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Even in war, counsel does more than brute strength. So of the warfare
which is carried on in the inner battlefield of the soul. There also
wisdom is mighty to the “pulling down of strongholds” (2
Cori...
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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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CASTETH DOWN. Illustrations: Joshua (Joshua 6:3; Joshua 8:4); wise
woman (2 Samuel 20:16. Compare Ecclesiastes 9:13)....
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While asserting the superiority of skill to force in actual warfare
(comp. Joshua 8:3-29; Ecclesiastes 9:13-15), the proverb admits of
higher applications. Comp. 2 Corinthians 10:4, where as Dean Plum...
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TEXT Proverbs 21:21-31
21.
He that followeth after righteousness and kindness
Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
22.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,
And bringeth down the strengt...
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A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the
strength of the confidence thereof.
A WISE (MAN) SCALETH THE CITY OF THE MIGHTY, AND CASTETH DOWN THE
STRENGTH OF THE CONFIDENCE THER...
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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STRENGTH OF THE CONFIDENCE THEREOF] the stronghold in which it
trusted....
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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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A wise man is not afraid of strong men. He is wise, so he serves God.
Through his wisdom, he can even destroy a strong castle. Wisdom is
better than strength.
Solomon tells a similar story in Ecclesi...
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עִ֣יר גִּ֭בֹּרִים עָלָ֣ה חָכָ֑ם וַ֝
יֹּ֗רֶד ע
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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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A (k) wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the
strength of its confidence.
(k) Wisdom overcomes strength and confidence in worldly things....
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_Thereof. Nothing can resist, Matthew xii. 29., and Ecclesiastes ix.
16. (Calmet)_...
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He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness, and honour. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,
and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Are not the...
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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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A WISE [MAN] SCALETH THE CITY OF THE MIGHTY,.... Which makes good what
is elsewhere said, that "wisdom is better than strength", Ecclesiastes
9:16; and sometimes more is done by prudence and wisdom, b...
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A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the
strength of the confidence thereof.
Ver. 22. _A wise man scaleth the city of the miyhty._] Wisdom is that
το παγχρεστον, which is pro...
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_A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty_ Wisdom and policy are
ofttimes more considerable and powerful than strength; _and casteth
down the strength_, &c. The strongest forts, to which the citizens...
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V. 22. A WISE MAN SCALETH THE CITY OF THE MIGHTY, for a wise man will
find and suggest ways of taking even a strong fortress, defended by
numerous and strong warriors, Ecclesiastes 9:14, AND CASTETH D...
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A WISE MAN SEALETH THE CITY OF THE MIGHTY; wisdom and policy is
ofttimes more considerable and powerful than strength. THE STRENGTH OF
THE CONFIDENCE THEREOF; the strongest forts, to which the citizen...
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Proverbs 21:22 wise H2450 scales H5927 (H8804) city H5892 mighty H1368
down H3381 (H8686) trusted H4009 strongh
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:22_
A WISE MAN AND A MIGHTY CITY
I. THE CITY OF THE MIGHTY WILL NOT EASILY YIELD TO CONQUERORS. When a
fortress encloses within its walls many strong arms and stout he...
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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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2 Samuel 20:16; Ecclesiastes 7:19; Ecclesiastes 9:13...
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The strength — The strongest sorts to which the citizens trust....