Proverbs 19:3

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. THE FOOLISHNESS OF MAN PERVERTETH HIS WAY: AND HIS HEART FRETTETH AGAINST THE LORD. It is his own sinful foolishness that leads him in a perverse way, ending in calamity; but instead of laying the blame on himself, he frets against the Lord as the author of his calamities. Just as if one were, through carelessness, to stumble on a stone, and were to blame it for his hurt ()....

Verse Proverbs 19:3. _THE FOOLISHNESS OF MAN_] Most men complain of cross providences, because they get into straits and difficulties through the _perverseness of their ways_; and thus _they fret against_ _God_; whereas, in every instance, they are the causes of their own calamities. O how inconsistent is man!...

The non-wisdom which, having brought about disasters by its own perverseness, then turns round and “fretteth,” i. e., angrily complains against the Providence of God. PERVERTETH - Rather, “overturneth,” “maketh to fail.”...

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifies "poor" in opposition to "rich." In the present reading of the second clause, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool, there seems to be a failure in antithesis, unless we can understand the fool as a rich fool. This, the repetition of the maxim in Proverbs 28:6 ("Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich"), would lead one to admit. The Vulgate accordingly has, Quam dives torquem

THE FOOLISHNESS OF MAN PERVERTETH HIS WAY,.... The sinfulness of his heart and nature; the folly which is bound up in it causes him to go astray out of the way in which he should go, or makes things go cross with him; so that the ways he takes do not prosper, nor his schemes succeed; but everything goes against him, and he is brought into straits and difficulties; AND HIS HEART FRETTETH AGAINST THE LORD; laying all the blame on him; and ascribing his ill success, not to his own sin and folly, but to divine Providence, which works against him; and therefore frets and murmurs at him; and, instead of charging his own ways with folly, charges the ways of God with inequality; see Ezekiel 18:25....

CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about fretting against the Lord; warning against false witness and speaking lies and other matters. We call special attention to Proverbs 19:12 . _ The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion._ But his favour is as dew upon the grass. It may be applied to Him who is The Lamb of God and also the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Some day He will roar in His displeasure and manifest the wrath, so well deserved by the world. But even then His grace will be revealed, for in wrath He will remember mercy, the mercy promised to Israel. “I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth its roots as Lebanon”...

PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOOL: read rich, as in Proverbs 28:6. Proverbs 19:2 a. Both RV and RVm are unsound grammatically. The lit. rendering shows that the clause is defective, Also without knowledge of the soul. is not good. Some verb expressing action is required. Proverbs 19:2 b. sinneth: read _mg._ The idea is more haste less speed.

FOOLISHNESS. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 19:1; Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 1:29. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. PERVERTETH: or subverteth. FRETTETH AGAINST. is angry with. Illustrations: Adam (Genesis 3:12); Cain (Genesis 4:13;...

DISCOURSE: 799 THE SINFULNESS OF MURMURING AGAINST GOD Proverbs 19:3. _The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth against the Lord_. THE wickedness of the heart is deep and unsearchable. They who do not watch its motions, have no idea of its depravity; but they who diligently examine it may discover many evils, and by the light of God’s word attain considerable knowledge. The disposition mentioned in the text deserves special attention. We will, I. Illustrate the disposition here spoken of— The careless and ungodly world are ever ready to cast blame on God, 1. On account of their sins— [They give the rein to every evil thought and desire; they expose themselves to every kind of temptation; they lay innumerable stumbling-blocks in their own way; and thus become enslaved by vicious lusts and appetites: against these iniquities

CHAPTER 19 TEXT Proverbs 19:1-10 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2. Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. 3. The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah. 4. Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend. 5. A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape. 6. Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. 7. All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! 8. He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth under