Proverbs 21:16

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. THE MAN THAT WANDERETH OUT OF THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING (I:E., TRUE RELIGION; CF. JUDE 1:11 ; 2 PETER 2:20 ) SHALL REMAIN IN THE CONGREGATION OF THE DEAD - the lost (Proverbs 9:18). "The dead," Hebrew, rªpaa'iym (H7496): a term applied to the giant rebels against God in Genesis 6:4; note, Job 26:5;...

Verse Proverbs 21:16. _The man_ once enlightened, _that wandereth out of the_ _way of understanding_, in which he _had_ walked, _shall remain_ - have a permanent residence - _in the congregation of the dead_; רפאים rephaim, the lost; either separate spirits in general, or rather the _assembly of separate spirits_, which had fallen from primitive rectitude; and shall not be restored to the Divine favour; particularly those sinners who were destroyed by the deluge. This passage intimates that those called _rephaim_ are in a state of conscious existence. It is difficult to assign the true meaning of the word in several places where it occurs: but it seems to mean the state of separate spirits, i.e., of those separated from their bodies, and awaiting the judgment of the great day: but the _congregation_ may also include the _fallen angels_. My old...

CONGREGATION OF THE DEAD - The Rephaim (compare the Proverbs 2:18 note). REMAIN - i. e., “He shall find a resting place, but it shall be in Hades.”...

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 21:1 THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's control, so the heart of the king, who might seem to have no superior, is directed by God. HE TURNETH IT WHITHERSOEVER HE WILL. By hidden influences and providential arrangements God disposes the monarch to order his government so as to carry out his designs, to spread around joy and plenty. The system of irrigation signified in this passage is still to be seen in Eastern lands. "Flower beds and gardens of herbs are always made at a little lower level than the surrounding ground, and are divided into small squares, a slight edging of earth banking the whole round on each side. Water is then let in, and floods the entire sur

THE MAN THAT WANDERETH OUT OF THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING,.... The way of getting understanding, the good ways and word of God; that wanders from the house of God, the assembly of the saints, where the Gospel is preached, and the ordinances are administered; that, instead of attending on them, where he might gain the understanding of divine and spiritual things, wanders about in the fields, gets into bad company, walks with them in their ways, and turns to his own, as a sheep that goes astray: he SHALL REMAIN IN THE CONGREGATION OF THE DEAD; among those that are spiritually dead, dead in trespasses and sins; such an one he himself is, and such he is like to continue, and not be written among the living in Jerusalem; or among those who die the second and eternal death, among the damned in hell; so Jarchi interprets it of the congregation of hell; and a large congregation that will be, but d...

CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will” Proverbs 21:1). The rivers of water are “water-courses,” the irrigation system known to the ancients, opening and shutting sluices directed the flow of the waters. Thus the Lord governs the king's heart as He directs the affairs of men. The Lord pondereth the hearts Proverbs 21:2). The same truth is stated in Proverbs 16:2; self-justification suits the natural man but the Lord testeth all hearts. How well it is to remember in all our conduct, that truth, so comforting to the believer, expr

PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4. Apparently two unconnected lines belonging to different couplets. A connexion can be established only by forced exegesis. The Heb. is lit. lofty of look and arrogant of heart, the tillage of the wicked is sin. RV lamp for tillage depends on a different pointing, but does not improve the sense. Proverbs 21:6. Lit. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue (is) a driven breath, seekers of death. RV clearly inserts more than the text warrants to make sense of...

MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. CONGREGATION. assembly. DEAD. the Rephaim, who have no resurrection. See note on "deceased" and "dead" in Isaiah 26:14; Isaiah 26:19, and App-25....

_remain_ Rather, REST; find his resting-place, the end of his wanderings, among the dead (Heb. Rephaim. See Proverbs 9:18 note). ἐν συναγωγῇ γιγάντων ἀναπαύσεται, LXX....

THE MAN THAT WANDERETH, &C.— _He who deviates from the way of religion, shall remain in the congregation of the Rephaim:_ His lot shall be among those wicked souls hereafter; i.e. in the depths of _sheol_ [_hell_], or the lowermost or most wretched parts of it; where the lewd and dissolute go, as he hath told us, chap. Proverbs 9:18. See Peters on Job, p. 363....