Solomon does not only mean the life of our bodies. Rather, he means the life, or energy, of our spirits. Knowledge helps us to respect God. Our spirits are more important than our bodies, because our bodies will die. (See Luke 12:4-5.) However, if we trust in God, our spirits will continue to live, in heaven.
Verse Proverbs 16:22. _UNDERSTANDING_ IS _A WELL-SPRING OF LIFE_] מקור חיים _mekor chaiyim_; another allusion to the _artery_ that carries the blood from the heart to distribute it to all the extremit...
WELLSPRING OF LIFE - Compare Proverbs 10:11 note. “the instruction of fools” Not that which they give, but that which they receive. Compare Proverbs 14:24. “Folly” is its own all-sufficient punishment...
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...
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....
UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew. _sekel_ See note on Proverbs 1:2. FOOLS... FOLLY. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7....
_unto him that hath it_. Elsewhere the thought is of the benefit conferred upon others: "The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life"; "The law (or teaching) of the wise is a fountain of life";...
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...
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. UNDERSTANDING IS A WELL-SPRING OF LIFE UNTO HIM THAT HATH IT - "a well-spring," whence flow coun...
16:22 Wisdom (c-1) _ Sachal_ . ch. 1.3....
1-9. God's control of human life....
INSTRUCTION] RV 'correction': their folly is their punishment....
THE INSTRUCTION OF FOOLS IS FOLLY.- While understanding is “a fountain of life” (Proverbs 10:11) giving health and refreshment and vigour both to the possessor and his friends, the discipline given by...
מְקֹ֣ור חַ֭יִּים שֵׂ֣כֶל בְּעָלָ֑יו וּ מוּסַ֖ר...
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...
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...
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...
Understanding [is] a wellspring of life to him that hath it: but the (l) instruction of fools [is] folly. (l) Either that which the wicked teach others, or else it is folly to teach them who are mali...
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...
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...
UNDERSTANDING [IS] A WELLSPRING OF LIFE UNTO HIM THAT HATH IT,.... "The master" or "owner of it" k. As he only is to whom an understanding is given; for, whatever understanding men may have of natural...
Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly. Ver. 22. _Understanding is a well spring of life._] _Vena vitae_ - as the heart is the principl...
_Understanding is a well-spring of life_ A clear understanding and right judgment of things, like an inexhaustible spring, gives perpetual comfort and satisfaction to him who has it, and makes him ver...
V. 22. UNDERSTANDING, proper insight and watchful discretion, IS A WELL-SPRING OF LIFE UNTO HIM THAT HATH IT, a source of life and power to its possessor; BUT THE INSTRUCTION OF FOOLS IS FOLLY, their...
IS A WELL-SPRING OF LIFE, is continually suggesting wholesome and saving instructions, UNTO HIM THAT HATH IT; and to others also, as is understood from the following clause. The instruction of fools i...
Proverbs 16:22 Understanding H7922 wellspring H4726 life H2416 has H1167 correction H4148 fools H191 folly H200 a wellspring -...
THE WISE PASS ON THEIR WISDOM PERSUASIVELY BUT FOOLS HAVE NOTHING TO PASS ON BUT THEIR FOLLY (PROVERBS 16:22). In this subsection the reference in Proverbs 16:21 to the idea of possessing and sweetly...
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....
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...
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....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:20 These verses commend the kind of speech that is typical of those who are WISE OF HEART. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:22. INSTRUCTION, rather “_discipline_,” “_correction_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:22_ AN UNFAILING SPRING I. MORAL INTELLIGENCE IS ITS OWN REWARD. A healthy state...
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...
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...
John 5:24; John 6:63; John 6:68; Luke 6:39; Luke 6:40;...
The instruction — Their most grave and serious counsels are foolish....