Proverbs 15:11

Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? HELL AND DESTRUCTION (HEBREW, SHEOL AND ABADDON) (ARE) BEFORE THE LORD. "Destruction" - i:e., the place of destruction or damnation; Gehenna, as distinguished from Sheol or Hades the unseen world of departed spirits in general. Though unseen by our eyes, those dark abodes are plainly seen by God (; ; cf. ). "The angel of the bottomless pit" is called in Hebrew, "Abaddon;" in Greek, "Apollyon" (). HOW MUCH MORE THEN THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN OF MEN? Let not 'forsakers of the way' ...

Verse Proverbs 15:11. _HELL AND DESTRUCTION_] שאול ואבדון _sheol vaabaddon_. _Hades_, the invisible world, the place of separate spirits till the resurrection: and _Abaddon_, the place of _torment_; are ever under the eye and control of the Lord....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 15:1 A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and that answer should be gentle and conciliatory. This is tersely put in a mediaeval rhyme— "_Frangitur ira gravis_ _Quando est respensio suavis_." "Anger, however great, Is checked by answer sweet." Septuagint, "A submissive (ὑποπίπτουσα)_ _answer averteth wrath." Thus Abigail quelled the excessive anger of David by her judicious submission (1 Samuel 25:24, etc.). BUT GRIEVOUS WORDS STIR UP ANGER. A word that causes vexation makes anger rise the higher. Ὁργῆς ματαίας εἰσὶν

HELL AND DESTRUCTION [ARE] BEFORE THE LORD,.... Or "the grave" a, which is the pit of destruction; where bodies being put, putrefy, and are destroyed by worms: this is known by the Lord, even the grave of everyone from the beginning; the graves of Adam, Abel, Abraham; he knows where their dust lies, and will raise it up again at the last day. Hades, or the invisible state of the departed, as the Septuagint has it, is manifest before him; he knows where departed spirits are; what their condition and employment be; and so the place and state of the damned, known by the name of "hell"; and may be called "destruction", where soul and body are destroyed by the Lord with an everlasting destruction; and is the destruction which the broad way of sin leads unto. Now though we know not where this place is, who are there, and what the torments endured in it; yet all is before the Lord, and known to...

HELL Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5); (Job 26:6); (Psalms 139:8). _...

CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the question, What are the better things? A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievous words Proverbs 15:1. The tongue of the righteous which useth knowledge aright is better than the mouth of fools Proverbs 15:2. Better is the prayer of the upright than the sacrifice of the wicked Proverbs 15:8). Better is he that followeth after righteousness than the way of the wicked, for the one the Lord delights in, the other is an abomination Proverbs 15:9). Better is the heart that seeketh knowledge than to feed on fool

PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One (Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended conception of the sphere of God's government. Earlier Heb. religion regarded Sheol as outside the kingdom of God; there the dead do not praise or remember Him. We have also some more psychological proverbs dealing with the value of cheerfulness. PROVERBS 15:2. UTTERETH ARIGHT: paraphrase rather than translation, lit. makes good. Read drops (as Deuteronomy 32:2; Job 29:22), a more natural contrast to pours out in...

HELL. the grave. Hebrew. _Sheol._ App-35. CHILDREN. sons. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....

_Hell and destruction_ SHEOL AND ABADDON with "_The grave_," and "_Destruction_" in the marg. R.V. In their preface the Revisers explain that "with a view to obviate inevitable misunderstanding," they "have left in the historical narratives the rendering (of A.V.) -the grave," or -the pit," with a marginal note, -Heb. Sheol," to indicate that it does not signify the place of burial; while in the poetical writings they have put most commonly -Sheol" in the text, and -the grave" in the margin." In like manner, "Abaddon, which has hitherto been known to the English reader of the Bible only from the New Testament (Revelation 9:11), has been introduced in three passages (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11;...

TEXT Proverbs 15:1-11 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grevious word stirreth up anger. 2. The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly. 3. The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good. 4. A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit. 5. A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence. 6. In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. 7. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delig