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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Proverbs 15:25

The widow - Here, as elsewhere Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalms 68:5, the widow, as the most extreme type of desolation, stands as the representative of a class safer in their poverty under the protection of the Lord, than the proud in the haughtiness of their strength.

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See also Proverbs 15:25 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 15:25. _THE HOUSE OF THE PROUD_] Families of this description are seldom continued long. The Lord hates _pride_; and those that will not be _humble_ he will _destroy_....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BORDER. landmark. Note the contrast with "house"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _destroy_ Rather, ROOT UP, R.V., in contrast with _establish_in the next clause. _widow_ As typical of the humble and poor. Comp. Psalms 68:5, and for the sentiment 1 Peter 5:5....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 15:23-33 23. A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it! 24. To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneat...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. THE LORD WILL DESTROY THE HOUSE OF THE PROUD: BUT HE WILL ESTABLISH THE BORDER OF THE WIDOW - whom "the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Everything that God does is right. Some people will praise a proud man. Some people think that proud people are very great. God does not think this. In the end, God will punish proud people. Some pe...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE PROUD — who trust in their own strength; while He will “establish the border,” or landmark, of the helpless widow, who has none to cry to but Him. The frequently threatened punishment against one...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בֵּ֣ית גֵּ֭אִים יִסַּ֥ח ׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝ יַצֵּ֗ב...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WORDS IN SEASON Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of Christ...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD WILL DESTROY THE HOUSE OF THE PROUD,.... To whom he has the utmost aversion; he sets himself against them and resists them, and will not only destroy them, but their stately houses too, which...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. Ver. 25. _The Lord will destroy the house of the proud._] Where he thinks himself most safe, God will pull...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord will destroy the house of the proud_ Of the most mighty oppressors, who suppose themselves to be immoveably fixed; or the family of haughty men, who, forgetting him, trample upon their infer...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 25. THE LORD WILL DESTROY THE HOUSE OF THE PROUD, visiting him, his family, and all his possessions with punishment; BUT HE WILL ESTABLISH THE BORDER OF THE WIDOW, not permit the boundary line of h...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OF THE PROUD; of the most mighty oppressors, who conceit themselves to be unmovably fixed. THE BORDER; either, 1. The estate, _the border_ being oft used for the land within the borders, as PSALMS 10...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 15:25 LORD H3068 destroy H5255 (H8799) house H1004 proud H1343 establish H5324 (H8686) boundary H1366

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:25 These proverbs begin and end with a contrast: THE LORD opposes the PROUD (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:25. ESTABLISH THE BORDER, or “Keep fixed the landmark.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:25_ DESTRUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT I. THE CHARACTER OF THOSE DOOMED TO DESTRUCTIO...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 5:5; Daniel 5:20; Deuteronomy 10:17; Deuteronomy 10:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The proud — Of the mighty oppressors. The border — The estate, the border being often used, for the land within the borders....

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