v. 24. Man's goings are of the Lord, he is dependent upon the Lord in all his actions, he is directed by the manner of God's disposal; how can a man, then, understand his own way? It is impossible for him to decipher the ways in which God directs him, he cannot uncover the secrets of God's government
Verse Proverbs 20:24. _MAN'S GOINGS_ ARE _OF THE LORD_] He, by his providence, governs all the great concerns of the world. Man often traverses these operations; but he does it to his own damage. An o...
The order of a man’s life is a mystery even to himself. He knows not where he is going, or for what God is educating him....
CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if applied to Solomon....
PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought. P...
MAN'S. A strong man's. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. MAN. an ordinary man. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
Comp. Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23....
TEXT Proverbs 20:21-30 21. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he wil...
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? MAN'S (HEBREW, gaaber (H1397 ): A MIGHTY MAN'S) GOINGS (ARE) OF THE LORD. Whatever success attends mighty warriors, as Juli...
20:24 man (h-5) _ Geber_ . see Job 3:3 ....
1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 20 V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts at you. If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
We try to understand our own lives. We try to understand our experiences. Often we do not know why things happen. But God knows. He directs our lives. And he guides us. He is like a farmer who looks a...
MAN’S GOINGS ARE OF THE LORD. — Comp. Jeremiah 10:23 and the collect, “O God, from whom... all just works do proceed.” HOW CAN A MAN THEN UNDERSTAND HIS OWN WAY? — _i.e._, how he should go. So much th...
מֵ יְהוָ֥ה מִצְעֲדֵי ־גָ֑בֶר וְ֝ אָדָ֗ם מַה
CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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...
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...
“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature ever bent...
Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
_Way? Jeremias x. 23. Independently of God, who can do any good? (Calmet)_...
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There is...
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...
MAN'S GOINGS [ARE] OF THE LORD,.... In a natural and literal sense, the instruments of going are of the Lord; the act of motion from place to place is not without the concourse of his providence; as i...
Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? Ver. 24. Man's goings are of the Lord.] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 16:1 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Pro 16:9 _"_ God brought Paul to Rome...
_Man's goings are of the Lord_ All men's purposes and actions are so entirely subject to the control of God's overruling providence, and so liable to be frustrated or changed, as he shall see good, an...
MAN'S GOINGS, all men's purposes and actions, ARE OF THE LORD; are ordered and overruled by God's wise and powerful providence to accomplish his own counsel and good pleasure, and not what men list or...
Proverbs 20:24 mans H1397 steps H4703 LORD H3068 man H120 understand H995 (H8799) way H1870 Man's -...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
_Man’s goings are of the Lord: how can a man then understand his own way?_ MAN’S GOINGS I. The text in its negative bearings. 1. Appeal to Scripture (Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23). 2. Appeal to hi...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:22 These four proverbs teach that God, not people (v. Proverbs 20:22), is the judge and avenger. He detests all unfair bias in human judgment, as represented by
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 20:24. MAN. The first word, _Geber_, denoting _a superior or mighty man_: the second, _Adam, man in general, or an ordinary man_. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:24_ GOD O...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 20:1 WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its influence. Thus...
Into chapter 20. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1). He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next week,...
Acts 17:28; Daniel 5:23; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 10:7; Jeremiah 10:23;...
His way — What the issue of his designs will be....