Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 21:17
Wine and oil — Delicious fare and luxurious feasting. Wine and oil were much used in feasts in those parts.
Wine and oil — Delicious fare and luxurious feasting. Wine and oil were much used in feasts in those parts.
Verse Proverbs 21:17. _HE THAT LOVETH PLEASURE_] That follows gaming, fowling, hunting, coursing, c., when he should be attending to the culture of the fields, _shall be a poor man_ and, I may safely...
WINE AND OIL - i. e., The costly adjuncts of a princely banquet. The price of oil or precious unguent was about equal to the 300 days’ wages of a field laborer Matthew 20:2. Indulgence in such a luxur...
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....
POOR. destitute. Heb _heser._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27....
_wine and oil_ "The costly adjuncts of a princely banquet. Among these the oil, or precious unguent, was always most conspicuous (Psalms 23:5; Psalms 45:7, and especially Wis 2:7). And when we conside...
HE THAT LOVETH WINE AND OIL— Dr. Pococke, in describing his journey to Jerusalem, after his landing at Joppa, tells us, that he was conveyed to an encampment of Arabs, who entertained him as well as t...
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...
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. HE THAT LOVETH WINE AND OIL - i:e., unguents used to anoint the person at banquets (Ecclesiastes 9:7). To...
The oil is that used at banquets for anointing (Proverbs 27:9; Deuteronomy 14:26; Nehemiah 8:12; Amos 6:6)....
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
This person wastes his money. He buys expensive wine and oil. He does not save his money. He spends it on every luxury. This person will drink the wine. He will use the oil. Soon nothing remains. He...
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....
WINE AND OIL. — The accompaniments of a feast. The oil, or precious unguents, were poured over the head (comp. Psalms 23:5). It was the excessive love and gratitude of the two Marys (Luke 7:38; John 1...
אִ֣ישׁ מַ֭חְסֹור אֹהֵ֣ב שִׂמְחָ֑ה אֹהֵ֥ב יַֽיִן...
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...
_Rich. Economy is constantly recommended. (Calmet) --- Those who squandered away their goods, were fined by the Areopagites. (Atheneus iv. 19.)_...
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...
HE THAT LOVETH PLEASURE [SHALL BE] A POOR MAN,.... Or "sport" c and pastime, music and dancing, cards and dice, hunting and hawking, and other sensual gratifications; a man that indulges himself in th...
He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. Ver. 17. _He that loveth pleasure, &c._] Luxury is attended by beggary. Pleasure may be had, but not love...
_He that loveth pleasure_ That gives himself up to the pursuit and enjoyment of sensual pleasure; _shall be a poor man_ Takes the ready course to poverty. _He that loveth wine and oil_ Which were much...
V. 17. HE THAT LOVETH PLEASURE, the delights of costly luxuries, SHALL BE A POOR MAN; HE THAT LOVETH WINE AND OIL, perfumed oil used as a cosmetic, SHALL NOT BE RICH, for his property and earnings wil...
PLEASURE: Or, sport...
HE THAT LOVETH PLEASURE, that gives up himself to the pursuit and enjoyment of sensual and immoderate pleasures, SHALL BE A POOR MAN; takes the ready course to poverty. WINE AND OIL are put for all de...
Proverbs 21:17 loves H157 (H8802) pleasure H8057 poor H4270 man H376 loves H157 (H8802) wine H3196 oil...
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...
_He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man._ THE LOVE OF PLEASURE Here is the secret of the failure of nine-tenths of our unsuccessful young men. They loved pleasure and gave themselves up to its p...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:9 Verses Proverbs 21:9 and Proverbs 21:19, on the q
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:15 When JUSTICE is practiced, it is a JOY for those who have walked in its ways and a TERROR to those who have perverted it (v....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:17 This proverb does not imply that PLEASURE or WINE or OIL are wrong in themselves. However, when they are enjoyed apart from thanksgiving to God, or enjo
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 21:5. THOUGHTS, rather the _counsels_, the _calculatings_. PROVERBS 21:6. VANITY TOSSED TO AND FRO. Rather _a fleeting breath_. The Hebrew word _hebel_, here translated van...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:16_ LIKE TO LIKE I. THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING. What is this way? In other parts of this book it is called the “path of the just” (chap. Proverbs 4:18. See page 58). “A...
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 Timothy 5:6; 2 Timothy 3:4; Luke 15:13; Luke 16:24; Luke 16:25;...