Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. THE LIPS OF THE WISE DISPERSE KNOWLEDGE - like good seed, wheresoever they can, assiduously and watchfully availing themselves of every opportunity to lead others to know the Lord. BUT THE HEART OF THE FOOLISH (DOETH) NOT SO. Their "heart" is faulty, and so their lips cannot speak aright. Maurer translates '(scattereth) not what is RIGHT' [ lo' (H3808) keen (H3651)]. The Chaldaic and Vulgate support the English version. If their lips speak knowledge at times, it is hypocritically, for the heart within is void of true knowledge. When the fountain-head is dry, how can the channels flow with waters of life? "The lips of the wise disperse the knowledge" which he has first treas...

NOT SO - The word translated “so” is taken by some in its etymological force as “strong,” “firm,” and the passage is rendered “the heart of the fool disperseth (supplied from the first clause) what is weak and unsteady,” i. e., “falsehood and unwisdom.” The Septuagint takes it as an adjective, “the heart of the fool is unstedfast.” The phrase as it stands in the King James Version is, however, of frequent occurrence Genesis 48:18; Exodus 10:11; Numbers 12:7....

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

THE LIPS OF THE WISE DISPERSE KNOWLEDGE,.... Scatter it about for the benefit of others; they are communicative and diffusive of it unto others, that fruit may abound to their account: so the first ministers of the Gospel diffused the savour of the knowledge of Christ and his Gospel in every place; their words went into all the earth, and their sound to the end of the world; and so every Gospel minister will speak according to the oracles of God, and according to the abilities and measure of the gift which he has received; and to the utmost of his power feeds souls with knowledge and understanding; BUT THE HEART OF THE FOOLISH [DOTH] NOT SO; does not disperse knowledge, for he has no solid substantial knowledge in him: or, "the heart of the foolish [is] not right" x; it is full of folly and wickedness: or "the heart of the foolish [does] not [disperse that which is] right" y; true and r...

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...

FOOLISH. Hebrew. _kesil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7....

doeth _not so_ So R.V. text, with the alternative in the marg. _is not stedfast_, or _right_. Maurer, however, renders (repeating _disperse_from the first clause) _that which is not right_; and compares the use of the same Heb. word, in the phrases, "thou hast well spoken," "speak right," "speak well:" Exodus 10:29; Numbers 27:7; Numbers 36:5....

THE LIPS OF THE WISE DISPERSE KNOWLEDGE— _The lips of the wise keep knowledge; not so the heart of fools._ Houbigant....

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