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Verse Proverbs 20:28. _MERCY AND TRUTH PRESERVE THE KING_] These are
the brightest jewels in the royal crown; and those kings who are most
governed by them have the stablest government....
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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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MERCY. lovingkindness, grace, or favour....
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TEXT Proverbs 20:21-30
21.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he wil...
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20:28 Mercy (l-1) mercy. (l-13) Or 'kindness,' 'bounty;' _ chesed_ ,
and so ch. 21.21....
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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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It is the king's goodness and reliableness that are meant.
30. The blueness, etc.] RV 'Stripes that wound cleanse,' etc. (Psalms
119:67)....
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Some rulers think that they should be cruel. Solomon’s own son,
Rehoboam, thought this (1 Kings 12:13-14). He was wrong. Cruelty does
not make a king safe. If a ruler is cruel, then the people hate hi...
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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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MERCY AND TRUTH PRESERVE THE KING. — See above on Proverbs 3:3. The
love and faithfulness he shows to his subjects draw out the same
qualities in them, and these are the safeguard of his throne. So
(P...
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חֶ֣סֶד וֶ֭ אֱמֶת יִצְּרוּ ־מֶ֑לֶךְ וְ
סָעַ֖ד
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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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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...
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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...
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“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN”
Proverbs 20:16-30
What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a
row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine
Nature ever bent...
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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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_Clemency. Such a king need not fear rebellion. (Calmet)_...
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after
vows to make enquiry. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth
the wheel over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the L...
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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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MERCY AND TRUTH PRESERVE THE KING,.... Which are two good
qualifications in a prince; not ruling his subjects with rigour and
cruelty, but with tenderness and clemency; easing them as much as he
can o...
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Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by
mercy.
Ver. 28. _Mercy and truth preserve the king._] These are the best
guard of his body, and supporters of his throne. Mildness and...
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_Mercy_ Clemency to offenders, and bounty to worthy indigent persons;
_and truth_ Faithfulness in keeping his word and promises inviolably;
_preserve the king_ Because they engage God to guard him, an...
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V. 28. MERCY AND TRUTH PRESERVE THE KING, they are the attributes or
virtues which make his reign successful, AND HIS THRONE IS UPHOLDEN BY
MERCY, by gracious kindness and favor....
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MERCY; clemency to offenders, and bounty to worthy and to indigent
persons; and truth; faithfulness in keeping his word and promises
inviolably; preserve the king, because they engage God to guard him...
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Proverbs 20:28 Mercy H2617 truth H571 preserve H5341 (H8799) king
H4428 lovingkindness H2617 upholds H5582 (H8804
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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 20:28 God’s STEADFAST LOVE AND
FAITHFULNESS was the foundation of the Davidic dynasty (1 Kings 3:6;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 20:26. THE WHEEL, _i.e._, the wheel of the threshing,
instrument which blows away the chaff.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 20:28_
PILLARS OF GOVERNMEN
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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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Isaiah 16:5; Proverbs 16:12; Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm