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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...
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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...
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THE EVIL. evil ones. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one....
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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...
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The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the
righteous.
THE EVIL BOW BEFORE THE GOOD; AND THE WICKED AT THE GATES OF THE
RIGHTEOUS. The evil shall be brought so low that they sh...
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Not always: see Luke 16:20....
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1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
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This is not our experience today. Solomon is describing what should
happen. Really, a good man is important. He is even more important
than a famous person, or a king. People should respect him....
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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....
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THE EVIL BOW BEFORE THE GOOD. — (Comp. 1 Samuel 2:36.) That this
final retribution is certain is implied by the tense employed, though
it may be long delayed till the “awakening” (Psalms 73:20) of God...
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שַׁח֣וּ רָ֭עִים לִ פְנֵ֣י טֹובִ֑ים
וּ֝ רְשָׁע
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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...
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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...
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The evil bow before the good; and the wicked (k) at the gates of the
righteous.
(k) If this come not daily to pass, we must consider that it is
because of our sins, which hinder God's workings....
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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...
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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...
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THE EVIL BOW BEFORE THE GOOD,.... Wicked men before good men. This, as
Jarchi observes, respects future time; even the latter day glory, or
the spiritual times of the Messiah, when the kingdom under t...
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_The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the
righteous._
Ver. 19. _The evil bow before the good._] Here they do so many times,
as Joseph's brethren before him in his greatness, a...
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_The evil bow before the good_ Giving honour to them, and supplicating
their favour and help; _and the wicked at the gates of the righteous_
As clients and petitioners are wont to wait at the houses o...
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V. 19. THE EVIL BOW BEFORE THE GOOD, humbling themselves as a result
of the punishment which they incurred for their sins, AND THE WICKED
AT THE GATES OF THE RIGHTEOUS, like beggars humbly praying for...
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BOW BEFORE THE GOOD; giving honour to them, and supplicating their
favour and help, either for supply of their wants, as being brought
low for their sins, or for counsel or comfort, or for their praye...
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Proverbs 14:19 evil H7451 bow H7817 (H8804) before H6440 good H2896
wicked H7563 gates H8179 righteous H6662
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THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH OVER FALSEHOOD AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OVER
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (PROVERBS 14:17).
The thought of truth against falsehood undergirds this subsection. It
commences with the fact that fools...
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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...
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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...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:19_
A LEVELLING LAW
I. THIS LAW IS NOW MANIFEST TO THE INNER LIFE OF THE WICKED. If a
wicked man has any sense of right and wrong, he is conscious of the
superiority o...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 3:12; Acts 16:39; Esther 7:7; Esther 7:8; Exodus 11:8;...
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The evil — Good men shall have the pre — eminency over the wicked....