Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 19:8
He that getteth wisdom (b) loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
(b) He that is upright in judgment finds favour from God.
He that getteth wisdom (b) loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
(b) He that is upright in judgment finds favour from God.
WISDOM - literally, as in the margin, to gain a “heart,” i. e., the higher faculties both of reason and feeling, is identical with gaining wisdom, i. e., the faculty which seeks and finds....
CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about frett...
PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOO...
WISDOM. Hebrew "heart", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the understanding. See note on Proverbs 1:2. UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew. _btnah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2....
_wisdom_ Heb., A HEART. Comp. Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 9:4; Job 12:3; Job 34:10; in all which places the Heb. word rendered _understanding_is the same as her
CHAPTER 19 TEXT Proverbs 19:1-10 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2. Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;...
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. HE THAT GETTETH WISDOM (LITERALLY, HEART) LOVETH HIS OWN SOUL - (.)...
19:8 sense (k-4) See chs. 15.32; 17.18....
1. FOOL] read, 'rich' (Proverbs 28:6)....
Wisdom is a good thing. If you are wise, then you will benefit from your wisdom. Wisdom improves your whole life. Learn to be wise! Wisdom is better than wealth or fame. Nothing is better than wisdom,...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 19 V1 A man may be poor but he still remains honest. He is better than the fool, whose words are false....
HE THAT GETTETH WISDOM. — Literally, _heart._ For that “wisdom,” or “knowledge,” that begins with the “fear of the Lord” (see above on Proverbs 1:7), and ends with loving Him, is not a matter of intel...
קֹֽנֶה ־לֵּ֭ב אֹהֵ֣ב נַפְשֹׁ֑ו שֹׁמֵ֥ר תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה...
CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb in th...
Verse Proverbs 19:7. This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been lost...
_Mind. Hebrew, "heart," intelligence, chap. xv. 32. --- Loveth. This does not contradict the gospel; (John xii. 25.) as those who refrain from what the soul would crave to its own detriment, truly lov...
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinne...
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 THAT GETTETH WISDOM LOVETH HIS OWN SOUL,.... Wisdom and knowledge in things natural and civil; and especially in things divine, spiritual, and evangelical; particularly he that gets Christ, the Wis...
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. Ver. 8. _He that getteth wisdom._] Heb., He that getteth, or possesseth a heart; for we are born brutes, and...
_He that getteth wisdom_ That takes pains, and labours to get knowledge, grace, and acquaintance with God; _loveth his own soul_ Or, loveth himself, because he procures great and lasting, yea, everlas...
V. 8. HE THAT GETTETH WISDOM, proper understanding and common sense, LOVETH HIS OWN SOUL, for this love is demonstrated and proved by the acquiring of wisdom; HE THAT KEEPETH UNDERSTANDING SHALL FIND...
WISDOM: _ Heb._ an heart...
LOVETH HIS OWN SOUL, or _loveth himself_, because he procures great good to his soul, or to himself, as it follows; as sinners, on the contrary, are said to _hate their souls_, PROVERBS 29:24, because...
Proverbs 19:8 gets H7069 (H8802) wisdom H3820 loves H157 (H8802) soul H5315 keeps H8104 (H8802) understanding...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If we keep God's Word, God's Word will keep us from all things that are really hurtful. Those who despise the ways of His W...
Proverbs 19:1. _Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,_ in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of me...
_He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul _ ON GETTING AND KEEPING WISDOM The way of getting this wisdom is to be sensible of our need of it; to trust in Him to whom all the treasures of wisdom an...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 19:5 Verses Proverbs 19:5 and Proverbs 19:9 begin and end this section with virtual
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 19:5. SPEAKETH LIES, rather “_whose breath is lies_.” PROVERBS 19:6. THE PRINCE, rather “the noble or generous man.” It seems to refer to one of rank, who is also of a bene...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifie
Better is the poor that walks in his integrity [or in honesty], than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with...
1 Peter 3:10; Ezekiel 36:26; John 12:25; John 14:21; Proverbs 16:20;...