Read, 'the preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.' Man prepares his plans, but the decisive, final word is suggested by God. 'There's a divinity that shapes our ends, roughhew them as we will.'
CHAPTER XVI _Man prepares, but God governs. God has made all things for_ _himself; he hates pride. The judgments of God. The_ _administration of kings; their justice, anger, and clemency._ _God ha...
The proverbs in Proverbs 16:1 have, more than any other group, an especially religious character impressed upon them. The name of Yahweh as Giver, Guide, Ruler, or Judge, meets us in each of them. Pr...
CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs 16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
PREPARATIONS. arrangements or plans. The Ellipsis (App-6) of the verb in the first clause must be supplied (as it is in the second clause): "To man [pertain] the plans of his heart; but from Jehovah ...
_The preparations_&c. Rather: TO MAN BELONG THE PREPARATIONS (or PLANS) OF THE HEART; BUT FROM JEHOVAH IS THE ANSWER OF THE TONGUE. This cannot mean that wise thoughts are human, but wise words d...
THE PREPARATIONS OF THE HEART, &C.— Houbigant renders it, _It is in man to prepare discourse within himself; it is in the Lord to moderate or rule the tongue._ Bishop Patrick says, the Hebrew words ru...
CHAPTER 16 TEXT Proverbs 16:1-11 1. The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. 2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth t...
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. THE PREPARATIONS [LITERALLY, THE ORDERLY DISPOSINGS, AS THOSE OF AN ARMY IN ARRAY; OR AS THE LOAVES OF THE SHOW...
16:1 purposes (f-2) Or 'disposings.'...
We should ask God to help us to speak the right words. The ‘plans of our hearts’ are our thoughts and ideas. We do not know everything. God knows the things that we do not know. We need his help to sa...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...
XVI. (1) THE PREPARATIONS OF THE HEART IN MAN... — Rather, _To man belong the counsels of the heart._ He may turn over in his mind what is the right thing to be said on any occasion, “but from the Lo...
לְ אָדָ֥ם מַֽעַרְכֵי ־לֵ֑ב וּ֝ מֵ יְהוָ֗ה
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is H...
Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
The (a) preparations of the heart belong to man, and the answer of the tongue, [are] from the LORD. (a) He derides the presumption of man, who dares to attribute anything to himself, as to prepare hi...
It is the part of man, &c. That is, a man should prepare in his heart and soul what he is to say; but after all, it must be the Lord that must govern his tongue, to speak to the purpose. Not that we c...
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. This chapter opens with a doctrine that we should do well to keep always uppermost in our remembrance, at whatever...
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 PREPARATIONS OF THE HEART IN MAN,.... The sense of these words, according to our version, depends upon the next clause, and the meaning of the whole is, that a man can neither think nor speak with...
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD. Ver. 1. _The preparations of the heart in man._] He saith not ‘of man' as if it were in man's power to dispose...
_The preparations of the heart in man_, &c. As we read this verse, it teacheth us a great truth, that we are _not sufficient of ourselves to think_, or speak, _any thing of ourselves_, that is wise an...
V. 1. THE PREPARATIONS OF THE HEART IN MAN AND THE ANSWER OF THE TONGUE IS FROM THE LORD, literally, "To man," that is, pertaining to man, "the plannings of the heart, but from Jehovah the answer of t...
PREPARATIONS: Or, disposings...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 16 Men can neither think nor speak wisely and well of themselves, or without Divine assistance. Or, as many others, both ancient and modern interpreters, render the verse, THE PREPARA...
Proverbs 16:1 preparations H4633 heart H3820 man H120 answer H4617 tongue H3956 LORD H3068 preparations - or, disposings,...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in it....
Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
_The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord._ HEART-CULTURE We must allow no habits of mind to grow upon us which shall unfit us for making the best opportun...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:1 The comparison between the PLANS of a man’s HEART (vv. Proverbs 16:1,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:1. Nearly all commentators agree in reading this verse, “_To man belong the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from, the Lord_.” PREPARATIONS, lit...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 16:1 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. PROVERBS 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any contrast or a...
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1). Go...
2 Chronicles 18:31; 2 Corinthians 8:16; Exodus 4:11; Exodus 4:12;...
From the Lord — Men can neither think nor speak wisely and well without Divine assistance....