Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD (IS) STRONG CONFIDENCE; AND HIS CHILDREN SHALL HAVE A PLACE OF REFUGE. "His" - i:e., the Lord's children ()....

Verse Proverbs 14:26. _IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD_ IS _STRONG CONFIDENCE_] From this, and from genuine Christian experience, we find that the _fear_ _of God_ is highly consistent with the _strongest confidence_ in his mercy and goodness....

HIS CHILDREN - Probably, the children whom the Lord adopts, and who are true to their adoption....

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

IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD [IS] STRONG CONFIDENCE,.... Such who fear the Lord may be confident that he has a love to them, a delight in them; that his eye is upon them, and his heart towards them; and will communicate every needful good to them, and protect and defend them: or the Lord himself that is feared, who is the object of fear, called the fear of Isaac, Genesis 31:42; he is a strong tower, a place of defence to those that fear him and trust in him, Proverbs 18:10; AND HIS CHILDREN SHALL HAVE A PLACE OF REFUGE; the children of God, as those that fear him are; the Lord is a place of refuge to them, from the avenger of blood, from the vindictive justice of God; from the storm and tempest of divine wrath, and from the curses of a righteous law; as well as from the rage and persecut

FEAR Also; ( Pro_15:16), (_ 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 FEAR OF THE LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7. STRONG CONFIDENCE. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 22:3; Hebrews 11:19); David (1 Samuel 30:6); Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Chronicles 32:8; 2 Chronicles 32:22); Shadrach and others (Daniel 3:17;...

_his_ i.e. the Lord's. Ewald and others render, _to his children_(who feareth Jehovah) _he_(Jehovah) _will be &c_. Comp. R.V. marg.: _the children of him_ THAT HATH IT (sc. the fear of the Lord) _shall have_, &c....