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Verse Proverbs 14:29. THAT IS _HASTY OF SPIRIT_] קצר רוח
_ketsar ruach_, "the short of spirit;" one that is easily irritated;
and, being in a passion, he is agitated so as to be literally _short
of b...
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EXALTETH FOLLY - Lifts it up, as it were, on high, and exposes it to
the gaze of all men....
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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 i...
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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 a...
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UNDERSTANDING. discernment. Hebrew. _tebunah._ See note on Proverbs
1:2.
HASTY OF SPIRIT. Illustrations: Rehoboam (1 Kings 12. Compare Proverbs
14:16, above); Jehoram ...
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_slow to wrath_ Comp. βραδὺς εἰς ὀργήν, James 1:19.
_exalteth_ The Heb. word may either mean, with A.V. and R.V. text,
_lifteth up_, i.e. gives it prominence, brings it into notice; or,
with R.V. mar...
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HE THAT IS SLOW TO WRATH, &C.— If we considered patience only as a
moral virtue, or as a gracious sobriety and temper in subduing and
regulating our affections and passions, as an absence of that ange...
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TEXT Proverbs 14:25-35
25.
A true witness delivereth souls;
But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.
26.
In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence;
And his children shall have a place of refu...
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1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
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EXALTETH FOLLY] i.e. exhibits. great folly....
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Patience is good. ‘Everyone should be quick to listen. Everyone
should be slow to speak. Everyone should be slow to become angry.’
(James 1:19) A patient person will learn many things. This is how he...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 14
V1 The wise woman builds her house.
The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
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HE THAT IS HASTY OF SPIRIT EXALTETH FOLLY — _i.e.,_ brings it into
view, or shows himself highly foolish. Or it may signify, “he takes
up and carries away folly as his portion,” as Proverbs 3:35 may b...
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אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם רַב ־תְּבוּנָ֑ה וּ
קְצַר ־ר
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CHAPTER 15
THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE
"The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10
"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
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Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in
the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man
is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
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He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the
poor, happy is he. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and
truth shall be to them that devise good. In all labour there i...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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[HE THAT IS] SLOW TO WRATH [IS] OF GREAT UNDERSTANDING,.... Or "long
in wrath" e; it is long before he is angry; he is longsuffering, bears
much and long, is very patient; such an one appears to under...
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Proverbs 14:29 _[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great
understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly._
Ver. 29. _He that is slow to anger is of great understanding._] "The
wisd...
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_He that is slow to wrath_, &c. He who is not soon provoked to anger
by reproaches or ill usage, shows himself to be a wise and great man;
_but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly_ Exposes his f...
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V. 29. HE THAT IS SLOW TO WRATH, he who is able to control himself,
who has himself well in hand at all times, IS OF GREAT UNDERSTANDING,
he will always have a clear mind to discriminate properly; BUT...
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HASTY OF SPIRIT:
_ Heb._ short of spirit...
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IS OF GREAT UNDERSTANDING; showeth great and true wisdom in conquering
his sinful and shameful passions. EXALTETH, Heb. _lifteth up_, like a
banner; makes it known and visible to all men....
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Proverbs 14:29 slow H750 wrath H639 great H7227 understanding H8394
impulsive H7116 H7307 exalts H7311 (H8688) fo
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YHWH IS A REFUGE AND A WELLSPRING OF LIFE TO HIS PEOPLE WHOSE GLORY IS
REVEALED, FIRSTLY, WHEN HIS PEOPLE ARE SELF-CONTROLLED AND SHOW
COMPASSION ON THE NEEDY AND SECONDLY, BY HIS PROVIDING THEM A REF...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and
high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
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Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1,
by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is
their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
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_He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding._
SINFUL ANGER
The scope of these words is to beat down sinful anger, a common evil,
producing much mischief. In them there is--
1. The excellenc...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:28 Verses Proverbs 14:28 and Proverbs
14:35, both of which concern a...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:29_
GREAT UNDERSTANDING
I. THERE ARE TIMES AND OCCASIONS WHEN WRATH IS NOT ONLY ALLOWABLE, BUT
RIGHT. A man who is incapable of being angry lacks an element of
perfect...
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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.
Γυναι...
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Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil.
Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1)
And wise and foolish contrasted always, too.
Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1):
She takes care...
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1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 13:5; Daniel 3:19; Ecclesiastes
10:6;...
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Exalteth — Heb. lifteth up, like a banner, makes it known and
visible to all men....