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The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote,
results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then
“strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last,
“wounds.”
Proverbs 18:8...
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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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LIPS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is
spoken by them.
MOUTH. See above note. Illustrations: Judges 8:4. 2Ki 2:23, 2 Kings
2:24; Luke 19:22....
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_enter into_ The Heb. may mean either "come into," or "come with,"
"bring" (R.V. marg.).
_strokes_ Or, STRIPES, R.V., as the same Heb. word is rendered in
Proverbs 19:29, the only other place in which...
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CHAPTER 18
TEXT Proverbs 18:1-12
1.
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire,
And rageth against all sound wisdom.
2.
A fool hath no delight in understanding,
But only that his heart ma...
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18:6 into (l-5) Or 'bring.'...
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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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A fool hates wisdom. A wise man thinks carefully about his words. But
a fool does not think before he speaks. So the fool’s words cause
arguments. His words cause trouble. And the fool deserves punish...
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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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HIS MOUTH CALLETH FOR STROKES, which he provokes by his insolence and
quarrelsomeness....
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שִׂפְתֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל יָבֹ֣אֽוּ בְ רִ֑יב
וּ֝ פִ֗י
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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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_Quarrels. Hebrew, "blows." Septuagint, "death;" (ver. 7.) which are
the usual consequences of quarrels._...
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep
w...
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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 FOOL'S LIPS ENTER INTO CONTENTION,.... That is, between others, when
he has nothing to do with it; but he must be meddling, and make
himself a party in the contention, which is an argument of his fo...
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A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for
strokes.
Ver. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention.] _See Trapp on "_ Pro
18:5 _"_
And his mouth calleth for strokes] _a_ By his desi...
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V. 6. A FOOL'S LIPS ENTER INTO CONTENTION, bring on a quarrel, AND HIS
MOUTH CALLETH FOR STROKES, he challenges and provokes the punishment
which strikes him....
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A FOOL'S LIPS ENTER INTO CONTENTION; a fool by his rash and wicked
speeches provoketh others to quarrel with him, and, as it follows, to
strike him. HIS MOUTH CALLETH FOR STROKES; procureth strokes to...
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Proverbs 18:6 fools H3684 lips H8193 enter H935 (H8799) contention
H7379 mouth H6310 calls H7121 (H8799) blows...
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THE WORDS OF THE WISE ARE A WELLSPRING OF WISDOM, BUT A FOOL'S WORDS
RESULT IN MISERY FOR HIM, AND FINALLY BRING ABOUT HIS RUIN (PROVERBS
18:3).
As with the previous subsection, this subsection majors...
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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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_A fool’s lips enter into contention._
THE SPEECH OF A SPLENETIC FOOL
How frequently Solomon speaks of the fool! and the fool in his idea
was not an intellectually demented man, but a morally bad ma...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:5 These verses concern the consequences
of misusing words. Verses Proverbs 18:6 and...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:6. CALLETH FOR. Stuart understands this in the sense of
“_to deserve_.”
PROVERBS 18:8. WOUNDS. The word so translated occurs only here and in
chap. Proverbs 26:22, and wi...
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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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Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 14:3;...