George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 15:28
Studieth. And speaks deliberately. Roman Septuagint is more embarrassed in the rest of this, and the nine first verses of the following chapter, than the Complutensian edition.
Studieth. And speaks deliberately. Roman Septuagint is more embarrassed in the rest of this, and the nine first verses of the following chapter, than the Complutensian edition.
Verse Proverbs 15:28. _THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS STUDIETH TO ANSWER_] His tongue never runs before his wit, he never speaks rashly, and never unadvisedly; because he _studies_-ponders, his thoughts a...
Contrast the “studying” of the wise before he answers and the hasty babbling of the foolish. The teaching of our Lord Matthew 10:19 presents us with a different and higher precept, resting upon differ...
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...
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44....
TEXT Proverbs 15:23-33 23. A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it! 24. To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneat...
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS STUDIETH TO ANSWER (SPEAKETH NOTHING WITHOUT DUE PREMEDITATION: DOTH N...
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....
Jesus answered questions in Mark 11:27-33 and Mark 12:13-40. Jesus studied the Bible. His answers were wise. Jesus thought about what the Bible says. And he knew the right answers. We too need to thi...
THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS STUDIETH TO ANSWER — _i.e._, aright, knowing how much good and evil is caused by words. (Comp. James 3:5, _sqq._)...
לֵ֣ב צַ֭דִּיק יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לַ עֲנֹ֑ות וּ פִ֥י
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...
THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS STUDIETH TO ANSWER,.... He thinks before he speaks, meditates what he shall say, what answer to give to men; whether in things civil, natural, or religious; and what to retu...
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. Ver. 28. _The heart of the righteous studieth to answer._] His tongue runs not before his wit, but...
_The heart of the righteous studieth to answer_ He answers, or speaks, considerately and conscientiously, and therefore profitably, to the edification of the hearers; _but the mouth of the wicked_ Not...
V. 28. THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS STUDIETH TO ANSWER, carefully considering and reflecting before giving an opinion or suggesting advice; BUT THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED POURETH OUT EVIL THINGS, in a full...
STUDIETH TO ANSWER; he answers or speaks considerately and conscientiously, and therefore profitably, or to the use and edification of the hearers. THE MOUTH, not the heart; for he is without heart in...
Proverbs 15:28 heart H3820 righteous H6662 studies H1897 (H8799) answer H6030 (H8800) mouth H6310 wicked H7563
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:25 These proverbs begin and end with a contrast: THE LORD opposes the PROUD (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:28. STUDIETH, _i.e._, “_considers_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:28_ STUDYING TO ANSWER I. EVERY RIGHTEOUS MAN IS A STUDENT. The aim of study in any department of k...
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...
1 Kings 3:23; 1 Peter 3:15; 2 Peter 2:18; Ecclesiastes 10:12;...
Studieth — He speaks considerately. The mouth — Not the heart; for he rashly speaks what comes into his mouth, without the direction of his heart or conscience....