The non-wisdom which, having brought about disasters by its own perverseness, then turns round and “fretteth,” i. e., angrily complains against the Providence of God.
Perverteth - Rather, “overturneth,” “maketh to fail.”
Verse Proverbs 19:3. _THE FOOLISHNESS OF MAN_] Most men complain of cross providences, because they get into straits and difficulties through the _perverseness of their ways_; and thus _they fret agai...
CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about frett...
PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOO...
FOOLISHNESS. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 19:1; Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 19:13;
DISCOURSE: 799 THE SINFULNESS OF MURMURING AGAINST GOD Proverbs 19:3. _The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth against the Lord_. THE wickedness of the heart is deep and uns...
CHAPTER 19 TEXT Proverbs 19:1-10 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2. Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;...
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. THE FOOLISHNESS OF MAN PERVERTETH HIS WAY: AND HIS HEART FRETTETH AGAINST THE LORD. It is his own sinful foolishn...
1. FOOL] read, 'rich' (Proverbs 28:6)....
PERVERTETH] RV 'subverteth.' It is his own fault, yet he blames God for it....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 19 V1 A man may be poor but he still remains honest. He is better than the fool, whose words are false....
In these verses, Solomon discusses things that are wrong. Many wrong things happen in this world....
A foolish man hates wisdom and he hates God. This man causes his own problems. But he is not sorry about his evil actions. Instead, he blames God for his troubles. Now the man hates God even more....
THE FOOLISHNESS OF MAN PERVERTETH HIS WAY. — A man’s own self-will (Proverbs 1:7) overturns his way. stops his progress, whether in temporal or spiritual matters, and then, instead of blaming himself,...
אִוֶּ֣לֶת אָ֭דָם תְּסַלֵּ֣ף דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וְ עַל...
CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb in th...
Verse Proverbs 19:7. This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been lost...
_Fretteth. Literally, "burneth." Septuagint, "blameth." Hebrew, "his heart rageth against the Lord." (Haydock) --- Thus Adam tacitly laid the blame on him, as all those who excuse themselves on accoun...
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinne...
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 FOOLISHNESS OF MAN PERVERTETH HIS WAY,.... The sinfulness of his heart and nature; the folly which is bound up in it causes him to go astray out of the way in which he should go, or makes things g...
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. Ver. 3. _The foolishness of a man perverteth his way._] So that all goes cross with him, and God "walks contrary to...
V. 3. THE FOOLISHNESS OF MAN PERVERTETH HIS WAY, he himself is to be blamed if he is thrown prostrate and brought to ruin; AND HIS HEART FRETTETH AGAINST THE LORD, murmuring against Jehovah when he ha...
PERVERTETH HIS WAY; either. 1. Enticeth him to sin. Or rather, 2. Crosseth and blasteth his designs and enterprises, and brings losses and miseries upon him. _His heart fretteth against the Lord_; h...
Proverbs 19:3 foolishness H200 man H120 twists H5557 (H8762) way H1870 heart H3820 frets H2196 (H8799) LORD...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If we keep God's Word, God's Word will keep us from all things that are really hurtful. Those who despise the ways of His W...
Proverbs 19:1. _Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,_ in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of me...
_The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord._ THE FOLLY AND SIN OF MEN IN PERVERTING THEIR OWN WAY, AND THEN FRETTING AGAINST GOD Men are apt to charge all the...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 19:2. SINNETH, literally “goeth astray.” Delitzsch reads the last clause, “_He who hasteneth with the legs after it goeth astray_.” PROVERBS 19:3. PERVERTETH, rather “overt...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifie
Better is the poor that walks in his integrity [or in honesty], than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with...
1 Kings 20:42; 1 Kings 20:43; 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 15:23;...
Perverteth — Blasts his designs and enterprises. Fretteth — He ascribes his unhappiness not to his own sin, but to God and his providence....