Verse Proverbs 16:17. _THE HIGHWAY OF THE UPRIGHT_] The upright man is ever departing from evil; this is his _common road_: and by keeping _on_ in this way, _his soul is preserved_....
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....
THE UPRIGHT. upright ones. KEEPETH. guardeth....
The LXX. gives a fuller text here: "The paths of life depart from evil, And ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receiveth instruction shall prosper, And he that taketh heed to reproo...
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...
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. HE THAT KEEPETH HIS WAY PRESERVETH HIS SOUL. "Keepeth;" namely, jealously, and watchfully guarded ag...
1-9. God's control of human life....
The road they travel does not lead to misfortune. 20-25. deal with wisdom and its results....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...
Life is like a journey. The honest man is like a traveller who chooses the high road. It might be a difficult road, because a high road goes over mountains. However, the traveller chooses this road be...
THE HIGHWAY OF THE UPRIGHT IS TO DEPART FROM EVIL. — This is the plain way of duty, which lies right before him, which cannot be mistaken, whatever other difficulties he may have. (See above on Prover...
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...
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...
THE HIGHWAY OF THE UPRIGHT [IS] TO DEPART FROM EVIL,.... Upright persons, such who are upright in heart, and walk uprightly; these walk in the highway of holiness, in which men, though fools, shall no...
The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. _Ver 17. The highway of the upright is to depart from evil._] That is his road, his desire and endeav...
_How much better is it_ It is inexpressibly and inconceivably better _to get wisdom than gold_ Because it brings a man more certain, and complete, and lasting comfort and advantage. _The way of the up...
V. 17. THE HIGHWAY OF THE UPRIGHT; their entire conduct, IS TO DEPART FROM EVIL, they avoid it by following the highway of strict piety; HE THAT KEEPETH HIS WAY PRESERVETH HIS SOUL, for it is by a car...
THE HIGHWAY OF THE UPRIGHT, their common road, in which they constantly purpose, and desire, and customarily use to walk, although sometimes through frailty or temptation they slip into the by-paths o...
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WISDOM IS TO BE SOUGHT AND PRIDE MUST BE AVOIDED BY THE ONE WHO WOULD WALK IN THE RIGHT WAY WITH TRUST IN YHWH (PROVERBS 16:16). In this subsection the envelopes of wisdom (Proverbs 16:16) - pride (Pr...
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...
_The highway of the upright is to depart from evil._ DEPARTING FROM EVIL In this text is-- I. The upright. Those who are bent on doing the will of God. Those who keep the commandments of their Make...
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 16:16 The “better” sayings of vv. Proverbs 16:16 and Proverbs 16:19 value
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:17_ SOUL-PRESERVATION I. THE MAIN OBJECT OF AN UPRIGHT MAN’S CARE—HIS SOUL. Every human creature is possessed of an instinct to preserve his bodily life and well-being...
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...
Acts 10:35; Acts 24:16; Hebrews 10:39; Isaiah 35:8; Jude 1:21;...
The high — way — Their common road, in which they walk, tho' through frailty or temptation they slip into the bypath of sin. From evil — From the evil of sin, and consequently from the evil of punishm...