Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 15:10
Better, There is a grievous correction, i. e., nothing less than death, to him that forsaketh the way.
Better, There is a grievous correction, i. e., nothing less than death, to him that forsaketh the way.
CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the question, What are the better things? A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One (Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...
IS GRIEVOUS, &C. Illustrations: Asa (2 Chronicles 16:10); Jews (John 7:7; John 8:23; John 8:40)....
_Correction_is _grievous unto_ Rather, THERE IS GRIEVOUS CORRECTION FOR, as R.V....
TEXT Proverbs 15:1-11 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grevious word stirreth up anger. 2. The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly....
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. CORRECTION IS GRIEVOUS UNTO HIM THAT FORSAKETH THE WAY - as it was to Ahab (; ; ); and to Jehoiakim ...
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....
Solomon explains about people who start to do evil things. God will correct them. Sometimes, as a father smacks his child, this correction will be bitter. God corrects the person so that the person wi...
CORRECTION IS GRIEVOUS. — Rather, _There is a grievous correction for him that forsaketh the_ (right) _way;_ first of all, punishment for the sake of “correction” (Leviticus 26:14, _sqq._)_,_ and then...
מוּסָ֣ר רָ֭ע לְ עֹזֵ֣ב אֹ֑רַח שֹׂונֵ֖א תֹוכַ֣
CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A meek t...
KIND WORDS AND GLAD HEARTS Proverbs 15:1-17 _A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of the upright_ -these keywords touch one of the greatest depa...
Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
Correction [is] grievous to him that (c) forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die. (c) He who swears from the word of God, cannot stand to be admonished....
_Instruction. Hebrew, "a heavy punishment." (Haydock) --- The mind which gives way to vice, must have embraced some false doctrine._...
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...
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...
CORRECTION [IS] GRIEVOUS UNTO HIM THAT FORSAKETH THE WAY,.... The right way, the way of God; the way of his commandments: the Vulgate Latin version is, "the way of life"; the same with the way of righ...
Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die. Ver. 10. _Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way._] He pleaseth himself in his outstr...
_Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way_ God's way, emphatically called _the way_ here, as also Psalms 119:1, and elsewhere. He abhors reproof, because it is a reproach to him, and bec...
V. 10. CORRECTION IS GRIEVOUS UNTO HIM THAT FORSAKETH THE WAY, that is, a sharp punishment will strike him who leaves the path pointed out by the will of the Lord; AND HE THAT HATETH REPROOF, namely,...
CORRECTION: Or, instruction, etc....
CORRECTION IS GRIEVOUS; he hateth reproof, because it is a reproach to him, and because it strikes at that sin which he loveth. THE WAY; God's way, emphatically called the way here, as also Psalms 119...
Proverbs 15:10 Harsh H7451 discipline H4148 forsakes H5800 (H8802) way H734 hates H8130 (H8802) correction H8433
WISE WORDS, REPROOF AND FIRM DISCIPLINE UPHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS, GIVING THEM SUITABLE REWARD, WHILST THE UNRIGHTEOUS REJECT REPROOF, AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES (PROVERBS 15:4). In this subsection there...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God, neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s providence. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:10. CORRECTION IS GRIEVOUS, or, “there is grievous correction.” Miller reads, “Discipline is an evil to him.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:10_ OUT OF THE WAY I. THE...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 15:1 A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and that answer...
Fifteen. I love this first one here. A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1). How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away wrath. If...
1 Kings 18:17; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 22:8; Ezekiel 24:13; Ezeki