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CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD
The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of
Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the
preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
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PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs
16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the
picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
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LOWLY. wretched. Hebrew. _'anah._ See note on Proverbs 6:11....
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_the lowly_ Rather, POOR, R.V. Better humble and poor than proud and
rich....
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TEXT Proverbs 16:12-22
12.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;
For the throne is established by righteousness.
13.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
And they love him that...
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16:19 meek, (a-12) Or 'afflicted,' as ch. 14.21....
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 16
The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s,
the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil
action...
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A man who is rich and proud is selfish. He will want to keep his
possessions to himself.
Humble but poor people are much more likely to share what they have....
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טֹ֣וב שְׁפַל ־ר֭וּחַ אֶת־_עֲנָוִ֑ים_†
מֵֽ חַלֵּ֥ק...
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is
H...
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CHAPTER 29
AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT
"He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13
"Happy is the man that feareth...
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Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that
man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is
dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his
steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
trans...
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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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BETTER [IT IS TO BE] OF AN HUMBLE SPIRIT WITH THE LOWLY,.... The
followers of the meek and lowly Jesus, whose spirits are humbled under
a sense of sin; have mean thoughts of themselves and their own
r...
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Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to
divide the spoil with the proud.
Ver. 19. _Better it is to be of a humble spirit._] A humble man is
worth his weight in gold; he hath...
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V. 19. BETTER IT IS TO BE OF AN HUMBLE SPIRIT WITH THE LOWLY, to abide
with those who are in trouble, content to lead a life of obscurity,
THAN TO DIVIDE THE SPOIL WITH THE PROUD, enjoying the ill-got...
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Who will spoil and rob others to maintain their own pomp and luxury....
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Proverbs 16:19 Better H2896 humble H8217 spirit H7307 lowly H6035
(H8675) divide H6041 H2505 (H8763) spoil...
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WISDOM IS TO BE SOUGHT AND PRIDE MUST BE AVOIDED BY THE ONE WHO WOULD
WALK IN THE RIGHT WAY WITH TRUST IN YHWH (PROVERBS 16:16).
In this subsection the envelopes of wisdom (Proverbs 16:16) - pride
(Pr...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the
upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in
it....
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Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field
must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of
man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
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_Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide
the spoil with the proud._
THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCT OF THE LOWLY UNDER AFFLICTION
There is a generation of lowly afflicted one...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch.
Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of
the heart (vv....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:16 The “better” sayings of vv.
Proverbs 16:16 and Proverbs 16:19 value
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:18. “The Hebrews observe that this verse stands exactly
in the centre of the whole book” (Fausset).
PROVERBS 16:19. LOWLY, or the “_afflicted_”
MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 16:1
These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name
Jehovah.
PROVERBS 16:1
The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any
contrast or a...
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin
our study this evening.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is
from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1).
Go...
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Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 53:12; Isaiah 57:15;...