Proverbs 14:7

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. GO FROM THE PRESENCE OF A FOOLISH MAN, WHEN THOU PERCEIVEST NOT (IN HIM) THE LIPS OF KNOWLEDGE. So Michaelis. Maurer, after L. DeDieu, translates, 'Go so as to stand opposite a foolish man, and you will not perceive (discover) in him the lips of knowledge' - i:e., any knowledge proceeding from his lips. But the Hebrew particle, min (H4480), "from," implies removal to a distance [ mineged (H5048)] (Genesis 21:16; Psalms 31:22). Though the other sense is possible [ex enantias, ex adverso], ...

Verse Proverbs 14:7. _WHEN THOU PERCEIVEST NOT - THE LIPS OF KNOWLEDGE._] Instead of דעת _daath, knowledge_, several MSS. have שקר _sheker,_ _a lie_. How this reading came I cannot conjecture. The meaning of the adage is plain: Never associate with a vain, empty fellow, when thou perceivest he can neither _convey_ nor _receive_ instruction....

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

GO FROM THE PRESENCE OF A FOOLISH MAN,.... A wicked one; avoid him, shun his company, depart from him, have no fellowship with him, it, being dangerous, infectious, and hurtful; WHEN THOU PERCEIVEST NOT [IN HIM] THE LIPS OF KNOWLEDGE; when it is observed that his lips pour out foolishness, what is corrupt and unsavoury, unchaste and filthy; what does not minister grace to the hearers, nor is for the use of edifying, nor any ways improving in useful knowledge, but all the reverse: the Targum is, "for there is no knowledge in his lips,'' in what is expressed by them; some understand this ironically, and render the words thus, "go right against a foolish man" f; join in company with him, "and thou shalt not know the lips of knowledge", or learn anything by him; if you have a mind to be ignorant, keep company with a foolish man; so Jarchi and Gersom: or rather to this sense the words may...

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

FOOLISH. Hebrew. _kesil_. See note on Proverbs 1:7. Same word as in verses: Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 14:33. not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 14:3; Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs 1:17; Proverbs 1:18;...

_Go from … when thou perceivest not_ Rather, GO INTO … AND THOU SHALT NOT PERCEIVE, R.V. text. Take up your position, as it were, over against him, and contemplate him carefully, and weigh his words; and your first impression of him will be confirmed, "thou shalt not perceive" &c....

GO FROM THE PRESENCE OF A FOOLISH MAN— The LXX read, _All things are contrary to a foolish man; but wise lips are the arms of understanding._ We may, perhaps, read the passage thus: "Depart from the presence of a fool, and one who understands not, or regards not, the lips of knowledge." See Grey....

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;