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Verse Proverbs 14:6. _A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM_] I believe the
_scorner_ means, in this book, the man that _despises_ the _counsel of
God_; the _infidel_. Such may _seek wisdom_; but he never can find...
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FINDETH IT NOT - literally, there is none. The successful pursuit of
wisdom presupposes at least earnestness and reverence. The scoffer
shuts himself out from the capacity of recognizing truth....
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CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR
The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the
poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the
foolish i...
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PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this
section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in
number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
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SEEKETH. every scorner hath sought repeatedly. Note the past tense.
AND FLNDETH IT NOT. Illustrations: the Pharisees (John 9:29. Compare
Pro 7:52, and 1 Corinthians 2:14); Jews (Acts 13:41;...
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findeth it _not_ Lit. AND IT IS NOT (_there_)! Only to the lowly and
reverent does Wisdom reveal herself. Comp. Matthew 11:25....
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A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM, &C.— He that comes to seek after
knowledge, says Lord Bacon, with a mind to scorn and censure, shall be
sure to find matter enough for his humour, but none for instruction;
o...
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CHAPTER 14
TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12
1.
Every wise woman buildeth her house;
But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
2.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah;
But he that i...
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A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy
unto him that understandeth.
A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM, AND (FINDETH IT) NOT: BUT KNOWLEDGE (IS)
EASY (HEBREW, AN EASY THING) UNTO...
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1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 14
V1 The wise woman builds her house.
The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
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Knowledge is not difficult to find. It is everywhere. Honest people
will tell their knowledge to us (as in verse 5). The Bible will teach
God’s knowledge to us. Many other books will teach human knowl...
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A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM, AND FINDETH IT NOT. — Because “God
resisteth the proud” (1 Peter 5:5), and none can give wisdom but He
who alone has it (1 Corinthians 2:11); but He teaches him that
“feareth...
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בִּקֶּשׁ ־לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָ אָ֑יִן וְ
דַ֖עַת
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CHAPTER 15
THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE
"The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10
"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
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Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in
the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man
is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
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_Not. Because they seek it ill, like the pagan sages. Septuagint,
"thou shalt seek wisdom among the wicked, and shalt not find it," &c._...
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A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy
unto him that understandeth. Go from the presence of a foolish man,
when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. The wisdo...
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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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A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM, AND [FINDETH IT] NOT,.... So the scornful
Greeks, that scoffed at the plainness and simplicity of the Gospel,
sought natural wisdom, and thought they found it, and professed...
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A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is]
easy unto him that understandeth.
Ver. 6. _A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not._] Or, He
seeketh wisdom, and he seeketh it...
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_A scorner_ A proud, self-conceited, and profane person; _seeketh
wisdom and findeth it not_ Because he doth not seek it aright, namely,
sincerely, earnestly, and seasonably, and in a constant and dil...
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A SCORNER; a proud, self-conceited, and profane person. FINDETH IT
NOT, because he doth not seek it aright, to wit, sincerely, and
earnestly, and seasonably, and in a constant and diligent use of all...
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Proverbs 14:6 scoffer H3887 (H8801) seeks H1245 (H8765) wisdom H2451
knowledge H1847 easy H7043 (H8738) understand
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THE ONE WHO FEARS YHWH WALKS IN UPRIGHTNESS, IS PRESERVED BY WHAT HE
SAYS, ENJOYS PROSPERITY, IS A TRUE WITNESS AND EASILY COMES TO
UNDERSTANDING (PROVERBS 14:2).
The one who fears YHWH walks in uprig...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and
high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
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Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1,
by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is
their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
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_A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not._
SECULARISM
It is the constant profession of those who reject the Bible that they
are seeking truth. They seek wisdom and do not find it. They want the...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:5 A person’s character is shown
through his speech.
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:6_
SEEKING, BUT NOT FINDING
I. A CONTRADICTORY CHARACTER—A SCORNER IN QUEST OF WISDOM. It would
be strange to hear a man ask advice of a physician whose opinion he
hel...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 14:1
EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their
household matters and their families; they have an important
influence, and exercise it beneficially.
Γυναι...
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Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil.
Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1)
And wise and foolish contrasted always, too.
Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1):
She takes care...
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1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Peter
3:3;...
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Findeth it not — Because he doth not seek it aright. That
understandeth — That is honest and pious....