George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 13:3
Hath. Hebrew, "who openeth his lips inconsiderately, is lost, Judges xi. 35. (Haydock)
Hath. Hebrew, "who openeth his lips inconsiderately, is lost, Judges xi. 35. (Haydock)
Verse Proverbs 13:3. _HE THAT KEEPETH HIS MOUTH KEEPETH HIS LIFE_] How often have the foolish, headstrong, and wicked, forfeited their lives by the _treasonable_ or _blasphemous_ words they have spoke...
CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the righteous, illust...
PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
_keepeth … keepeth_ Rather, GUARDETH … KEEPETH, R.V., the Heb. words being different. For the sentiment comp. Proverbs 10:19....
CHAPTER 13 TEXT Proverbs 13:1-9 1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke. 2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treachero...
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. HE THAT KEEPETH HIS MOUTH (CONSIDERING ABOUT WHAT, WITH WHOM, IN WHAT MANNER, PLACE, AND TIME,...
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
The times were out of joint: those alone were safe who said nothing....
Our words can place us in danger. Or our words can protect us. Our words can make evil plans. Or our words can encourage and help other people. We have a choice....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 13 V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions. Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of correction....
HE THAT KEEPETH HIS MOUTH KEEPETH HIS LIFE. — Comp. above, on Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 12:13....
נֹצֵ֣ר פִּ֭יו שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשֹׁ֑ו פֹּשֵׂ֥ק שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו...
CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he tha...
Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his...
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...
HE THAT KEEPETH HIS MOUTH KEEPETH HIS LIFE,.... He that keeps his mouth shut keeps it as with a bridle; keeps it from speaking things of other persons, particularly of such as are in high places, of k...
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Ver. 3. _He that keepeth his mouth._] As the guard keepeth the gates in a siege. God hath set a...
_A wise son_, &c. Houbigant translates this verse, _“A wise son regardeth the instruction of his father; but a son who is a scorner heareth not rebuke.” A man shall eat good_ Shall receive much comfor...
V. 3. HE THAT KEEPETH HIS MOUTH, that no evil, sinful speeches issue therefrom, KEEPETH HIS LIFE; BUT HE THAT OPENETH WIDE HIS LIPS, permitting the evil thoughts of his heart to issue in the form of m...
HE THAT KEEPETH HIS MOUTH, to wit, to the opening of it; who speaks sparingly, and with due care and caution; KEEPETH HIS LIFE; prevents many sins and mischiefs which others run into. _He that openeth...
Proverbs 13:3 guards H5341 (H8802) mouth H6310 preserves H8104 (H8802) life H5315 wide H6589 (H8802) lips...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
_A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth._ NATURAL RETALIATION Although the spirit and practice of retaliation are nowhere vindicated in Scripture, but everywhere explicitly and strongly conde...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 13:1 The present section of Proverbs 1:1 (Proverbs 10:1) began with a call to be a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 13:2. SHALL EAT, in the second clause, is supplied by the English translation. Many commentators render this clause “the delight of the ungodly is violence.” So Zöckler and...
EXPOSITION VERSE 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. PROVERBS 13:1 A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the scorner, the transgressor and the good man. A wise son hears his fa...
James 1:26; James 3:2; Matthew 12:36; Matthew 12:37; Proverbs 10:19;