FAR FROM THE WICKED, to wit, when they pray to him, as the next
clause explains, and therefore doth not hear nor regard them, as he is
said to be NIGH TO THE RIGHTEOUS, PSALMS 34:18, PSALMS 145:18....
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Proverbs 15:29 LORD H3068 far H7350 wicked H7563 hears H8085 (H8799)
prayer H8605 righteous H6662
far -...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God,
neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
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Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the
tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable
turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:25 These proverbs begin and end with a
contrast: THE LORD opposes the PROUD (v....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:29_
GOD NEAR AND FAR OFF
I. GOD IS NOT FAR FROM THE WICKED IN A LOCAL SENSE. The most wicked
man upon the face of the earth lives and moves and has his being by
reason...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 15:1
A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed:
an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself
in sullen silence; and that answer...
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Fifteen. I love this first one here.
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger
(Proverbs 15:1).
How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away
wrath. If...
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1 Peter 3:12; Ephesians 2:12; Ephesians 2:13; Isaiah 55:8; Isaiah 55:9