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The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote,
results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then
“strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last,
“wounds.”
Proverbs 18:8...
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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SOUL. OWN SELF. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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CHAPTER 18
TEXT Proverbs 18:1-12
1.
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire,
And rageth against all sound wisdom.
2.
A fool hath no delight in understanding,
But only that his heart ma...
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A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his
soul.
A FOOL'S ... LIPS (ARE) THE SNARE OF HIS SOUL. He is ruined by his
own recklessness and wantonness of speech....
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A foo
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A fool hates wisdom. A wise man thinks carefully about his words. But
a fool does not think before he speaks. So the fool’s words cause
arguments. His words cause trouble. And the fool deserves punish...
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A FOOL’S MOUTH IS HIS DESTRUCTION. — See above on Proverbs 12:13....
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פִּֽי ־כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה ־לֹ֑ו וּ֝
שְׂפָתָ֗יו...
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep
w...
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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...
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A FOOL'S MOUTH [IS] HIS DESTRUCTION,.... The cause of it; for his
contentions, and quarrels, and evil speaking, lawsuits are commenced
against him, which bring ruin upon himself and his family now; as...
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_A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of
his soul._
Ver. 7. A fool's mouth is his destruction.] Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs
12:13; Proverbs 13:3 _See Trapp on "_ Pro 10:14 _...
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V. 7. A FOOL'S MOUTH, on account of his quarrelsome disposition, IS
HIS DESTRUCTION, it brings ruin upon him, AND HIS LIPS ARE THE SNARE
OF HIS SOUL, his rash language causes trouble for himself....
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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THE WORDS OF THE WISE ARE A WELLSPRING OF WISDOM, BUT A FOOL'S WORDS
RESULT IN MISERY FOR HIM, AND FINALLY BRING ABOUT HIS RUIN (PROVERBS
18:3).
As with the previous subsection, this subsection majors...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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_A fool’s lips enter into contention._
THE SPEECH OF A SPLENETIC FOOL
How frequently Solomon speaks of the fool! and the fool in his idea
was not an intellectually demented man, but a morally bad ma...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:5 These verses concern the consequences
of misusing words. Verses Proverbs 18:6 and...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:6. CALLETH FOR. Stuart understands this in the sense of
“_to deserve_.”
PROVERBS 18:8. WOUNDS. The word so translated occurs only here and in
chap. Proverbs 26:22, and wi...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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1 Samuel 14:24; Acts 23:14; Ecclesiastes 10:11; Judges 11:35;...