Strong confidence; a sure ground of confidence; or a strong refuge, as the next clause explains it. His children; either,
1. God's children. Or,
2. The children of them that fear God, who are sufficiently understood out of the former clause.
Verse Proverbs 14:26. _IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD_ IS _STRONG CONFIDENCE_] From this, and from genuine Christian experience, we find that the _fear_ _of God_ is highly consistent with the _strongest conf...
HIS CHILDREN - Probably, the children whom the Lord adopts, and who are true to their adoption....
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
THE FEAR OF THE LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7. STRONG CONFIDENCE. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 22:3; Hebrews 11:19); David (1 Samuel
_his_ i.e. the Lord's. Ewald and others render, _to his children_(who feareth Jehovah) _he_(Jehovah) _will be &c_. Comp. R.V. marg.: _the children of him_ THAT HATH IT (sc. the fear of the Lord) _shal...
DISCOURSE: 787 THE FEAR OF THE LORD A SOURCE OF MUCH GOOD Proverbs 14:26. _In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his children shall have a place of refuge_. IN the Holy Scriptures there i...
TEXT Proverbs 14:25-35 25. A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit. 26. In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refu...
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD (IS) STRONG CONFIDENCE; AND HIS CHILDREN SHALL HAVE A PLACE OF REFUGE. "His" -...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
God protects people who respect him. Even their families can benefit. See Psalms 46 and 2 Timothy 1:5....
HIS CHILDREN. — Either, the children of the man who fears the Lord, as the blessing of Abraham (Genesis 17:7) and David (Jeremiah 33:20) descended to their children; or the pronoun may refer to God’s...
בְּ יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מִבְטַח ־עֹ֑ז וּ֝ לְ
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. In all labour there i...
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...
IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD [IS] STRONG CONFIDENCE,.... Such who fear the Lord may be confident that he has a love to them, a delight in them; that his eye is upon them, and his heart towards them; and wi...
In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. Ver. 26. _In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence._] The reverential fear of God is _monimenturn, m...
V. 26. IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS STRONG CONFIDENCE, it gives a strong security, a safe reliance; AND HIS CHILDREN SHALL HAVE A PLACE OF REFUGE, for since they follow the upright conduct of their pare...
Proverbs 14:26 fear H3374 LORD H3068 strong H5797 confidence H4009 children H1121 refuge H4268 fear -...
YHWH IS A REFUGE AND A WELLSPRING OF LIFE TO HIS PEOPLE WHOSE GLORY IS REVEALED, FIRSTLY, WHEN HIS PEOPLE ARE SELF-CONTROLLED AND SHOW COMPASSION ON THE NEEDY AND SECONDLY, BY HIS PROVIDING THEM A REF...
FEAR Also; ( Pro_15:16), (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Proverbs 14:26 I. Real godliness involves confidence towards God. The reason is that reconciliation with God is complete. In the case of those who really fear the Lord there springs up between them a...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1, by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
_In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and His children shall have a place of refuge._ GODLY FEAR AND ITS GOODLY CONSEQUENCE Has it never surprised you that there should be such sentences as...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:26 The FEAR OF THE LORD brings the CONFIDENCE of lasting security (v....
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:26_ A SURE REFUGE I. WHAT IS TO BE FOUND IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD? “Strong confidence.” The confidence is in the divine character, and is based upon a knowledge of it,...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
Acts 9:31; Ecclesiastes 7:18; Genesis 31:42; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 26