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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...
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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....
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THE WICKED. a lawless one....
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CHAPTER 21
TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10
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The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jeho...
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The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour
in his eyes.
THE SOUL OF THE WICKED DESIRETH EVIL - eagerly. The noblest part of
man is in him wholly engrossed in evil.
HIS...
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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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....
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This man is wicked. He does not want to do the right things. He wants
to do evil things. This is why he is unfriendly. He hates his
neighbour. A wicked person does not want to help his neighbour or
an...
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HIS NEIGHBOUR FINDETH NO FAVOUR IN HIS EYES. — The wicked must have
whatever he has set his heart upon, however much trouble and sorrow he
may cause to his neighbour thereby....
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נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָ֭שָׁע אִוְּתָה ־רָ֑ע לֹא
־יֻחַ֖ן בּ
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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...
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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...
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_Neighbour. Symmachus, "he has no idea of friendship." Septuagint, "he
shall not be treated with mercy by any man." (Haydock)_...
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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...
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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 SOUL OF THE WICKED DESIRETH EVIL,.... The evil of sin, it being
natural to him; he chooses it, delights in it, craves after it, under
a notion of pleasure or profit: or the evil of mischief; it is...
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_The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour
in his eyes._
Ver. 10. _The soul of the wicked desireth evil._] Sinful self-love,
the chokeweed of all true love, prompteth the...
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_The soul of the wicked desireth evil_ His heart is earnestly and
fully set in him, as it is expressed Ecclesiastes 8:11, _to do evil_,
to work wickedness, to do mischief to others, or to satisfy his...
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V. 10. THE SOUL OF THE WICKED DESIRETH EVIL, since that is his only
delight in life; HIS NEIGHBOR FINDETH NO FAVOR IN HIS EYES, his
selfishness makes him utterly devoid of mercy and compassion....
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FINDETH NO FAVOR:
_ Heb._ is not favored...
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THE SOUL OF THE WICKED DESIRETH EVIL; HIS HEART IS FULLY AND EARNESTLY
SET IN HIM, as it is expressed, ECCLESIASTES 8:11, to do evil, to work
wickedness, to do mischief to others, to satisfy his own l...
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Proverbs 21:10 soul H5315 wicked H7563 desires H183 (H8765) evil H7451
neighbor H7453 favor H2603 (H8717) eyes...
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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...
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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...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:10_
THE DESIRE OF THE WICKED
On “the desire of the wicked” see on chap. Proverbs 11:5, page
199. Concerning that desire it is here affirmed—
THAT IT OVERMASTERS AND D...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:6; 1 John 2:16; 1 Samuel 25:8; Isaiah 32:6; James
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Desireth — To do mischief. No favour — He spares neither friend
nor foe....