v. 28. A froward man, one who makes use of malice, soweth strife, for his conduct is bound to create enmity; and a whisperer, a backbiter, separateth chief friends, causing close friends to be divided, for such is the effect of slander skillfully disseminated.
The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat....
CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs 16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
SOWETH. sendeth forth. Illustrations: Princes of Ammon (2 Samuel 10:3); Ziba (2 Samuel 16:3); Chaldeans (Daniel 3:8); Herodias (Mark 6:19)....
_soweth_ Rather, SCATTERETH ABROAD, R.V. διαπέμπεται κακὰ, LXX. Comp. Proverbs 6:14. _separateth chief friends_ "Or, _alienateih his friend_," R.V. marg. See Proverbs 19:7....
TEXT Proverbs 16:23-33 23. The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips. 24. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25....
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. A FROWARD MAN SOWETH (HEBREW, SENDETH IN) STRIFE; AND A WHISPERER SEPARATETH CHIEF FRIENDS. The Hebrew for "chief friends" [ '...
16:28 false (e-2) Or 'froward,' as ch. 2.12. soweth (f-4) Or 'sendeth out.' talebearer (g-8) Or 'slanderer.'...
1-9. God's control of human life....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...
Here is another evil man. This evil man gossips. He starts arguments. He will turn your friends into enemies. When this evil man has spoken, your best friend will hate you....
A FROWARD MAN. — Who distorts the truth....
אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכֹות יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָדֹ֑ון וְ֝ נִרְגָּ֗ן...
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth...
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 H...
Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
_Words. Protestants, "a whisperer separateth chief friends."_...
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth trans...
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...
A FROWARD MAN SOWETH STRIFE,.... Or "a man of perversenesses" q; in whose heart is frowardness and perverseness; and whose mouth speaketh froward and perverse things, contrary to reason, law, and Gosp...
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. Ver. 28. _A froward man soweth strife._] The Belialist before mentioned, Pro 16:27 as he digs, so he sows; but as ill seed as ma...
_An ungodly man diggeth up evil_ Invents or designs mischief to others, and prosecutes his evil designs with great and constant industry; _in his lips is as a burning coal_ As his thoughts, so also hi...
SOWETH: _ Heb._ sendeth forth...
A FROWARD MAN; or, _perverse man_, who perverteth his words and ways; who pleaseth not God, and is contrary to men, as was said of the Jews, 1 THESSALONIANS 2:15. SOWETH STRIFE, by whispering such thi...
Proverbs 16:28 perverse H8419 man H376 sows H7971 (H8762) strife H4066 whisperer H5372 separates H6504 (H8688) f
THE HARD-WORKING PERSON, THE WORTHLESS MAN, THE PERVERSE MAN AND THE MAN OF VIOLENCE (PROVERBS 16:26). This subsection is based on the idea of ‘a man' (ish) which is repeated in each proverb apart fro...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in it....
Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch. Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of the heart (vv....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:25 A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT... BUT. People often have the wrong idea about what is good and what is bad. Hunger seems a bad thing, but it forces people to work and keeps the...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:28. A WHISPERER, _i.e._, “a _backbiter_.” PROVERBS 16:30. MOVING, or _compressing_, indicating resolution, or _biting_, indicative of scorn and malice. MAIN HOMILETICS O...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 16:1 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. PROVERBS 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any contrast or a...
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1). Go...
1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Timothy 6:3; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Genesis 3:1;...