George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 15:1
Fury. This was seen in Nabal and Roboam, while Gideon and Abigail shewed the good effects of a mild answer, Judges viii. 1., and 1 Kings x. 25., and 3 Kings xii. 11.
Fury. This was seen in Nabal and Roboam, while Gideon and Abigail shewed the good effects of a mild answer, Judges viii. 1., and 1 Kings x. 25., and 3 Kings xii. 11.
CHAPTER XV _The soft answer. Useful correction. Stability of the righteous._ _The contented mind. The slothful man. The fool. The covetous._ _The impious. The wicked opposed to the righteous; to th...
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...
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...
TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Illustrations: Aaron (Leviticus 10:16); Reubenites (Joshua 22:15); Gideon (Judges 8:1.Judges 15:18;...
_grievous words_ More exactly, A GRIEVOUS WORD, R.V....
A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH— Lord Bacon applies this aphorism particularly to a man's behaviour towards a prince or other great person, when he is angry with him. Solomon advises two things in th...
TEXT Proverbs 15:1-11 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grevious word stirreth up anger. 2. The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly....
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. A SOFT ANSWER - like oil soothing the pain of a wound (; ). BUT GRIEVOUS WORDS STIR UP ANGER - lit, 'make it to ascend,' like a...
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....
If we choose our words carefully, then we will get a good reaction. When we tell people about God, we should be polite. We should not use angry words. These will upset people. However, sometimes, we...
מַֽעֲנֶה ־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּ דְבַר ־ע֝
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...
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...
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...
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. The eyes of the LORD are in every pla...
_THE POWER OF A SOFT ANSWER_ ‘A soft answer turneth away wrath.’ Proverbs 15:1 I. IT IS A VERY HARD THING TO LIVE THOUGH A MONTH WITHOUT BEING UNKIND OR ANGRY.—Calm and sweet tempers are rare; and...
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...
A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH,.... Mild words, gentle expressions, delivered with kindness and tenderness, humility and submission; these will work upon a man's passions, weaken his resentments, an...
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Ver. 1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._] It is easier to stir strife than to stint it. Hard to hard, will never do; but lay a f...
_A soft answer_, &c. A mild, submissive, and yielding answer to him who severely chides, or reproves, _turns away wrath_ And prevents the further progress of it. The word מענה, here rendered _answer_,...
V. 1. A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH, a word spoken in gentleness when people are about to fly into a passion, IS LIKE OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS; BUT GRIEVOUS WORDS, such as are offensive and violent,...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 15 A SOFT, mild or gentle, answer, which may imply a foregoing charge or accusation, although the word is and may be rendered _speech or discourse_, turneth away wrath from the speake...
Proverbs 15:1 soft H7390 answer H4617 away H7725 (H8686) wrath H2534 harsh H6089 word H1697 up H5927 ...
Proverbs 15:1 I. It is a very hard thing to live through a month without being unkind or angry. Calm and sweet tempers are rare; and perhaps we may say, without disparaging their value or their beauty...
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...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s providence. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:1. GRIEVOUS, “bitter,” “trying,” STIR UP; lit., “make to ascend,” like a flame fanned by bellows (Fausset). PROVERBS 15:2. USETH KNOWLEDGE ARIGHT, rather “makes knowledge...
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...
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...
1 Kings 12:13; 1 Samuel 25:10; 1 Samuel 25:11; 1 Samuel 25:21;...