The simple. — See above on Proverbs 1:22.
Believeth every word. — And so, having no fixed principles by which to go, often takes a wrong step; while the prudent man considers well (Proverbs 14:8) whither each step will lead, and therefore does not go astray.
SIMPLE - In the bad sense (compare Proverbs 1:22)....
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...
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...
WORD: or thing....
THE SIMPLE BELIEVETH EVERY WORD— Bochart observes well upon this verse, that as prudence, without simplicity, degenerates into craft; so simplicity, without prudence, is no better than downright folly...
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...
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. THE SIMPLE BELIEVETH EVERY WORD - whether, true or false, useful or injurious. "Charity," indeed, "believeth all thin...
14:15 heedeth (h-10) Or 'discerneth.'...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
'Quick believers need broad shoulders.'...
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....
Solomon compares a wise person and a simple person. Unlike a fool, a simple person does not hate God. You can teach a simple person. He can learn to do good things. Or he can learn to do evil things....
פֶּ֭תִי יַאֲמִ֣ין לְ כָל ־דָּבָ֑ר וְ֝ עָר֗וּם
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...
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...
_Innocent. Good and unsuspecting; (Josue ix. 14., and 1 Corinthians xiii. 7.) or rather credulous, 1 John iv. 1. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the man who is not bad." --- Steps. Septuagint, "repenteth....
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...
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 SIMPLE BELIEVETH EVERY WORD,.... Every thing that is said to him every story that is told him, and every promise that is made him; and so is easily imposed upon, and drawn in to his hurt: every wo...
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going. Ver. 15. _The simple believeth every word._] You may draw him any way with a wet finger, persuade him to anything, as...
_The simple_ A foolish man; _believeth every word_ Is easily deceived with the smooth words and fair pretences of false and deceitful men; _but the prudent man_ The man well instructed and truly wise;...
V. 15. THE SIMPLE, THE INEXPERIENCED, BELIEVETH EVERY WORD, without examining its truth, be is driven to and fro without any judgment of his own; BUT THE PRUDENT MAN LOOKETH WELL TO HIS GOING, watchin...
THE SIMPLE, either the harmless man, or rather a foolish man, because he is opposed to the prudent, _believeth every word_; is easily deceived with the smooth words and fair pretences of false and dec...
Proverbs 14:15 simple H6612 believes H539 (H8686) word H1697 prudent H6175 well H995 (H8799) steps H838...
WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WISE AND SHREWD, NOT THE WAYS OF THE FOOLISH (PROVERBS 14:7). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understands his w...
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...
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...
_The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going._ SIMPLICITY AND PRUDENCE Such belief is not to the discredit of the simple man, but to the disgrace of the man who mis...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:8 This section begins and ends with contrasts between the PRUDENT (vv. Proverbs 14:8,...
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...
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...
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...
1 John 4:1; Acts 13:7; Amos 5:13; Ephesians 4:14; Ephesians 5:17;...
The simple — A foolish man. Looketh — He orders his dealings in the world with due circumspection, not considering so much what other men say as what he ought to do....