Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 14:16
Feareth — Trembles at God's judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened. Rageth — Frets against God; or is enraged against his messengers. Confident — Secure and insensible of his danger.
Feareth — Trembles at God's judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened. Rageth — Frets against God; or is enraged against his messengers. Confident — Secure and insensible of his danger.
Verse Proverbs 14:16. _A WISE_ MAN _FEARETH_] He can never _trust in himself_, though he be _satisfied from himself_. He knows that _his suffiency_ is of GOD; and he has that _fear_ that causes him t...
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...
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra a'._ See App-44. RAGETH. rusheth on. CONFIDENT. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
_rageth_ Or, _beareth himself insolently_, R.V. The rendering however, _rageth_, or _loses his temper_, is borne out by Psalms 78:21; Psalms 78:59, where both A.V. and R.V. render the same Heb. word,...
TEXT Proverbs 14:13-24 13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness. 14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be sati...
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. A WISE (MAN) FEARETH, AND DEPARTETH FROM EVIL - "feareth," lest he may offend God, and, through distrust of hims...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
RAGETH] RV 'behaveth himself insolently'; will not be told, knows better than any one else....
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....
In this verse, Solomon compares a wise person and a fool. A wise person respects God, but a fool hates God. The fool thinks that he himself is always right. A fool will not learn from anyone else. He...
A WISE MAN FEARETH. — (Comp. Proverbs 3:7.) THE FOOL RAGETH. — Gives way to passionate excitement, and “is confident” in his own wisdom; he has no “quietness and confidence” (Isaiah 30:15) in God....
חָכָ֣ם יָ֭רֵא וְ סָ֣ר מֵ רָ֑ע וּ֝
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...
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. He that is soon angry dealeth foolis...
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 WISE [MAN] FEARETH, AND DEPARTETH FROM EVIL,.... He fears God, and is careful not to offend him; wherefore he departs from sin, stands at a distance from it, abstains from all appearance of it; bein...
A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. Ver. 16. _A wise man feareth and departeth from evil._] He trembleth at the judgments while they hang in the thre...
_A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil_ He trembles at God's judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened; and shuns sin, which is the procuring cause of all calamities; _but the fool...
V. 16. A WISE MAN FEARETH AND DEPARTETH FROM EVIL, dreading its power and preferring to keep his distance; BUT THE FOOL RAGETH, in carnal presumption and insolence, AND IS CONFIDENT, foolishly believi...
FEARETH; trembleth at God's judgments, when they are either inflicted or threatened. FROM EVIL; from sin, which is the procuring cause of all calamities. RAGETH; fretteth against God, or is enraged ag...
Proverbs 14:16 wise H2450 fears H3373 departs H5493 (H8802) evil H7451 fool H3684 rages H5674 (H8693) self-conf
WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WISE AND SHREWD, NOT THE WAYS OF THE FOOLISH (PROVERBS 14:7). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understands his w...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 14:16. RAGETH, “is presumptuous,” or “haughty.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 14:15_. REVELATIONS OF CHARACTER I. FOUR MARKS OF A FOOLISH MAN. When a piece...
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...
1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 20:10; 1 Kings 20:11; 1 Kings 20:18;...