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CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT
In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times.
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of
water: He turne...
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PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of
Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia,
which could be diverted in any direction at will.
Proverbs 21:4....
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MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.
PONDERETH. weigheth, and thus testeth. See all the occurrences of
_takan,_ to poise, 1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Kings 12:11 ("told"). Job 28:25.
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Repeated almost exactly from Proverbs 16:2....
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CHAPTER 21
TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10
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The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
2.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jeho...
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts.
EVERY WAY OF A MAN IS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES: BUT THE LORD PONDERETH
THE HEARTS - the inward motives (, note)....
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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We might think that we are always right. But God knows our real
intentions....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 21
V1 A king is like a canal that God controls.
God leads the king in the way that God decides....
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EVERY WAY OF A MAN IS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES. — See above, on
Proverbs 16:2....
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כָּֽל ־דֶּרֶךְ ־אִ֭ישׁ יָשָׁ֣ר בְּ
עֵינָ֑יו ו
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CHAPTER 22
WINE
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17
THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb
in...
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Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where
that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud
heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD
than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowi...
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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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EVERY WAY OF A MAN [IS] RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES,.... This is repeated,
from Proverbs 16:2; for the confirmation of it; and that it might be
observed and taken notice of, and men be brought under a convi...
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Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts.
Ver. 2. _Every way of a man is right in his own eyes._] _See Trapp on
"_ Pro 16:2 _"_ Such is our sinful self-love, t...
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_Every way of a man_, &c. See on Proverbs 16:2, where this same thing
was declared. _To do justice and judgment_ The conscientious
performance of all our duties to men; _is more acceptable to the Lord...
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V. 2. EVERY WAY OF A MAN IS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES, he is inclined to
self-satisfaction, which may lead him astray; BUT THE LORD PONDERETH
THE HEARTS, He weighs them and thus determines the direction w...
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This was said PROVERBS 16:2, where it is explained, and is here
repeated, either for the great importance and usefulness of it, or
because he perceived that the Israelites were very prone to
self-dece...
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Proverbs 21:2 way H1870 man H376 right H3477 eyes H5869 LORD H3068
weighs H8505 (H8802) hearts H3826...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find
righteousness, honor and life.
KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5).
STRONG VERSES: P...
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Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the
rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is
probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:1 Like Proverbs 20:22, this section has
three proverbs on divine judgment followed by a fourth proverb that is
related but does not explicitly mention the Lord. God
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 21:1. RIVERS OF WATER. Rather _streams_, the allusion being
to the watercourses, which in hot countries intersect fields and
gardens for the purpose of irrigation, in which...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 21:1
THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER.
We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these
are altogether under the gardener's...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31.
Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares:
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
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1 Samuel 16:7; Galatians 6:3; James 1:22; Jeremiah 17:10; John 2:24;...