Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Proverbs 16:32
'Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires and fears, is more a king;
And who attains not, ill aspires to rule
Cities of men or headstrong multitudes.'
'Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires and fears, is more a king;
And who attains not, ill aspires to rule
Cities of men or headstrong multitudes.'
Verse Proverbs 16:32. _HE THAT RULETH HIS SPIRIT, THAN HE THAT TAKETH A_ _CITY._] It is much easier to subdue an enemy _without_ than one _within_. There have been many kings who had conquered nation...
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....
THE MIGHTY. a mighty one. THAN HE THAT TAKETH. CITY. Illustration: Je-hoshaphat (1 Kings 22:3; 1 Kings 22:4. Even if the city had been taken, which it was not)....
Of the many parallels to the sentiment of this proverb that are to be found in classical literature, none is closer than the familiar saying of Ovid (_Epist. ex Pont_. ii. 16:75): "Fortior est qui se...
AND HE THAT RULETH HIS SPIRIT, THAN HE THAT TAKETH A CITY— It is far beyond comparison easier to conquer enemies, to take citadels, to subject people, than to conquer passions, to moderate desires, to...
TEXT Proverbs 16:23-33 23. The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips. 24. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25....
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. HE THAT IS SLOW TO ANGER IS BETTER THAN THE MIGHTY - than a mighty here. The very reve...
The last man in this passage is a patient man. He is not angry. He does not fight. He achieves results, because he works slowly and carefully. He can achieve more than a man who wins a war. V33 Men t...
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...
HE THAT IS SLOW TO ANGER.... — For victory over self is the hardest of all victories. (Comp. 1 Corinthians 9:27.)...
טֹ֤וב אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם מִ גִּבֹּ֑ור וּ מֹשֵׁ
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...
_Valiant. Alexandrian Septuagint adds, "and a prudent man than a great farmer." Greek: Georgiou. (Haydock) --- Cities. To govern the passions is more difficult. (St. Gregory, Past. iii. p. Adm. x.; St...
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth trans...
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...
[HE THAT IS] SLOW TO ANGER IS BETTER THAN THE MIGHTY,.... Than a mighty warrior or conqueror; as Alexander who conquered his enemies, and even all the world, and yet in his wrath slew his best friends...
__ Proverbs 16:32 _[He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city._ Ver. 32. _He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty._]...
_He that is slow to anger_ That can suppress its motions, and does not revenge, but shows himself ready to forgive injuries; _is better than the mighty_ Because he is more like God, more wise to fores...
V. 32. HE THAT IS SLOW TO ANGER, keeping himself well in hand always, controlling his temper, IS BETTER THAN THE MIGHTY, a champion fighter, who is always engaged in battle; AND HE THAT RULETH HIS SPI...
HE THAT IS SLOW TO ANGER, not apt to revenge, but ready to forgive injuries, IS BETTER THAN THE MIGHTY, because he is more like to God, more wise to foresee and to prevent mischief, both to himself an...
Proverbs 16:32 slow H750 anger H639 better H2896 mighty H1368 rules H4910 (H8802) spirit H7307 takes H3920 ...
SOLOMON CONTRASTS THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE PERVERSE AND WORTHLESS MAN WITH THE LIFE AND ATTITUDES OF THE MAN GROWN OLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHO IS AN EXEMPLAR OF ALL THE RIGHTEOUS (PROVERBS 16:30 TO PROVERBS...
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...
_He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city._ CHRISTIAN HEROISM I. What is it to rule the spirit? Spirit is used sometimes for the th...
RULING OUR SPIRITS He that ruleth his spirit [is better] than he that taketh a city. Proverbs 16:32. We have all something in us that needs to be tamed. A well-known preacher used to say, “I am by...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch. Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of the heart (vv....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:25 A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT... BUT. People often have the wrong idea about what is good and what is bad. Hunger seems a bad thing, but it forces people to work and keeps the...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:32_ TAKING A CITY AND RULING THE SPIRIT I. A MAN WHO TAKES A CITY MAY DO A GOOD WORK. When Soloman says that the man who rules his spirit does a better work than he wh...
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...
Ephesians 5:1; James 1:19; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 15:18; Prove
Is better — Of a more gallant and generous spirit, and more valiant and victorious....