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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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UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew. _binah_ (Proverbs 1:2). Same word as in
Proverbs 15:21, but not in Proverbs 15:32.
SEEKETH KNOWLEDGE. Illustrations: Solomon ...
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_seeketh … feedeth on_ The one delights in the active pursuit of
knowledge, which ever creates in those who find it a craving for more;
the other lies down like a satiated animal, and feeds and rumina...
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TEXT Proverbs 15:12-22
12.
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;
He will not go unto the wise.
13.
A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;
But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
14.
T...
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The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the
mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
THE HEART OF HIM THAT HATH UNDERSTANDING SEEKETH KNOWLEDGE. "The
heart," because such a o...
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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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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 15
V1 A quiet answer reduces anger.
But an impatient word increases anger....
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Both a fool and a wise man have important desires. The wise man wants
more knowledge. The fool wants foolish things. By ‘fool’, Solomon
means someone who hates wisdom. For a fool, this is like his nee...
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לֵ֣ב נָ֭בֹון יְבַקֶּשׁ ־דָּ֑עַת
_וּ_†_פִ֥י_† כְ֝סִילִ֗ים...
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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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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...
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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 heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the
mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. All the days of the afflicted
are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feas...
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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 HEART OF HIM THAT HATH UNDERSTANDING SEEKETH KNOWLEDGE,.... He
that has in his heart an understanding of divine and spiritual things,
of the Gospel and of the truths of it, will seek earnestly and...
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The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the
mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Ver. 14. _The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh
knowledge._] As a hungry man seek...
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_A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance;_ &c. “When the mind of
a man is inwardly satisfied, and full of joy, it does good to his body
too, as appears in his cheerful countenance: but when grief...
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Their hearts are set upon wickedness, which is meat and drink to them....
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Proverbs 15:14 heart H3820 understanding H995 (H8737) seeks H1245
(H8762) knowledge H1847 mouth H6310 (H8675)...
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THE MAN OF UNDERSTANDING OVERCOMES ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND ENJOYS A
LIFE OF PLEASANTNESS WHILST THE FOOL CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCES TROUBLE
(PROVERBS 15:14).
This subsection is in an inclusio concernin...
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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 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing
primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s
providence.
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:13 These proverbs focus on the HEART. A
CHEERFUL FACE indicates a positive attitude toward life. Such a person
has inner joy (v....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 15:14. MOUTH, or “the countenance.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:13_
A CHEERFUL FACE AND A BROKEN SPIRIT
I. THE OUTER MAN IS TO A LARGE EXTENT AN INDEX OF THE INNER LIF...
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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 Kings 3:6; 2 Peter 3:18; Acts 17:11; Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 30:10;...
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Foolishness — Wickedness is meat and drink to them....