Proverbs 14:2

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. HE THAT WALKETH IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS FEARETH THE LORD: BUT HE THAT IS PERVERSE IN HIS WAYS DESPISETH HIM. Uprightness and piety are inseparable, as are also frowardness and godlessness. Each man's religion is to be estimated by its fruits in his life. He "despiseth" God who despiseth His Word: such a one shall be despised by God (; 2 Samuel 12:9; Malachi 1:6; )....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἐστὶ σώζειν οἰκίαν_._ "A good wife is the saving of a house." The versions render as above. A different pointing of the word translated "wise" (_chakhmoth_)_ _will give "wisdom" (_chokhmoth_)_, _which it seems best to read here, as the parallel to the abstract term "folly" in the second member. So we have, "Wisdom hath builded her house" (Proverbs 9:1; comp. Proverbs 1:20). Thus: "The wi

HE THAT WALKETH IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS FEARETH THE LORD,.... It is plain that the fear of the Lord is upon the heart and before the eyes of such that walk according to the word of God, with a sincere desire to glorify him; for it is by the fear of the Lord that men depart from evil, and because of that they cannot do what others do; and therefore when a man walks uprightly, and his conversation is in all holiness and godliness, it shows that the fear of God has a place in his heart, which influences his outward behaviour; BUT [HE THAT IS] PERVERSE IN HIS WAYS DESPISETH HIM; either God himself, whom the upright walker fears; for he that acts perversely, contrary to the law of God, or transgresses that, and goes out of the way, despises God the lawgiver, tramples upon his authority, stretches out his hand, and commits acts of hostility against him; and he that perverts the Gospel of Christ de...

FEARETH (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them” Proverbs 14:3. The foolish shoots forth his foolishness like a branch. Separation from the foolish man is commanded in the seventh verse. The wise cannot have fellowship with the foolish, as the believer is not to be yoked to the unbeliever. Fools make a mock at sin Proverbs 14:9). The word “sin” in the original means “trespass offering.” That is exactly what the foolish man does, including the religious fool; he denies both sin and the blessed provision God has made to deliver from the guilt and power of sin. But among the righteous, says

PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political and social character, while a group that might be called psychological appears for the first time (_e.g._ Proverbs 14:10; Proverbs 14:13, and in part Proverbs 14:30). The contrast between wisdom and folly, simplicity and prudence, also yields a fairly numerous group. PROVERBS 14:1. MT cannot be translated. Proverbs 14:1 a is p

THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HIS WAYS. It may mean Jehovah's ways: i.e. he who turns out of His ways becomes an apostate, like the "strange" woman....

The proverb maintains the intimate relation between piety and probity....

CHAPTER 14 TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. 3. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 4. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox. 5. A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies. 6. A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding. 7. Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. 8. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way;

14:2 perverted (d-13) See chs. 2.15; 3.32....