CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:1. Delitzsch translates the last clause, “_Than one with
perverse lips, and so a fool_.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:1_
I. A REFERENCE TO AN UNEXPLAINED MYSTERY OF HUMAN LIFE. It is here
implied, though it is not directly expressed, that the fool who is
perverse in... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:2. SINNETH, literally “goeth astray.” Delitzsch reads
the last clause, “_He who hasteneth with the legs after it goeth
astray_.”
PROVERBS 19:3. PERVERTETH, rather “overtures,” “ruins.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:2_
IGNORANCE LEADING TO SIN
I. THE SOUL OF MAN CAN... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:5. SPEAKETH LIES, rather “_whose breath is lies_.”
PROVERBS 19:6. THE PRINCE, rather “the noble or generous man.” It
seems to refer to one of rank, who is also of a benevolent
disposition. “_Entreat the favour_,” literally “_stroke the
face_.”
PROVERBS 19:7. HE PURSUET... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:10 DELIGHT. Most commentators translate this word
“_luxury_.” Miller, however, as will be seen from his comment,
retains the reading of the English version.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:10_
I. WHERE THERE IS WEALTH OR EXALTED STATION THERE OUGHT TO BE
CORRESPONDENT... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:11. DISCRETION, or “_intelligence_.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:11_
TWO KINGS
I. THE MAN WHO EXERCISES DESPOTIC POWER OVER THE DESTINIES OF HIS
FELLOW CREATURES. The similitudes by which Solomon describes the power
that is sometimes lodged in a kingly hand are ve... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:13. CALAMITY. The word so translated is in the plural
form, so as to express the continuance of the trouble.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 19:18_
DOMESTIC SORROW AND HOW TO AVOID IT
I. TWO FRUITFUL SOURCES OF SORROW. There are many fountains whence
flow... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:16. Miller reads this verse “_He that guards the
commandment guards himself; in scattering his ways he dies_.” (See
his comment.) Hitzig’s rendering of the last clause agrees with
Miller’s.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:16_
A DOUBLE KEEPING
I. A KEEPING OF THE DIVI... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:17_
THE BEST INVESTMENT
I. A GOD-LIKE DISPOSITION. To “pity the poor and to show that we do
so by ministering to their necessities (for this is implied in the
proverb) is to be like God. We have before seen how He identifies
Himself with them, and how severe is the c... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:13. CALAMITY. The word so translated is in the plural
form, so as to express the continuance of the trouble.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 19:18_
DOMESTIC SORROW AND HOW TO AVOID IT
I. TWO FRUITFUL SOURCES OF SORROW. There are many fountains whence
flow... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:18. LET NOT THY SOUL SPARE FOR HIS CRYING. The
translations of most expositors here differ widely from the authorised
version. Grotius, Maurer, Delitzsch, Zöckler, etc., read, “_Let not
thy soul rise to kill him_,” “_Go not too far to kill him_,”
etc., all understanding... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:21_
MANY PLANS WORKING TO ONE END
This proverb suggests—
I. THE IGNORANCE AND SINFULNESS OF MAN, THE INFINITE KNOWLEDGE AND
GOODNESS OF GOD. Man is a creature of many devices; he is changeable
in his purposes and plans because he is so ignorant concerning their
issu... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:22. THE DESIRE OF A MAN, &c. Rather “_A man’s delight_
(or glory) _is his beneficence_, or _A man’s kindness is what makes
him desirable_, or _is a desirable adornment_.
PROVERBS 19:24. IN HIS BOSOM, rather, _in the dish_. This is of course
a hyperbolic expression to s... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:27. CEASE MY SON, &C. “That causeth” are not in the
original and the instruction spoken of may therefore be evil or good.
“Two conceptions are possible:
1. The instruction is that of wisdom itself, and therefore a good
wholesome discipline that leads to life; then the w... [ Continue Reading ]