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CROWNED - The teacher anticipates the truth, and the paradox, of the
Stoic saying, “The wise is the only king.”...
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CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR
The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the
poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the
foolish i...
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PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this
section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in
number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
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THE PRUDENT. prudent ones....
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TEXT Proverbs 14:13-24
13.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
And the end of mirth is heaviness.
14.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways;
And a good man shall be sati...
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The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
THE SIMPLE INHERIT FOLLY. "Inherit," from the contrast to 'crown
themselves with,' must mean, 'The simple pertinaciously hold,...
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1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
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If a simple man learns to do evil deeds, then he becomes a fool. When
he is simple, he does not choose to be evil. He does evil things
because he is not wise. He does evil things by mistake.
When he...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 14
V1 The wise woman builds her house.
The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
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THE SIMPLE INHERIT FOLLY. — As weeds spring up in unoccupied soil,
so “simple” (Proverbs 1:22) persons, whose minds are unoccupied
with good, often become self-willed; while the knowledge which the
“p...
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נָחֲל֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם אִוֶּ֑לֶת וַֽ֝
עֲרוּמִ֗ים יַכְתִּ֥רוּ...
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CHAPTER 15
THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE
"The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10
"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
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Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in
the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man
is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
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The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to
his going. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool
rageth, and is confident. He that is soon angry dealeth foolis...
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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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THE SIMPLE INHERIT FOLLY,.... It is natural and hereditary to them,
they are born like wild asses colts; the foolish sayings and proverbs,
customs and practices, of their ancestors, though they have b...
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The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Ver. 18. _The simple inherit folly._] _Acceperunt per successionem
seu haereditario iure,_ so one renders it; they are as wise as...
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V. 18. THE SIMPLE INHERIT FOLLY, that is the portion of those who will
not learn wisdom, who will not be guided by the experiences of others;
BUT THE PRUDENT ARE CROWNED WITH KNOWLEDGE, they embrace,...
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INHERIT FOLLY; they possess it as their inheritance or portion,
holding it fast, improving it, delighting and glorying in it. In like
manner David took God's TESTIMONIES for his heritage, PSALMS 119:1...
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Proverbs 14:18 simple H6612 inherit H5157 (H8804) folly H200 prudent
H6175 crowned H3803 (H8686) knowledge H1847
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THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH OVER FALSEHOOD AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OVER
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (PROVERBS 14:17).
The thought of truth against falsehood undergirds this subsection. It
commences with the fact that fools...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and
high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
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Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1,
by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is
their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 14:16. RAGETH, “is presumptuous,” or “haughty.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 14:15_.
REVELATIONS OF CHARACTER
I. FOUR MARKS OF A FOOLISH MAN. When a piece...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 14:1
EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their
household matters and their families; they have an important
influence, and exercise it beneficially.
Γυναι...
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Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil.
Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1)
And wise and foolish contrasted always, too.
Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1):
She takes care...
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1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 5:4; 2 Timothy 4:8; Daniel 12:3; Jeremiah 16:19;
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Inherit — They possess it as their inheritance, holding it fast, and
glorying in it. Knowledge — The saving knowledge of God and of their
own duty....