Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Proverbs 16:30
Verse Proverbs 16:30. He shutteth his eyes to devise, c.] He meditates deeply upon ways and means to commit sin. He shuts his eyes that he may shut out all other ideas, that his whole soul may be in this.
Verse Proverbs 16:30. He shutteth his eyes to devise, c.] He meditates deeply upon ways and means to commit sin. He shuts his eyes that he may shut out all other ideas, that his whole soul may be in this.
The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat....
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....
_shutteth_ Or, _fixeth_, or _setteth firmly_, στηρίζων, LXX. He closes or fixes his eyes, as though in deep thought, and tightens his lips, as if to keep back words which he could utter. Comp. Proverb...
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 shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. HE SHUTTETH HIS EYES TO DEVISE FROWARD THINGS. Shutting the eyes is the sign of profound meditation, the min...
1-9. God's control of human life....
Read, 'he that shutteth his eyes (as if pondering deeply) does it to devise froward things: he that (scornfully) compresses his lips has brought evil to pass.' Slanderers and backbiters are meant....
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...
This man hardly says anything. But he has an evil plan. See Proverbs 6:12-15. The movements of his face are signals. You might be able to recognise his character if you watch his face. When this man...
HE SHUTTETH HIS EYES.... — By the movement of eyes and lips he gives the signal for mischief to his confederates. (Comp. Proverbs 6:13.)...
עֹצֶ֣ה עֵ֭ינָיו לַ חְשֹׁ֣ב תַּהְפֻּכֹ֑ות קֹרֵ֥ץ...
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...
(n) He shutteth his eyes to devise perverse things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. (n) With his whole endeavour he labours to bring his wickedness to pass....
_Lips. These motions indicate fury and pensiveness._...
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 SHUTTETH HIS EYES TO DEVISE FROWARD THINGS,.... Or "perverse" or "contrary things" r; he shuts his eyes, that his thoughts might not be disturbed and distracted by visible objects, but might be mor...
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. Ver. 30. _He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things._] Wicked men are great students; they beat their brai...
_A violent man_ Hebrew, _a man of violence_, that is, devoted to violent and injurious courses; _enticeth his neighbour_ Into a confederacy with him in his wicked practices; _and leadeth him into the...
V. 30. HE SHUTTETH HIS EYES, to keep away any good influence, TO DEVISE FROWARD THINGS, to meditate mischief and craftiness; MOVING HIS LIPS, HE BRINGETH EVIL TO PASS, the act or gesture of pressing t...
SHUTTETH HIS EYES, that his thoughts may be more free and intent to contrive mischief. MOVING HIS LIPS; which is the gesture, either, 1. Of one whose thoughts are deeply engaged. Or, 2. Of one that...
Proverbs 16:30 winks H6095 (H8802) eye H5869 devise H2803 (H8800) things H8419 purses H7169 (H8802) lips...
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...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:28. A WHISPERER, _i.e._, “a _backbiter_.” PROVERBS 16:30. MOVING, or _compressing_, indicating resolution, or _biting_, indicative of scorn and malice. MAIN HOMILETICS O...
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...
Isaiah 6:10; John 3:20; Micah 7:3; Matthew 13:15; Matthew 14:7;...
Shutteth — That his thoughts may be more intent. Moving — Which is the gesture of one whose thoughts are deeply engaged....