Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 21:11
The wise — The simple learn wisdom, both from the punishment of wicked men, and from the prosperity of good men.
The wise — The simple learn wisdom, both from the punishment of wicked men, and from the prosperity of good men.
Verse Proverbs 21:11. _WHEN THE SCORNER IS PUNISHED_] When those who mock at religion, blaspheme against its Author, and endeavour to poison society, and disturb the peace of the community by their f...
CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turne...
PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4....
SCORNER. scoffer. INSTRUCTED. corrected....
See Proverbs 19:25, note....
WHEN THE SCORNER IS PUNISHED— _When the scorner is punished, the humble is made more wise; when the wise man prospers, the same person will acquire knowledge._ Houbigant....
TEXT Proverbs 21:11-20 11. When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 12. The righteous man considereth the house of the wicke...
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. WHEN THE SCORNER IS PUNISHED, THE SIMPLE IS MADE WISE - (note, .) and when the wise...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 21 V1 A king is like a canal that God controls. God leads the king in the way that God decides....
The man who insults might not learn from his punishment. But other people can learn. Simple people have not learned to be wise. So simple people do evil things. But the simple people will see the puni...
WHEN THE SCORNER IS PUNISHED, THE SIMPLE IS MADE WISE. — See above on Proverbs 19:25....
בַּ עְנָשׁ ־לֵ֭ץ יֶחְכַּם ־פֶּ֑תִי וּ בְ
CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb in...
Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
(e) When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. (e) Read (Proverbs 19:25)....
_Knowledge. These are the effects of chastisements and good company._...
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. When the scorner is pu...
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...
WHEN THE SCORNER IS PUNISHED,.... Either by the immediate hand of God, or by the civil magistrate; he who scoffs at Deity, blasphemes the most High, mocks at all religion, despises dominion, and speak...
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. Ver. 11. _When the scorner is punished, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 19:25 _"_ And when...
_When the scorner_, &c. Houbigant renders this verse, “When the scorner is punished, the humble is made more wise; and when the wise man prospers, the same person will acquire knowledge.” The sense ev...
V. 11. WHEN THE SCORNER IS PUNISHED, the simple is made wise, since he profits by the example of warning; AND WHEN THE WISE IS INSTRUCTED, HE RECEIVETH KNOWLEDGE, no severe correction or punishment be...
THE SIMPLE; the honest or plain-hearted man, as PROVERBS 19:25, where this whole verse for the substance of it is contained and explained. INSTRUCTED; or, _prospers_, as this word is used, PROVERBS 17...
Proverbs 21:11 scoffer H3887 (H8801) punished H6064 (H8800) simple H6612 wise H2449 (H8799) wise H2450 instruct
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find righteousness, honor and life. KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5). STRONG VERSES: P...
Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:9 Verses Proverbs 21:9 and Proverbs 21:19, on the q
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:10 Just as the WICKED offers no MERCY to his NEIGHBOR, so his own pleas for help WILL... NOT BE ANSWERED. God b
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 21:11. INSTRUCTED, Zöckler translates this “_prospereth_,” and understands the simple to be the subject of both clauses of the verse. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:11_ I...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 21:1 THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31. Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
1 Corinthians 10:6; Acts 5:11; Acts 5:5; Deuteronomy 13:11;...