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The reciprocity of good in sustained family relationships. A long line
of children’s children is the glory of old age, a long line of
ancestors the glory of their descendants....
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CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS
Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a
few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the
LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
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PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to
a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes
(Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
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CHILDREN'S. Sons'....
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"A beautiful family picture of linked and mutually blessed
"generations." Horton....
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CHAPTER 17
TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10
1.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
2.
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that ca...
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Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of
children are their fathers.
CHILDREN'S CHILDREN (ARE) THE CROWN OF OLD MEN; AND THE GLORY OF
CHILDREN (ARE) THEIR FATHERS - a reciproc...
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1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the
festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was
accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
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CHILDREN’S CHILDREN ARE THE CROWN OF OLD MEN. — Comp. Psalms 127,
128.
THE GLORY OF CHILDREN ARE THEIR FATHERS. — And, as such, to be
honoured by them. For the blessing which parents bring to children...
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עֲטֶ֣רֶת זְ֭קֵנִים בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְ
תִפְאֶ֖רֶת...
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CHAPTER 18
FRIENDSHIP
"A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for
adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of
the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to h...
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Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this
proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that
of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
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_Fathers. Whose virtues they are bound to imitate._...
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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
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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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CHILDREN'S CHILDREN [ARE] THE CROWN OF OLD MEN,.... Ancient parents.
Grandfathers with the Jews are called old men, as Buxtorf d observes.
A numerous progeny was reckoned a great blessing to a man; to...
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Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of
children [are] their fathers.
Ver. 6. Children's children are the crown of old men.] That is, if
they be not children those who "cause...
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_Children's children are the crown of old men_ It is an honour to
parents, when they are old, to leave children, and children's children
growing up, that tread in the steps of their virtues, and are l...
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V. 6. CHILDREN'S CHILDREN ARE THE CROWN OF OLD MEN, it is a blessing
of the Lord and a source of honor and pride to the gray-headed if they
see their offspring to the third generation, for the happine...
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THE CROWN OF OLD MEN; their honour and happiness, because they are in
themselves blessings of God, and testimonies of God's favour, although
sometimes they may become the shame of their father's house...
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Proverbs 17:6 Childrens H1121 children H1121 crown H5850 men H2205
glory H8597 children H1121 father H1
Children's -...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is
silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech.
KEY W...
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Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See
Proverbs 15:17.
Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or
crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:6_
FATHERS AND CHILDREN
Two things are implied in this proberb:—First, that the fathers are
good men. An aged man who is not a godly man cannot in any sense
reflect an...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 17:1
(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
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Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of
sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1).
Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in
that economy the of the Judai...
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1 Kings 11:12; 1 Kings 15:4; Exodus 3:14; Exodus 3:15; Genesis 50:23;...