Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 15:15
Afflicted — Of the troubled in mind. Evil — Tedious and uncomfortable. Chearful — Heb. of a good heart.
Afflicted — Of the troubled in mind. Evil — Tedious and uncomfortable. Chearful — Heb. of a good heart.
AFFLICTED - The affliction meant here is less that of outward circumstances than of a troubled and downcast spirit. Life to the cheerful is as one perpetual banquet, whether he be poor or rich. That w...
CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the question, What are the better things? A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One (Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...
AFFLICTED. Hebrew. _'anah._ See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11. EVIL. sad. Same word as in Proverbs 15:3. MERRY. good....
HE THAT IS OF A MERRY HEART HATH A CONTINUAL FEAST— A mind conscious of good intentions, though success be wanting, affords truer and purer joy, than all that this world can furnish a man with, either...
TEXT Proverbs 15:12-22 12. A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise. 13. A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14. T...
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. ALL THE DAYS OF THE AFFLICTED ARE EVIL. Of those whose affliction causes them to lose a hopeful "hea...
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...
'Cheerful,' not MERRY: it is not the word rendered 'merry' inv. 13....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....
A Christian may be poor. But he has every reason to be cheerful. See Philippians 4:4; 1 Peter 1:8 and Psalms 96:11-13. God’s love is like a party. See...
ALL THE DAYS OF THE AFFLICTED ARE EVIL. — Another caution against over-anxiety. The “afflicted” here evidently means, not one who has to bear great misfortunes, but one who makes the worst of everythi...
כָּל ־יְמֵ֣י עָנִ֣י רָעִ֑ים וְ טֹֽוב ־לֵ֝֗ב
CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A meek t...
KIND WORDS AND GLAD HEARTS Proverbs 15:1-17 _A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of the upright_ -these keywords touch one of the greatest depa...
Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
_Feast. Those who repine at their condition are miserable; while the poor may be delivered from many cares. (Calmet) --- ----- O vitæ tuta facultas_ Pauperis angustique laris. (Luc. Phar. v.) --- Un...
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feas...
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...
ALL THE DAYS OF THE AFFLICTED [ARE] EVIL,.... And some are afflicted all their days, from their youth up; so that not only the days of old age are evil days, in which they have no pleasure, but even t...
All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast. Ver. 15. _All the days of the afflicted are evil._] The guilt of sin puts a sting into afflictions,...
_A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance;_ &c. “When the mind of a man is inwardly satisfied, and full of joy, it does good to his body too, as appears in his cheerful countenance: but when grief...
V. 15. ALL THE DAYS OF THE AFFLICTED ARE EVIL, for the inward burden of their grief makes every day sad for them; BUT HE THAT IS OF A MERRY HEART, refusing to be burdened or bowed down by sorrow, HATH...
OF THE AFFLICTED; of the troubled in mind or heart, as this general expression may very fitly be restrained from the following clause. ARE EVIL; tedious and uncomfortable; he takes no content in any t...
Proverbs 15:15 days H3117 afflicted H6041 evil H7451 merry H2896 heart H3820 continual H8548 feast H4960 All -...
THE MAN OF UNDERSTANDING OVERCOMES ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND ENJOYS A LIFE OF PLEASANTNESS WHILST THE FOOL CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCES TROUBLE (PROVERBS 15:14). This subsection is in an inclusio concernin...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God, neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s providence. ⇐...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:13 These proverbs focus on the HEART. A CHEERFUL FACE indicates a positive attitude toward life. Such a person has inner joy (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:15. AFFLICTED, or “toiling.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:15_ THE CONTINUAL FEAST I. ALL MEN HAVE DAYS OF AFFLICTION. They may be traced to one of four sources— 1....
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 15:1 A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and that answer...
Fifteen. I love this first one here. A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1). How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away wrath. If...
1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 4:13; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 1:5;...