Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 15:12
A scorner. — See above on Proverbs 1:22.
A scorner. — See above on Proverbs 1:22.
CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the question, What are the better things? A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One (Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...
LOVETH NOT, &C. Illustrations: Ahab (2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Chronicles 17:4); the Jews (Amos 5:10); Pharisees (Luke 7:30); compare...
_one that reproveth him_ Rather, TO BE REPROVED, R.V....
TEXT Proverbs 15:12-22 12. A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise. 13. A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14. T...
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. A SCORNER LOVETH NOT ONE THAT REPROVETH HIM NEITHER WILL HE GO UNTO THE WISE - lest they should reprove him. He is wi...
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....
This person insults other people, because he is proud. Nobody can correct him. He always thinks that he himself is right. He will not ask for advice. He does not respect a wise person....
לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב ־לֵ֭ץ הֹוכֵ֣חַֽ לֹ֑ו אֶל ־חֲ֝כָמ
CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A meek t...
KIND WORDS AND GLAD HEARTS Proverbs 15:1-17 _A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of the upright_ -these keywords touch one of the greatest depa...
Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...
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...
A SCORNER LOVETH NOT ONE THAT REPROVETH HIM,.... He that makes a jest of religion; scoffs at godliness and godly men; treats the Gospel and the ministers of it with contempt; makes a mock at good men,...
_A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise._ Ver. 12. _A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him._] Nay, he "hateth those that reprove him in the gate," Amo 5:10...
_Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way_ God's way, emphatically called _the way_ here, as also Psalms 119:1, and elsewhere. He abhors reproof, because it is a reproach to him, and bec...
V. 12. A SCORNER, one who makes it a point to mock at everything that is holy, LOVETH NOT ONE THAT REPROVETH HIM, for his foolish pride resents correction; NEITHER WILL HE GO UNTO THE WISE, because th...
LOVETH NOT, i.e. hateth and avoideth it; for more is here understood than is expressed, as it is PROVERBS 11:21, PROVERBS 12:3, and elsewhere. NEITHER WILL HE GO UNTO, seek their company and conversat...
Proverbs 15:12 scoffer H3887 (H8801) love H157 (H8799) corrects H3198 (H8687) go H3212 (H8799) wise...
WISE WORDS, REPROOF AND FIRM DISCIPLINE UPHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS, GIVING THEM SUITABLE REWARD, WHILST THE UNRIGHTEOUS REJECT REPROOF, AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES (PROVERBS 15:4). In this subsection there...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God, neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s providence. ⇐...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:12_ SELF-DESTROYED I. THAT A SCORNER IS IN HOPELESS IGNORANCE. “Neither will he go unto the wise.” If a thirsty man will not go to the river to which he has free and e...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 15:1 A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and that answer...
Fifteen. I love this first one here. A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1). How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away wrath. If...
2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Timothy 4:3; Amos 5:10; Job 21:14; John 3:18;...