What is acceptable. — To God and man. (Comp. the gracious words which proceeded out of Christ’s lips, Luke 4:22.)
Speaketh frowardness. — Rather, is mere falsehood, misrepresentation. (See above on Proverbs 8:30.)
Verse Proverbs 10:32. _THE LIPS OF THE RIGHTEOUS KNOW WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE_] And what they believe to be most pleasing and most profitable, that they speak, but the wicked man knows as well what is _per...
KNOW - i. e., “Know, and therefore utter.” So, in like manner, the “mouth of the wicked” knows, and therefore speaks frowardness, and that only....
II. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON: CHAPTER S 10--19:19 Beginning with the tenth chapter we have the collection of proverbs given by inspiration through Solomon. In this section the personal address, “My son...
PROVERBS 10:2 (_cf._ Psalms 3:7). RIGHTEOUSNESS: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the wicked. T...
FROWARDNESS. See note on Proverbs 2:12. Here plural. great [perverseness]....
speaketh] So R.V. text: "is," R.V. marg. Others supply the verb "knoweth" from the first clause, as in Proverbs 10:29....
THE LIPS OF THE RIGHTEOUS KNOW WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE— The LXX read, _The lips of the righteous distil graces;_ and the Syriac, _The lips of the righteous acknowledge a kindness or benefit._ The righteous...
TEXT Proverbs 10:23-32 23. It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding. 24. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righte...
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. THE LIPS OF THE RIGHTEOUS KNOW WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE. "Know" - i:e., have the power, through the di...
10:32 frowardness. (o-18) Lit. 'frowardnesses,' or 'deceits.' see ch. 2.12,14....
Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or explan...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 10 THE PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) OF SOLOMON (PROVERBS 10:1 TO PROVERBS 22:16) The second major section in the Book of Proverbs is...
Verse 32 encourages us. Many people worry that they will say the wrong thing. A good man always says the right thing. If we trust in God, then God will help us. If we study the Bible, then we shall sp...
שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יֵדְע֣וּן רָצֹ֑ון וּ פִ֥י...
CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and external w...
THE BLESSING OF THE LORD MAKETH RICH Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19. Yet _the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the lips of...
Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indeed...
REFLECTIONS. READER! let us both look to Him that gave to Solomon wisdom. that while some will run through these Proverbs as men may pass over a field where treasure is hidden, and are unconscious wh...
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred with lying li...
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 LIPS OF THE RIGHTEOUS KNOW WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE,.... To God and man; what is well pleasing to, God, and what ministers grace to the hearers, or what is grateful: and such things they will deliver ou...
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness. Ver. 32. _The lips of the righteous._] He carries, as it were, a pair of balances between his li...
_The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom_ It freely, abundantly, and constantly brings forth wise counsels, as the earth or a tree brings forth its proper fruit, as the word ינוב, here used, prope...
V. 32. THE LIPS OF THE RIGHTEOUS KNOW WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE, they are familiar with it, they are continually meditating upon it; BUT THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED SPEAKETH FROWARDNESS, only such things as are...
FROWARDNESS: _ Heb._ frowardnesses...
1 The comfort of parents much depends on their children; and this suggests to both, motives to their duties. Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 10:3. Though the righteous may be poor, the Lord will not suffer h...
KNOW, to wit, practically, so as to consider and speak. Knowledge is here ascribed to the _lips_, as it is to the hands PSALMS 78:72, because they are conducted by knowledge and wisdom. WHAT IS ACCEPT...
Proverbs 10:32 lips H8193 righteous H6662 know H3045 (H8799) acceptable H7522 mouth H6310 wicked H7563 perverse H84
CONTENTS: The blessedness of the ways of righteousness and the folly of the ways of wickedness. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The head of the just man will be crowned with the blessings both...
Proverbs 10:1. _The Proverbs of Solomon._ The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have had a...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 10:31 The repetition of the MOUTH OF THE RIGHTEOUS (see v. Proverbs 10:11) and the mouth of the wicked
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:32_ ACCEPTABLE WORDS I. THE RIGHTEOUS MAN KNOWS WHAT WORDS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD FROM A STUDY OF DIVINE LAWS. The courtier knows how to approach his king—in what words...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-22:16 PART III. FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS. VERSE 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with the words, "a wise son....
Now in chapter 10 we have individual proverbs. Most of these individual proverbs are in contrast, where they are contrasting the wise with the foolish, or the wicked with the righteous. Or the diligen...
Daniel 4:27; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Proverbs 11:11; Proverbs 12:18;...
The lips — Knowledge is here ascribed to the lips, as it is to the hands, Psalms 78:72, because they are conducted by knowledge and wisdom. Acceptable — What is truly worthy of acceptation....