EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
Proverbs 18:16
Bribes (secret gifts) are evil. They tempt people to do wrong things.
Judges must be aware of the dangers of bribes (secret gifts).
Bribes (secret gifts) are evil. They tempt people to do wrong things.
Judges must be aware of the dangers of bribes (secret gifts).
Verse Proverbs 18:16. _A MAN'S GIFT MAKETH ROOM FOR HIM_] It is, and ever has been, a base and degrading practice in Asiatic countries, to bring a gift or present to the great man into whose presence...
The “gift” (or, bribe), by a bold personification, appears as the powerful “friend at court,” who introduces another, and makes him welcome in high places....
CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose. Such a one becomes...
PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
MAN'S. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
Comp. Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 19:6....
STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24 1. How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)? 2. How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)? 3. What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14? 4. L
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. A MAN'S GIFT MAKETH ROOM FOR HIM - maketh a clear and wide way for him into the presence of those to whom he desires access. "A...
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The ali...
A superior cannot be approached in the East without a present....
A MAN’S GIFT. — Judicious liberality “maketh room for him,” helps him to make his way through life. (Comp. Luke 16:9, and the advice there given so to use temporal riches as to gain those of heaven.)...
מַתָּ֣ן אָ֭דָם יַרְחִ֣יב לֹ֑ו וְ לִ פְנֵ֖י
CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or "q...
A man's gift (i) maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (i) Gets him liberty to speak, and the favour of them that are esteemed....
_Princes. He easily finds access by showing submission. (Calmet) Placatur donis Jupiter ipse suis. (Ovid)_...
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. He that answereth a matter before he he...
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...
A MAN'S GIFT MAKETH ROOM FOR HIM,.... Or "enlarges him" y; brings him out of prison, or, or out of straits and difficulties with which he, has, been pressed; or it makes way for him to a judge, and fo...
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. Ver. 16. A man's gift maketh room for him.] This Jacob Gen 43:11 knew well, and therefore bade his sons take a present for the gov...
_A man's gift maketh room for him_ Procures him free access to great men. Hebrew, ירחיב לו, _enlargeth him_, as this very phrase is rendered Psalms 4:1, and elsewhere; freeth him from straits and oppr...
V. 16. A MAN'S GIFT, sent before him to procure favor for him, MAKETH ROOM FOR HIM, giving him ready access to the one whose favor he is seeking, and BRINGETH HIM BEFORE GREAT MEN, for it opens the do...
MAKETH ROOM FOR HIM; procures him free access to great men. Heb. _enlargeth him_, as this very phrase is rendered, PSALMS 4:1, and elsewhere; freeth him from straits and oppressions. BRINGETH HIM BEFO...
Proverbs 18:16 mans H120 gift H4976 room H7337 (H8686) brings H5148 (H8686) before H6440 men H1419...
THE TONGUE AFFECTS MAN IN MANY WAYS, MAKING HIM STRONG AND WISE, AND GIVING HIM LIFE, OR CAUSING HIM GREAT GRIEF, FINALLY RESULTING IN DEATH (PROVERBS 18:14). In this subsection we have an emphasis on...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
_The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge._ THE ATTAINMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE POWER OF KINDNESS I. The attainment of knowledge. “The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge,” etc. It is suggested...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:15 These proverbs can apply to many settings. Here they seem focused on the courtroom. A judge must have an INTELLIGENT HEART in order to acquire knowledge
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 18:16. A MAN’S GIFTS. “Hebrew, _adam_, the gift of a _man_, however humble and low” _(Fausset)_. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:16_ THE INFLUENCE OF TALENT Understanding...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then com...
1 Samuel 25:27; Genesis 32:20; Genesis 33:10; Genesis 43:11; Pro