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The man who keeps “righteousness” will assuredly find it, but he
will find besides it the “life” and the “honor” which he was
not seeking. Compare 1 Kings 3:13; Matthew 6:33....
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CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT
In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times.
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of
water: He turne...
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PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of
Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia,
which could be diverted in any direction at will.
Proverbs 21:4....
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MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace....
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_righteousness_ The proverb asserts the general law of God's moral
government, that they who seek good things shall find more than they
sought for (1 Kings 3:11; Matthew 6:33); the pursuit of "righteo...
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FINDETH LIFE, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HONOUR— _Shall find life and
glory._ Houbigant....
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TEXT Proverbs 21:21-31
21.
He that followeth after righteousness and kindness
Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
22.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,
And bringeth down the strengt...
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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We should not desire money, or fame, or foolish things. Instead, we
should desire love and goodness. Love and goodness come from God.
‘God is love.’ (1 John 4:16)
God gives good gifts (Matthew 7:11)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 21
V1 A king is like a canal that God controls.
God leads the king in the way that God decides....
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RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MERCY. — He who endeavours to give God and man
their due (see above on 10:2), and to shew love to them (Proverbs
3:3), will gain for himself length of days (Proverbs 3:16) power to
l...
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רֹ֭דֵף צְדָקָ֣ה וָ חָ֑סֶד יִמְצָ֥א
חַ֝יִּ֗ים...
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CHAPTER 22
WINE
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17
THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb
in...
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Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where
that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud
heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
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He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness, and honour. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,
and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Are not the...
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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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HE THAT FOLLOWETH AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MERCY,.... Is eager,
diligent, and fervent in his pursuit of these things: "after
righteousness"; not a legal righteousness, such as the Jews followed
after,...
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He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness, and honour.
Ver. 21. _He that followeth after righteousness._] Though, for such a
measure of it as he desires, he cannot o...
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_He that followeth after righteousness_, &c. That fervently desires,
and diligently and constantly endeavours to attain these virtues, and
to live in the exercise of them; _findeth life_ Spiritual and...
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V. 21. HE THAT FOLLOWETH AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MERCY, eagerly
desiring and practicing these virtues, FINDETH LIFE, the true
spiritual life whose source is in God, righteousness, such as is
acceptabl...
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THAT FOLLOWETH AFTER; that fervently desires, and diligently and
constantly endeavours, to attain to them, for such shall and will
certainly obtain them. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MERCY; living in the constan...
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Proverbs 21:21 follows H7291 (H8802) righteousness H6666 mercy H2617
Finds H4672 (H8799) life H2416 righteousness H
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find
righteousness, honor and life.
KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5).
STRONG VERSES: P...
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Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the
rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is
probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
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_He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness, and honour._
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MERCY
In every perfect character there will be found many opposite virtues,
such as gentle...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:21_
A NOBLE PURSUIT AND A RICH PRIZE
I. A NOBLE PURSUIT. Following after righteousness and mercy. These
words may be taken as referring both to a state of judicial
rig...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 21:1
THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER.
We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these
are altogether under the gardener's...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31.
Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares:
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
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1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 1 Timothy
6:11;...