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Verse Proverbs 15:33. _THE FEAR OF THE LORD_] Proverbs 1:7. Much is
spoken concerning this _fear_;
1. It is the _beginning of_ _wisdom_.
2. It is also the _beginning of knowledge_. And,
3. It is th...
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THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM - i. e., The discipline that leads to
wisdom....
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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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WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2.
BEFORE HONOUR, &C. Illustrations: Joseph (Genesis 41:16; Genesis
41:39; Ge
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_of wisdom_ See Proverbs 15:31, note.
_before honour_&c. Comp. Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14....
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TEXT Proverbs 15:23-33
23.
A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth;
And a word in due season, how good is it!
24.
To the wise the way of life goeth upward,
That he may depart from Sheol beneat...
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The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour
is humility.
THE FEAR OF THE LORD (IS) THE INSTRUCTION (HEBREW, THE DISCIPLINE) OF
WISDOM - `the discipline' whereby "wisdom" is...
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15:33 discipline (e-7) Or 'instruction,' as ver. 32. see Note, ch.
1.2....
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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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Especially, we shall learn to be wise, if we respect God. Wisdom is
God’s gift to us. We must respect God. This is the first and most
important lesson in wisdom (Proverbs 1:7).
People want to receive...
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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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THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM. — Or, _a
discipline which leads to wisdom._ (Comp. Proverbs 1:7.)
BEFORE HONOUR IS HUMILITY. — Humility leads to it. (Comp. Luke
1:52.)...
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יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מוּסַ֣ר חָכְמָ֑ה וְ
לִ פְנֵ֖
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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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WORDS IN SEASON
Proverbs 15:18-33
Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper
which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said
to be nine-tenths of Christ...
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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 fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour
[is] (k) humility.
(k) Meaning, that God exalts no one but them that are truly humbled....
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REFLECTIONS.
READER! pause with me over the review of this chapter, and let us mark
together the improvements which an heart, taught by grace, can readily
make out of it. To an enlightened eye, which...
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A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger
appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of
thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh
a...
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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 FEAR OF THE LORD [IS] THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM,.... It is "the
beginning of wisdom", Proverbs 9:10; it leads unto it, instructs a man
in it; by means of it he attains to true spiritual and evange...
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The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour
[is] humility.
Ver. 33. _The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom._] _See
Trapp on "_ Pro 1:7 _"_
And before honour is...
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_The ear that heareth the reproof of life_ The man that hearkens to
and delights in that reproof and good counsel which lead to life;
_abideth among the wise_ He will thereby be made wise, and be este...
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V. 33. THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM, it offers
the training which leads to true wisdom; AND BEFORE HONOR IS HUMILITY,
that is, true humility will open the way to true honor, for G...
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IS THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM; doth instruct men in or lead them to
true wisdom; whence it is said to be the beginning of wisdom, PROVERBS
1:7, PROVERBS 9:10. BEFORE HONOUR IS HUMILITY, i. e. it is the...
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Proverbs 15:33 fear H3374 LORD H3068 instruction H4148 wisdom H2451
before H6440 honor H3519 humility H6038
fear -...
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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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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 15:25 These proverbs begin and end with a
contrast: THE LORD opposes the PROUD (v....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 15:33. INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM, rather a discipline of
wisdom,” or “a training to wisdom.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 15:31_
HOW TO GIVE AND TAKE REPROOF
I...
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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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1 Peter 5:5; James 4:10; Job 28:28; Luke 14:11; Philippians 2:5;...
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The instruction — Doth instruct men in true wisdom....