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Verse Proverbs 11:25. _THE LIBERAL SOUL SHALL BE MADE FAT_] He who
gives to the distressed, in the true spirit of charity, shall get a
hundred fold from God's mercy. How wonderful is the Lord! He give...
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LIBERAL SOUL - literally, “the soul that blesses,” i. e., gives
freely and fully. The similitudes are both of them essentially
Eastern. Fatness, the sleek, well filled look of health, becomes the
figu...
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CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED
The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the
wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for
instruction. In the second v...
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PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found
in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group
(Proverbs 11:2;...
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SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
MADE FAT. enriched. Illustrations: widow (1 Kings 17:10, &c);
Shunammite (2 Kings 4:8; 2 Kings 4:37); Publius ...
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_The liberal soul_ Lit. THE SOUL OF BLESSING (ψυχὴ
εὐλογουμένη, LXX.); the soul that is ready to benefit and
bless in will and deed. Comp. "a blessing" = "a gift," 2 Kings 5:15,
and ὁ σπείρων ἐπʼ εὐλο...
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DISCOURSE: 777
CHRISTIAN LIBERALITY ENCOURAGED
Proverbs 11:25. _The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that
watereth shall be watered also himself_.
IF only we be careful to divest our statements...
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TEXT Proverbs 11:22-31
22.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,
So is a fair woman that is without discretion.
23.
The desire of the righteous is only good;
But the expectation of the wicked is...
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The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.
THE LIBERAL SOUL SHALL BE MADE FAT; AND HE THAT WATERETH SHALL BE
WATERED ALSO HIMSELF. So far from THE LIBER...
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A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his
delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all
fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
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11:25 soul (o-3) Lit. 'The blessing soul.'...
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 11
V1 God hates false measurements.
God loves honest measurements.
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There are many generous people who have great wealth. God has provided
for them, so they provide for other people by their money. Then God
provides the giver with more wealth, so that they can give ev...
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נֶֽפֶשׁ ־בְּרָכָ֥ה תְדֻשָּׁ֑ן וּ֝
מַרְוֶ֗ה גַּם...
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CHAPTER 12
GOODNESS
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6
"An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes
right in his way is the abomination of t...
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Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the
condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the
expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
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The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse
him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it...
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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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THE LIBERAL SOUL SHALL BE MADE FAT,.... Or, "the soul of blessing" c:
that is, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the soul which
blesseth"; not that merely prays for a blessing upon others, and...
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The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself.
Ver. 25. _The liberal soul shall be made fat._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat
5:7 _"_ and my "Common Place of Alms....
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_There is that scattereth_ That giveth liberally of his goods to the
poor; for so the word פזר, here used, signifies, Psalms 112:9; _and
yet increaseth_ Through God's secret blessing on his estate; _a...
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V. 25. THE LIBERAL SOUL SHALL BE MADE FAT, being rewarded with
blessings from the Lord; AND HE THAT WATERETH SHALL BE WATERED ALSO
HIMSELF, that is, God will reward with a corresponding refreshing him...
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THE LIBERAL SOUL:
_ Heb._ the soul of blessing...
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10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but
the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very
careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
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THE LIBERAL SOUL, Heb. _the soul of blessing_; that man who is a
blessing to others, who blesseth them, i.e. doeth good to them, as
blessing is oft used for a gift, as Genesis 33:11 1 Samuel 25:27 2
C...
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Proverbs 11:25 generous H1293 soul H5315 rich H1878 (H8792) waters
H7301 (H8688) watered H3384 (H8686)...
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GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT WILL BRING BLESSING AND PLENTY, BUT NIGGARDLINESS
WILL BRING WANT AND CURSING (PROVERBS 11:24).
We now have three proverbs in a minimal chiastic form which deal with
the question...
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LIBERAL SOUL
See ( 2Co_ 9:6-10)....
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Proverbs 11:25
I. The theory can be submitted to a practical test.
II. All true getting is based upon true giving.
III. Self-care is self-defeat. We must work for others if we would be
truly blesse...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them
we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
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Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A
dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be
but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
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_The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself._
THE WATERER WATERED
The general principle is, that in living for the good of others, we
shall be profited als...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:23 The ultimate destinies of the WICKED
and the RIGHTEOUS (e.g., vv. Proverbs 11:23 and...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 11:25. LIBERAL SOUL, “the soul of blessing,” _i.e._,
“the soul that blesses others.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 11:24_
THE LIBERAL AND THE NIGGARDLY MAN...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter.
Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of
wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to
the next. S...
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Isaiah 32:8; Isaiah 58:7; Job 29:13; Job 31:16; Matthew 25:34;...
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Fat — Shall be enriched both with temporal and spiritual blessings....