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The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known
opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as
stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which
they treat....
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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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_enticeth_ Comp. Proverbs 1:10-19, where the same Heb. word for
"entice" is used....
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TEXT Proverbs 16:23-33
23.
The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.
24.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25....
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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A cruel man will try to make other people behave like him. He will try
to frighten them with a loud voice. He will even use force.
The cruel man’s neighbour should be very careful. He cannot trust
th...
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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 VIOLENT MAN ENTICETH HIS NEIGHBOUR.... — Comp. Proverbs 1:10,
_sqq.
_...
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אִ֣ישׁ חָ֭מָס יְפַתֶּ֣ה רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְ֝
הֹולִיכֹ֗ו...
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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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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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A VIOLENT MAN ENTICETH HIS NEIGHBOUR,.... As false teachers do, who
are grievous wolves, not sparing the flock, and who by good words and
fair speeches deceive the heart of the simple; and as the man...
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A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way
[that is] not good.
Ver. 29. _A violent man enticeth his neighbour._] As those seducers
at Ephesus "dragged disciples after them" _a...
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_A violent man_ Hebrew, _a man of violence_, that is, devoted to
violent and injurious courses; _enticeth his neighbour_ Into a
confederacy with him in his wicked practices; _and leadeth him into
the...
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V. 29. A VIOLENT MAN ENTICETH HIS NEIGHBOR, deliberately and
maliciously persuading him to his hurt, AND LEADETH HIM INTO THE WAY
THAT IS NOT GOOD, where he will be in a position to execute the ruin
w...
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A VIOLENT MAN, Heb. _a man of violence_, i.e. devoted to violent and
injurious courses, ENTICETH HIS NEIGHBOUR into a confederacy with him
in his wicked practices, as it follows. THAT IS NOT GOOD, i.e...
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Proverbs 16:29 violent H2555 man H376 entices H6601 (H8762) neighbor
H7453 leads H3212 (H8689) way H1870 good...
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THE HARD-WORKING PERSON, THE WORTHLESS MAN, THE PERVERSE MAN AND THE
MAN OF VIOLENCE (PROVERBS 16:26).
This subsection is based on the idea of ‘a man' (ish) which is
repeated in each proverb apart fro...
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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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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 16:25 A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT... BUT.
People often have the wrong idea about what is good and what is bad.
Hunger seems a bad thing, but it forces people to work and keeps the...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:28. A WHISPERER, _i.e._, “a _backbiter_.”
PROVERBS 16:30. MOVING, or _compressing_, indicating resolution, or
_biting_, indicative of scorn and malice.
MAIN HOMILETICS O...
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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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1 Samuel 19:11; 1 Samuel 19:17; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Samuel 23:19;...