Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 14:17
Foolishly — His passion hurries him into foolish speeches and actions. Wicked devices — One who suppresses his passion, but meditates revenge. Hated — Both by God and men.
Foolishly — His passion hurries him into foolish speeches and actions. Wicked devices — One who suppresses his passion, but meditates revenge. Hated — Both by God and men.
Verse Proverbs 14:17. _HE THAT IS SOON ANGRY_] קצר אפים _ketsar appayim_, "short of nostrils:" because, when a man is angry, his _nose is_ _contracted_, and drawn up towards his eyes. _DEALETH FOOLI...
The contrast lies between two forms of evil. Hasty anger acts foolishly, but the “man of wicked devices,” vindictive and insidious, incurs all men’s hatred....
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...
WICKED DEVICES. deep schemes or intrigues....
_and_ Rather, BUT. The comparison is between hasty anger leading to folly, and deliberate malice provoking hatred....
HE THAT IS SOON ANGRY DEALETH FOOLISHLY— _He who is soon angry will deal inconsiderately: a considerate man will endure patiently._ Houbigant. The LXX have it, _A hasty man acteth rashly, but a pruden...
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...
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. (HE THAT IS) SOON ANGRY (Hebrew, curt, or short in his nostrils; he who lets but a short interval elapse between his t...
Anger is temporary madness....
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....
Solomon contrasts two different types of people. The first person is quick. In a moment, he becomes very angry. He has a terrible temper. He does not think about his actions. He does evil things so q...
DEALETH FOOLISHLY. — Does silly things, and makes himself an object of ridicule, but not of hatred; whereas the “man of (wicked) devices” is hated for his cold-blooded malice....
קְֽצַר ־אַ֭פַּיִם יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה אִוֶּ֑לֶת וְ אִ֥ישׁ...
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...
_Folly. Wrath betrays us into great extravagances. --- Hateful. Hebrew also, "hateth" folly. Septuagint, "the prudent beareth much," Job v. 2. (Calmet)_...
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...
[HE THAT IS] SOON ANGRY DEALETH FOOLISHLY,.... A man that is quick and short, of a hasty spirit, and presently discovers anger and resentment in his face; he says and does many foolish things, which h...
Proverbs 14:17 [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. Ver. 17. _He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly._] Alexander, in his hot blood, slew his dearest frie...
_He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly_ His passion hurries him into many rash and foolish speeches and actions; _and a man of wicked devices_ One who, it may be, suppresses his passion, but designs...
V. 17. HE THAT IS SOON ANGRY, losing his temper at the slightest provocation, DEALETH FOOLISHLY, working only folly, with evil consequences to himself; AND A MAN OF WICKED DEVICES IS HATED, since he,...
DEALETH FOOLISHLY; his passion hurries him into many rash and foolish speeches and actions. A MAN OF WICKED DEVICES, one who suppresseth his passion, but designeth and meditateth revenge, watching for...
Proverbs 14:17 quick-tempered H7116 H639 acts H6213 (H8799) foolishly H200 man H376 intentions H4209 hated H8130 ...
THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH OVER FALSEHOOD AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OVER UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (PROVERBS 14:17). The thought of truth against falsehood undergirds this subsection. It commences with the fact that fools...
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...
_He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly._ ANGER RESTRAINED In speaking recently of the power of God’s grace to quell our passions, Mr. Aitken told the story of a gentleman he knew in Liverpool, who,...
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...
Ecclesiastes 7:9; Esther 3:6; Esther 7:5; Esther 7:6; Isaiah 32:7;...