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Verse Proverbs 20:17. _BREAD OF DECEIT_ IS _SWEET_] Property acquired
by _falsehood, speculation_, c., without labour, is pleasant to the
unprincipled, slothful man but there is a _curse_ in it, and t...
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“To eat gravel” was a Hebrew Lamentations 3:16, and is an Arabic,
phrase for getting into trouble. So “bread,” got by deceit, tastes
sweet at first, but ends by leaving the hunger of the soul
unsatisf...
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CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT
Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found
mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if
applied to Solomon....
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PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs
20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self
characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought.
P...
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BREAD OF DECEIT. Bread gained by deceit. Genitive of Origin. See
App-17 (2).
BREAD. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for all kinds
of food.
DECEIT. lying. Hebrew. _sheker._ See note o...
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_Bread of deceit_ or _of falsehood_, R.V., i.e. bread (or whatever
else that word represents) gotten by dishonest and deceitful methods.
with _gravel_ Comp. Lamentations 3:16....
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BREAD OF DECEIT— _Bread gained by fraud._ Houbigant....
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TEXT Proverbs 20:11-20
11.
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,
Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Jehovah hath made even bot...
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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be
filled with gravel.
BREAD OF DECEIT - bread obtained by deceit (; ). If the Qeri'
reading, as in the English version, , be taken...
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1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man
sneer, quarrel and reel about....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts
at you.
If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
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A man eats a meal. His food tastes good and sweet. He enjoys the meal.
But suddenly, something is wrong. The meal tastes awful. He breaks his
teeth. His mouth is full of stones!
Evil actions are lik...
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עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭ † אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝...
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CHAPTER 21
IDLENESS
"After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in
the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4
WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is...
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“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN”
Proverbs 20:16-30
What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a
row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine
Nature ever bent...
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Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one
answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour.
Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou
shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the
buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There is...
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_HARD FARE_
‘Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall
he filled with gravel.’
Proverbs 20:17
There are instances in which a very little practice in evil will make
real wick...
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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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BREAD OF DECEIT [IS] SWEET TO A MAN,.... Which may be understood of
sin in general, which is bread to the sinner, he eats it: it is called
"the bread of wickedness", Proverbs 4:17; but it is but poor...
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_Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall
be filled with gravel._
Ver. 17. _Bread of deceit is sweet to a man._] Sin's murdering
morsels will deceive those that devour them...
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_Bread of deceit_ Gain or pleasure procured by unrighteous courses;
_is sweet to a man_ And the more sweet, because it is unlawfully
obtained; such pleasure doth the carnal mind take in the success of...
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V. 17. BREAD OF DECEIT IS SWEET TO A MAN, what he gains by such means
may seem pleasant and enjoyable to him at first; BUT AFTERWARDS HIS
MOUTH SHALL BE FILLED WITH GRAVEL, it will be most disagreeabl...
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BREAD OF DECEIT:
_ Heb._ bread of lying, or falsehood...
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BREAD OF DECEIT; gain or pleasure procured by unrighteous courses. HIS
MOUTH SHALL BE FILLED WITH GRAVEL; it shall be bitter and pernicious
at last, like gritty bread, which offends the teeth and stom...
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Proverbs 20:17 Bread H3899 deceit H8267 sweet H6156 man H376 afterward
H310 mouth H6310 filled H4390 (H8735) grav
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Proverbs 20:17
There are instances in which a very little practice in evil will make
real wickedness seem to one harmless, to another necessary, to another
almost satisfactory. This is what the wise p...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be
sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book
of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with
harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:13 These proverbs all relate to wealth.
Laziness leads to POVERTY (v. Proverbs 20:13). People will set a value
on something as
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 20:17. A MAN. The Hebrew word here used is the one which
denotes _a superior man_.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:17_
BAD BREAD
I. SOME GRATIFICATION IS TO BE OBTAINED FR...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 20:1
WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from
the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing
what men do under its influence. Thus...
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Into chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1).
He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next
week,...
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Ecclesiastes 11:9; Genesis 3:6; Genesis 3:7; Hebrews 11:25; Job 20:12