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People need to be warned against an unjust acquittal, no less than
against unjust condemnation. The word “justifieth” has its
forensic sense, “to declare righteous,” to acquit....
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CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS
Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a
few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the
LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
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PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to
a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes
(Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
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JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED, &C. Illustrations: the counsellors (Ezra 4:1);
Tertullus (Acts 24:1); Ahab and Jezebel (1 Kings 21:5). Note the
Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). _Mazdik rasha' umarshia'...
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Comp. Isaiah 5:23....
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TEXT Proverbs 17:11-19
11.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his fo...
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17:15 wicked, (d-5) righteous, (d-11) The words are in the singular
and characteristic; and so in ch. 18.5....
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1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the
festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was
accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
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Judges should make fair decisions. We all must be honest.
A judge should not accept a bribe (secret gift). He should not follow
his own feelings and emotions. He should listen to the evidence. He
sho...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 17
V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place.
But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there
are arguments....
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HE THAT JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED — _i.e.,_ acquits. The perversion of
justice was a fruitful source of evil in Israel, and a constant topic
of reproach in the mouth of the prophets (1 Samuel 8:3; Psalms...
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מַצְדִּ֣יק רָ֭שָׁע וּ מַרְשִׁ֣יעַ
צַדִּ֑יק תֹּועֲבַ֥ת...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to h...
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CHAPTER 18
FRIENDSHIP
"A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for
adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of
the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
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Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this
proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that
of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
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_God. We ought to suspend our judgment, or incline to the more
favourable side, Matthew vii. 1., and Romans ii. 1._...
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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
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_‘ARCADES AMBO’_
‘He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the Lord.’
Proverbs 17:15
These words may serve to show us that our estimate of o...
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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 JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED, AND HE THAT CONDEMNETH THE JUST,....
That absolves and clears the guilty, and pronounces him righteous in
open court, where he stands arraigned, accused, and the fact pr...
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He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even
they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
Ver. 15. _He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the
just, &c._] To wrong...
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_He that justifieth the wicked_ That acquitteth him as innocent by a
judicial sentence, or otherwise approveth or commendeth his evil
practices; _and he that condemneth the just_ Or, contributes to hi...
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V. 15. HE THAT JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED, AND HE THAT CONDEMNETH THE JUST,
with an utter disregard of the demands of justice, EVEN THEY BOTH ARE
ABOMINATION TO THE LORD, God regards either case with equal...
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THAT JUSTIFIETH; that acquitteth him as innocent by a judicial
sentence, or otherwise approveth or commendeth his evil practices; by
which we may easily understand what it is to condemn the just....
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Proverbs 17:15 justifies H6663 (H8688) wicked H7563 condemns H7561
(H8688) just H6662 Both H8147 abomination H8441
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THE FOLLIES OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:8).
The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and
this now leads on to consideration of the activities of fools (kesil)
(Proverbs 17:21 vi...
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Proverbs 17:15
These words may serve to show us that our estimate of other men is a
matter of very solemn responsibility in God's sight.
I. I will first insist on the general duty of conscientiousnes...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is
silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech.
KEY W...
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Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See
Proverbs 15:17.
Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or
crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
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_He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even
they both are abomination to the Lord._
OUR ESTIMATE OF OTHER MEN
We may regard such an estimate from three points of view: in it...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections
of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:15_
I. A PRESENT INVERSION OF MORAL ORDER. There is an established law, by
which things spiritual are governed as well as things material
According to this law, punishm...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 17:1
(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
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Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of
sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1).
Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in
that economy the of the Judai...
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1 Kings 21:13; Amos 5:12; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; Exodus 23:7;...