George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 15:5
In abundant, &c. Is omitted in Hebrew, Chaldean, and many Greek and Latin copies. The same idea is expressed in the following verse.
In abundant, &c. Is omitted in Hebrew, Chaldean, and many Greek and Latin copies. The same idea is expressed in the following verse.
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...
A FOOL. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7. PRUDENT. Septuagint adds: "In abounding righteousness is great strength, but the ungodly will perish root and branch. ...
_is prudent_ Rather, BECOMETH PRUDENT, by "regarding reproof....
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 fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. A FOOL DESPISETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION - whether through carelessness, sloth, or love of pleasure or gain. 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 someone hates wisdom, then he hates instructions. He is angry if someone corrects him. A wise person learns from correction. He wants to know if he is wrong. Because he learns from correction, a w...
A FOOL (’_evîl_). — See above, on Proverbs 1:7....
אֱוִ֗יל יִ֭נְאַץ מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יו וְ שֹׁמֵ֖ר ת
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 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 FOOL DESPISETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION,.... They are fools that despise any instruction that is wise, good, and profitable; and especially a father's instruction, whose love, tender affection, and...
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. Ver. 5. A fool despiseth his father's instruction.] Heb., Entertains it with contumelious and opprobrious language...
_A fool despiseth_ Doth not regard nor obey; (which is an evidence of contempt;) _his father's instruction_ Who hath both love to him and authority over him, which greatly aggravates his folly; _but h...
V. 5. A FOOL DESPISETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION, he reveals his folly by refusing to be corrected; BUT HE THAT REGARDETH REPROOF, always willing to accept correction, IS PRUDENT, shows the proper disc...
A FOOL DESPISETH, doth not regard nor obey, which is an evidence of contempt, HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION; who hath both love to him, and authority over him; which greatly aggravates his folly. REPROOF;...
Proverbs 15:5 fool H191 despises H5006 (H8799) fathers H1 instruction H4148 receives H8104 (H8802) correction H8433 pr
WISE WORDS, REPROOF AND FIRM DISCIPLINE UPHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS, GIVING THEM SUITABLE REWARD, WHILST THE UNRIGHTEOUS REJECT REPROOF, AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES (PROVERBS 15:4). In this subsection there...
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. ⇐...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:5 The description of a FOOL who DESPISES HIS FATHER’S INSTRUCTION mirrors that of the foolish man who “despises his mother” (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:3. BEHOLDING, rather “watching,” “observing” (so Stuart, Miller, and Delitzsch). PROVERBS 15:4. WHOLE-SOME, “gentle,” “soft,” PERVERSENESS or “transgression,” A BREACH,...
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 Chronicles 22:11; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Samuel 2:23;...