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Verse Proverbs 18:21. _DEATH AND LIFE_ ARE _IN THE POWER OF THE
TONGUE_] This may apply to all men. Many have lost their lives by
their tongue, and some have saved their lives by it: but it applies
mo...
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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POWER. Hebrew "hand", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause),
App-6, for the power put forth by it.
THE TONGUE. Illustrations: the ten spies (Numbers 14:36; Numbers
14:37); Doeg (1 Samuel 22:9;...
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_love it_ i.e. delight in using it, as an instrument either of "death"
or of "life....
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STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24
1.
How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
2.
How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
3.
What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14?
4.
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A foo
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When a judge makes his judgement, he can punish a man with death. When
a thief makes an evil plan, his words can plot a man’s death.
Our words also bring results. We can tell people how to become
Chr...
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DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. — See above on
Proverbs 4:23, where much the same power is attributed to the heart as
is here given to the tongue as being its exponent. (Comp. also
Prov...
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מָ֣וֶת וְ֭ חַיִּים בְּ יַד ־לָשֹׁ֑ון
וְ֝
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that (o)
love it shall eat the fruit of it.
(o) By the using the tongue well or evil, comes the fruit of it either
good or bad....
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_Love it, and speak well or ill, shall receive accordingly, Matthew
xii. 37._...
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He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour
cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and
parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be won...
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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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DEATH AND LIFE [ARE] IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE,.... Of witnesses,
according to the testimony they bear; of judges, according to the
sentence they pass; of teachers, according to the doctrine they
pre...
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Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it
shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ver. 21. _Death and life are in the power of the tongue._] That best
and worst member of the body,...
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_Life and death are in the power of the tongue_ Are brought upon men
by the good or bad use of their tongues; _and they that love it_
Namely, the tongue; that love much talking; _shall eat the fruit
t...
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V. 21. DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE, that is, the one
or the other will be the fate of man, in agreement with the manner in
which he used his tongue; AND THEY THAT LOVE IT SHALL EAT T...
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ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE; are brought upon men by the good or
bad use of their tongues. THAT LOVE IT; either,
1. The tongue; that love and use much talking, which is oft censured
as a sin, and...
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Proverbs 18:21 Death H4194 life H2416 power H3027 tongue H3956 love
H157 (H8802) eat H398 (H8799) fruit...
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THE TONGUE AFFECTS MAN IN MANY WAYS, MAKING HIM STRONG AND WISE, AND
GIVING HIM LIFE, OR CAUSING HIM GREAT GRIEF, FINALLY RESULTING IN
DEATH (PROVERBS 18:14).
In this subsection we have an emphasis on...
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Proverbs 18:21
I. The tongue is like a steed (James 3:3): (1) When it speaks too
much; (2) when it is boasting; (3) when it is angry.
II. The tongue is like a sword (Psalms 57:4): (1) Against the wea...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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_Death and life are in the power of the tongue._
THE POWER OF SPEECH
Of all the powers that man possesses there is scarcely any more awful
than the power of speech. It is a God-like power. Human spee...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:20. SATISFIED. “If this word is taken in a good sense
the _fruit_ must be good; but it may be ironical, meaning false or
malignant words will find ample retribution. Perh...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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2 Corinthians 11:15; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Peter 2:18; Colossians 4:6;...
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Death and life — Are brought upon men by, the good or bad use of
their tongues. Lovest — That love much talking....