George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 15:21
Fool. He thinks himself the most happy of mortals. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the ways of the fools are senseless." (Haydock)
Fool. He thinks himself the most happy of mortals. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the ways of the fools are senseless." (Haydock)
i. e., The empty-hearted, rejoicing in folly, goes the wrong way; the man of understanding, rejoicing in wisdom, goes the right way....
CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the question, What are the better things? A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One (Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...
WISDOM. Hebrew. _leb =_ "heart", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the knowledge it should possess. See note on Proverbs 1:2....
_wisdom_ Lit. HEART, as in Proverbs 11:12. _walketh uprightly_ Lit. MAKETH STRAIGHT HIS GOING. The parallelism consists in the contrast between the reckless "joy" with which the heartless fool revels...
TEXT Proverbs 15:12-22 12. A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise. 13. A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14. T...
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. FOLLY (IS) JOY TO (HIM THAT IS) DESTITUTE OF WISDOM - (.) "Folly," i:e., sin. BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTAN...
15:21 sense; (b-10) Strictly, 'heart.' see chs. 6.32; 11.12. walk. (c-18) Or 'walketh straight forwards,' or 'uprightly.'...
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...
RV 'maketh straight his going': i.e. acts straightforwardly....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....
If someone is not wise, then foolish (evil) things attract him. This is like a traveller who chooses the wrong route for a journey. Some people love to do evil things. They gladly choose to do evil th...
FOLLY. — Shown in wasted opportunities, and the commission of evil (Proverbs 10:23), while the “man of understanding” directs his way in accordance with the will of God....
אִ֭וֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַ חֲסַר ־לֵ֑ב וְ אִ֥ישׁ
CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A meek t...
WORDS IN SEASON Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of Christ...
Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...
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...
FOLLY [IS] JOY TO [HIM THAT IS] DESTITUTE OF WISDOM,.... Or "that wants a heart" q, a wise and understanding one; by "folly" is meant sin, for all sin is folly; and that is very pleasing and joyous to...
Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. Ver. 21. _Folly is joy to him that is destitute of understanding._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 10:23 _"_...
_A wise son_, &c. See the note on chap. 10:1, where we have the same proverb. _Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom _ He not only works wickedness, but takes pleasure in doing it; _but a m...
V. 21. FOLLY IS JOY TO HIM THAT IS DESTITUTE OF WISDOM, to him who lacks proper sense; BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING WALKETH UPRIGHTLY, going straight forward on the way of duty, permitting no foolishnes...
DESTITUTE OF WISDOM: _ Heb._ void of heart...
IS JOY; he doth not only work wickedness, but taketh pleasure in it. WALKETH UPRIGHTLY, Heb. _directeth_ or _maketh straight his going_, i.e. ordereth all his actions by the rule of God's word, and de...
Proverbs 15:21 Folly H200 joy H8057 destitute H2638 discernment H3820 man H376 understanding H8394 walks H3212 (H8800
THE MAN OF UNDERSTANDING OVERCOMES ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND ENJOYS A LIFE OF PLEASANTNESS WHILST THE FOOL CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCES TROUBLE (PROVERBS 15:14). This subsection is in an inclusio concernin...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God, neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:21. WALKETH UPRIGHTLY, rather “goes straightforward.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:21_ OPPOSITE TASTES I. JOY IS A REVEALER OF HUMAN CHARACTER. A stone cast into a l...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 15:1 A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and that answer...
Fifteen. I love this first one here. A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1). How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away wrath. If...
Ephesians 5:15; James 3:13; Job 28:28; Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 11:12