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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 grievou...
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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 concepti...
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LOVETH NOT, &C. Illustrations: Ahab (2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Chronicles
17:4); the Jews (Amos 5:10); Pharisees (Luke 7:30); compare...
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_one that reproveth him_ Rather, TO BE REPROVED, R.V....
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TEXT Proverbs 15:12-22
12.
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;
He will not go unto the wise.
13.
A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;
But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
14.
T...
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1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other
pour in cold.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 15
V1 A quiet answer reduces anger.
But an impatient word increases anger....
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This person insults other people, because he is proud. Nobody can
correct him. He always thinks that he himself is right. He will not
ask for advice. He does not respect a wise person....
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A SCORNER. — See above on Proverbs 1:22....
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לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב ־לֵ֭ץ הֹוכֵ֣חַֽ לֹ֑ו אֶל
־חֲ֝כָמ
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CHAPTER 16
A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION
"A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up
anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.-
Proverbs 15:1
"A meek t...
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KIND WORDS AND GLAD HEARTS
Proverbs 15:1-17
_A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips
of the wise; the prayer of the upright_ -these keywords touch one of
the greatest depa...
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Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to
God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that
which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish
doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the
LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...
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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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A SCORNER LOVETH NOT ONE THAT REPROVETH HIM,.... He that makes a jest
of religion; scoffs at godliness and godly men; treats the Gospel and
the ministers of it with contempt; makes a mock at good men,...
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_A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto
the wise._
Ver. 12. _A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him._] Nay, he
"hateth those that reprove him in the gate," Amo 5:10...
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_Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way_ God's way,
emphatically called _the way_ here, as also Psalms 119:1, and
elsewhere. He abhors reproof, because it is a reproach to him, and
bec...
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V. 12. A SCORNER, one who makes it a point to mock at everything that
is holy, LOVETH NOT ONE THAT REPROVETH HIM, for his foolish pride
resents correction; NEITHER WILL HE GO UNTO THE WISE, because th...
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LOVETH NOT, i.e. hateth and avoideth it; for more is here understood
than is expressed, as it is PROVERBS 11:21, PROVERBS 12:3, and
elsewhere. NEITHER WILL HE GO UNTO, seek their company and
conversat...
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Proverbs 15:12 scoffer H3887 (H8801) love H157 (H8799) corrects H3198
(H8687) go H3212 (H8799) wise...
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WISE WORDS, REPROOF AND FIRM DISCIPLINE UPHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS, GIVING
THEM SUITABLE REWARD, WHILST THE UNRIGHTEOUS REJECT REPROOF, AND
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES (PROVERBS 15:4).
In this subsection there...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God,
neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
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Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the
tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable
turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing
primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s
providence.
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:12_
SELF-DESTROYED
I. THAT A SCORNER IS IN HOPELESS IGNORANCE. “Neither will he go unto
the wise.” If a thirsty man will not go to the river to which he has
free and e...
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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...
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Fifteen. I love this first one here.
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger
(Proverbs 15:1).
How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away
wrath. If...
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2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Timothy 4:3; Amos 5:10; Job 21:14; John 3:18;...