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Verse Proverbs 21:3. _TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT_] The words of Samuel
to Saul. 1 Samuel 15:23....
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Compare the marginal reference. The words have a special significance
as coming from the king who had built the temple, and had offered
sacrifices that could not be numbered for multitude” 1 Kings 8:5...
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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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JUSTICE. righteousness.
MORE ACCEPTABLE, &C. Illustrations: Saul (1 Samuel 13:10; 1 Samuel
15:22); Israel (Jeremiah 7:22;...
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Comp. 1 Samuel 15:22; Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:6-8....
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CHAPTER 21
TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10
1.
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
2.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jeho...
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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Two men, called Cain and Abel, gave gifts to God. God did not accept
Cain’s gift, so Cain was angry. God warned Cain, ‘Do the things
that are right! Then I (God) will accept you. But if you do wrong
t...
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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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TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT, &C — See above on Proverbs 10:2.
IS MORE ACCEPTABLE THAN SACRIFICE. — See above on 15:8....
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עֲ֭שֹׂה צְדָקָ֣ה וּ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
נִבְחָ֖ר לַ יה
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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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_Mercy. Septuagint, "justice and truth." (Haydock) See Osee vi. 6.
(Menochius)_...
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD
than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowi...
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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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TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT,.... The moral duties of religion, what is
holy, just, and good, which the law requires; what is agreeably to
both tables, piety towards God, and justice to men; that which...
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To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than
sacrifice.
Ver. 3. _Is more acceptable to the Lord._] _Qui non vult ex rapina
holocaustum,_ as heathens could see and say by the light...
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_Every way of a man_, &c. See on Proverbs 16:2, where this same thing
was declared. _To do justice and judgment_ The conscientious
performance of all our duties to men; _is more acceptable to the Lord...
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V. 3. TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT, to exercise the principles of
righteousness and justice in all our dealings, IS MORE ACCEPTABLE TO
THE LORD THAN SACRIFICE, for all outward acts of worship are hollow...
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JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT; the conscientious performance of all our duties
to men. THAN SACRIFICE; than the most costly outward services offered
to God, joined with the neglect of our moral duties to God o...
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Proverbs 21:3 do H6213 (H8800) righteousness H6666 justice H4941
acceptable H977 (H8737) LORD H3068 sacrifice H2077
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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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_To do Justice and Judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than
sacrifice._
CEREMONIAL AND MORAL DUTIES
This text is a complete and independent sentence. Confirm the
proposition deduced from the tex...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:1 Like Proverbs 20:22, this section has
three proverbs on divine judgment followed by a fourth proverb that is
related but does not explicitly mention the Lord. God
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:3_
THE MORE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE
I. THE SACRIFICES OF THE MOSAIC LAW WERE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD AS
CEREMONIAL SIGNS. They were instituted by God, and therefore He
expected...
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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 Samuel 15:22; Hosea 6:6; Isaiah 1:11; Jeremiah 7:21; Micah 6:6;...