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Verse Proverbs 20:2. _THE FEAR OF A KING_] Almost the same with
Proverbs 19:12, which see....
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SINNETH AGAINST HIS OWN SOUL - i. e., Against his own life (compare
Habakkuk 2:10)....
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CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT
Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found
mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if
applied to Solomon....
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PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs
20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self
characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought.
P...
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SINNETH. erreth. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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is _as_ The terror inspired by a king is like that caused by the
roaring of a lion in act to spring upon its prey. See 1 Peter 5:8.
_soul_ i.e. LIFE, as R.V. with "Heb. _soul_," in the marg. Comp.
Ha...
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THE FEAR OF A KING, &C.— Or, _The terror of a king is as the roaring
of a young lion: he who rageth against him, sinneth,_ &c. Houbigant
renders it, _The threatening of a king._...
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CHAPTER 20
TEXT Proverbs 20:1-10
1.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise,
2.
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
He that provoketh him...
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1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man
sneer, quarrel and reel about....
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FEAR] the 'terror' which he causes. SOUL] RV 'life.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts
at you.
If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
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This verse is similar to Proverbs 19:12. Do not make a king angry! He
might order your death.
See also the prayer in Acts 4:24-20. Sometimes people (and even kings)
will oppose us, because we are Chr...
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THE FEAR OF A KING IS AS THE ROARING OF A LION, _i.e.,_ the dread
which he casts upon others when he is becoming angry is a warning of
approaching. danger.
SINNETH AGAINST HIS OWN SOUL — _i.e._, agai...
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נַ֣הַם כַּ֭ † כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ
מִ֝תְעַבְּרֹ֗ו...
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CHAPTER 21
IDLENESS
"After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in
the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4
WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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SOBRIETY; INDUSTRY; HONESTY
Proverbs 20:1-15
Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains
an influence over men by fair promises, but when once it is
entrenched, it mocks at...
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Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one
answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour.
Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
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The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoever] provoketh
him to anger (b) sinneth [against] his own soul.
(b) Puts his life in danger....
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. It i...
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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 FEAR OF A KING [IS] AS THE ROARING OF A LION,.... The wrath and
displeasure of a king, which causes fear; see Proverbs 19:12; kings
should be terrors to evil works and workers, though not to good...
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The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh
him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
Ver. 2. _The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion._] See
Proverbs 16:14; Proverb...
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_The fear of a king_, &c. See on Proverbs 16:14; Proverbs 19:12. _It
is an honour to a man to cease from strife_ Either to prevent it, or,
if it be begun, to put an end to it: which, although proud an...
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V. 2. THE FEAR OF A KING, the terror spread by his anger, IS AS THE
ROARING OF A LION, 19:12; WHOSO PROVOKETH HIM TO ANGER SINNETH AGAINST
HIS OWN SOUL, foolishly risks and even forfeits his own life....
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THE FEAR OF A KING, passively taken, the terror which the wrath of a
king causeth, by comparing this with PROVERBS 19:12. SINNETH AGAINST
HIS OWN SOUL; exposeth himself to manifest danger of death....
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Proverbs 20:2 wrath H367 king H4428 roaring H5099 lion H3715 anger
H5674 (H8693) sins H2398 (H8802) life...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be
sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book
of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with
harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:2 The first line of this proverb is
almost identical to Proverbs 19:12. But Proverbs 19
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 20:1. STRONG DRINK. The Hebrew word _Shekhar_ includes every
strong drink besides wine. Delitzsch translates it _mead_.
PROVERBS 20:2. THE FEAR OF A KING, _i.e_., the dread...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 20:1
WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from
the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing
what men do under its influence. Thus...
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Into chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1).
He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next
week,...
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1 Kings 2:23; Amos 3:8; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Hosea 11:10; Proverbs 16:14
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The fear — The terror which the wrath of a king causes....