Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 15:2
Useth knowledge aright - Rather, makes knowledge goodly. The power of well-considered speech to commend true wisdom, is contrasted with the pouring (literally as in the margin) forth of folly.
Useth knowledge aright - Rather, makes knowledge goodly. The power of well-considered speech to commend true wisdom, is contrasted with the pouring (literally as in the margin) forth of folly.
Verse Proverbs 15:2. _USETH KNOWLEDGE ARIGHT_] This is very difficult to know: - _when_ to _speak_, and _when_ to be _silent; what_ to _speak,_ and _what_ to leave _unspoken_; the _manner_ that is be...
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...
THE WISE, &C.. wise ones will use....
_useth knowledge aright_ Or, _uttereth_, &c. R.V. Lit. MAKETH GOOD KNOWLEDGE, i.e. turns it to good account, makes the best of it. Comp. "they make goodly (lit. as here, make good) images or pillars,...
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....
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. THE TONGUE OF THE WISE USETH KNOWLEDGE ARIGHT - in the seasonable time, and proper place, and with du...
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....
We love to listen to wise people. Their words teach us and encourage us. We do not benefit from the words of a foolish person, who hates wisdom. A fool will say many things. However, everything that...
XV. (2) USETH KNOWLEDGE ARIGHT. — Brings it forth at the proper time and place....
לְשֹׁ֣ון חֲ֭כָמִים תֵּיטִ֣יב דָּ֑עַת וּ פִ֥י...
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...
_Knowledge. It requires to be proposed in a proper manner._...
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. The eyes of the LORD are in every pla...
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 TONGUE OF THE WISE USETH KNOWLEDGE ARIGHT,.... As the heart of a wise and good man is filled with useful knowledge, civil, moral, spiritual, and evangelical; so he takes care to communicate it, at...
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Ver. 2. _The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright._] Heb., Deals kindly with her; offers her no abu...
_The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright_ Expressing what he knows prudently and gracefully; taking due care both what, and when, and to whom, and in what manner he speaks; _but the mouth of foo...
V. 2. THE TONGUE OF THE WISE USETH KNOWLEDGE ARIGHT, presenting it in well-arranged form, clothing it in an attractive manner; BUT THE MOUTH OF FOOLS POURETH OUT FOOLISHNESS, in great and loathsome qu...
POURETH: blecheth, or bubbleth...
USETH KNOWLEDGE ARIGHT; expressing what he knows prudently and gracefully; taking due care both what, and when, and to whom, and in what manner he speaks. POURETH OUT, plentifully, continually, promis...
Proverbs 15:2 tongue H3956 wise H2450 knowledge H1847 rightly H3190 (H8686) mouth H6310 fools H3684 forth H5042 ...
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 15:1. GRIEVOUS, “bitter,” “trying,” STIR UP; lit., “make to ascend,” like a flame fanned by bellows (Fausset). PROVERBS 15:2. USETH KNOWLEDGE ARIGHT, rather “makes knowledge...
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...
Ecclesiastes 10:12; Ecclesiastes 10:13; Isaiah 50:4; Proverbs 12:23;...
Aright — Expressing what he knows prudently and gracefully. Poureth out — Plentifully, continually, and vehemently, as a fountain does waters....