Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 21:22
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.
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.
Verse Proverbs 21:22. _A WISE_ MAN _SCALETH THE CITY OF THE MIGHTY_] Wisdom is in many respects preferable to strength, even in the case of defence. See what skill does in the fortification and reduct...
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...
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...
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....
CASTETH DOWN. Illustrations: Joshua (Joshua 6:3; Joshua 8:4); wise woman (2 Samuel 20:16. Compare Ecclesiastes 9:13)....
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...
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...
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...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
STRENGTH OF THE CONFIDENCE THEREOF] the stronghold in which it trusted....
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....
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...
עִ֣יר גִּ֭בֹּרִים עָלָ֣ה חָכָ֑ם וַ֝ יֹּ֗רֶד ע
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...
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...
_Thereof. Nothing can resist, Matthew xii. 29., and Ecclesiastes ix. 16. (Calmet)_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Proverbs 21:22 wise H2450 scales H5927 (H8804) city H5892 mighty H1368 down H3381 (H8686) trusted H4009 strongh
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 20:16; Ecclesiastes 7:19; Ecclesiastes 9:13...
The strength — The strongest sorts to which the citizens trust....