Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is (a) trouble.
(a) For though they have much yet it is full of trouble and care.
In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is (a) trouble.
(a) For though they have much yet it is full of trouble and care.
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...
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. TREASURE. Hebrew "strength", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the treasures procured by it. THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-...
TEXT Proverbs 15:1-11 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grevious word stirreth up anger. 2. The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly....
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. IN THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS (IS) MUCH TREASURE - (Hebrew, chosen,) literally, strength, wealth: bein...
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....
A good man has precious possessions. He cannot buy these possessions with money, and he cannot sell them. They are not physical objects, but they are real. They are things like wisdom and knowledge. T...
IN THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS MUCH TREASURE. — For God’s blessing (Proverbs 3:33) is upon it; while the wicked, from his recklessness in the pursuit of gain, brings trouble (Proverbs 15:27) upon hi...
בֵּ֣ית צַ֭דִּיק חֹ֣סֶן רָ֑ב וּ בִ תְבוּאַ֖ת
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...
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. The eyes of the LORD are in every pla...
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...
IN THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS [IS] MUCH TREASURE,.... God sometimes blesses the righteous with great riches, as he did Abraham; or, however, if they have but little, it is better than the riches of ma...
_In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble._ Ver. 6. _In the house of the righteous is much treasure._] Every righteous man is a rich man, whether...
_In the house of the righteous is much treasure_ “A truly just and merciful man is very rich, whether he have little or much, because he is well contented, and what he hath is likely to continue in hi...
V. 6. IN THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS MUCH TREASURE, such prosperity being the blessing of the Lord; BUT IN THE REVENUES OF THE WICKED IS TROUBLE, the income of the ungodly results in desolation; for...
HOUSE, or _family_; whereby he implies that it is not only enjoyed by him, but also left to his posterity. IN THE REVENUES OF THE WICKED IS TROUBLE: though he may obtain great revenues, yet they are a...
Proverbs 15:6 house H1004 righteous H6662 much H7227 treasure H2633 revenue H8393 wicked H7563 trouble H5916 (H8737
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. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:6. Miller translates the first clause, “The house of the righteous is great treasure” (see his Comment); REVENUE, rather “gain.” PROVERBS 15:7. DISPERSE; some translators...
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...
Ecclesiastes 4:6; Ecclesiastes 5:10; Hebrews 11:26; James 5:1;...
Revenues — Though he may obtain great revenues, yet they are attended with much trouble....