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While Proverbs 16:13 depicts the king as he ought to be, this verse
reminds us of the terrible rapidity with which, in the despotic
monarchies of the East, punishment, even death, follows royal
disple...
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CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD
The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of
Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the
preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
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PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs
16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the
picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
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MESSENGERS, &C. Illustrations: Benaiah (1 Kings 2:25); Haman (Esther
7:8).
PACIFY IT. get it covered....
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_messengers of death_ The reckless fury of the Eastern despot (1
Samuel 22:16-18; Esther 7:7-10; Daniel 2:5) is but the abuse of the
awful justice of the Archetypal King ...
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TEXT Proverbs 16:12-22
12.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;
For the throne is established by righteousness.
13.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
And they love him that...
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The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will
pacify it.
THE WRATH OF A KING IS AS MESSENGERS OF DEATH. The plural expresses
manifold forms of death which are at the king's co...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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חֲמַת ־מֶ֥לֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי ־מָ֑וֶת וְ
אִ֖ישׁ חָ
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is
H...
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CHAPTER 29
AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT
"He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13
"Happy is the man that feareth...
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Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that
man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is
dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
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The wrath of a king [is as] (h) messengers of death: but a wise man
will pacify it.
(h) That is, he finds many ways to execute his wrath....
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his
steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
trans...
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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...
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THE WRATH OF A KING [IS AS] MESSENGERS OF DEATH,.... Or, "angels of
death", as the Targum. As the wrath of Ahasuerus was to Haman; when it
is either discovered in the countenance of a king, or express...
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The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will
pacify it.
Ver. 14. _The wrath of a king is as messengers of death._] In the
plural number, the better to set forth the danger of...
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_Righteous lips are the delight of kings_ All wise and good kings do,
and all kings should, delight in employing such counsellors, judges,
and officers, under them, as are just and faithful in their c...
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V. 14. THE WRATH OF A KING IS AS MESSENGERS OF DEATH, if he becomes
enraged, he has many means and instruments at his disposal to carry
out his sentence of death; BUT A WISE MAN WILL PACIFY IT, he wil...
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IS AS MESSENGERS OF DEATH; is as terrible as if many messengers were
sent to denounce the sentence of death, and to execute it. WILL PACIFY
IT; will use all prudent and lawful means to pacify it....
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Proverbs 16:14 messengers H4397 death H4194 kings H4428 wrath H2534
wise H2450 man H376 appease H3722 (H8762)
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THE RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY OF A KING (PROVERBS 16:12).
It is no coincidence that this subsection with its fourfold mention of
the king comes after a series of subsections in which YHWH and His
j...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the
upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in
it....
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Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field
must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of
man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch.
Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of
the heart (vv....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:10. A DIVINE SENTENCE, literally _“divination,” i.e.,
“an oracle_” or “_a decision_.” “HIS MOUTH TRANSGRESSETH
NOT.” Stuart and Delitzsch read, “_In judgment his mouth sh...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 16:1
These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name
Jehovah.
PROVERBS 16:1
The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any
contrast or a...
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin
our study this evening.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is
from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1).
Go...
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2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Kings 6:31; Acts 12:20; Daniel 3:13;...