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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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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....
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The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth
him that followeth after righteousness.
THE WAY OF THE WICKED IS AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD - not only his
"sacrifice," or wor...
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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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תֹּועֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה דֶּ֣רֶךְ רָשָׁ֑ע
וּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף...
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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 lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish
doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the
LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...
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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 WAY OF THE WICKED [IS] AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD,.... The way
his heart devises, which he chooses and delights in, in which he
walks; nor will he leave it, nor can he be diverted from it, but b...
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The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth
him that followeth after righteousness.
Ver. 9. _The way of the wicked is abomination._] Not his sacrifices
only, but his civili...
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_The sacrifice of the wicked_ Or the religious services, yea, the best
and most costly of them, one kind being put for all the rest; _is an
abomination to the Lord_ Because not offered with a sincere...
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THE WAY; the conversation or course of life. This verse seems to
contain a reason of the foregoing. God hates wicked men's religious
performances, because they are accompanied with ungodly lives, and...
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Proverbs 15:9 way H1870 wicked H7563 abomination H8441 LORD H3068
loves H157 (H8799) follows H7291 (H8764) righteou
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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...
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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 15:8 The SACRIFICE OF THE WICKED is
meaningless. By contrast, the PRAYER OF THE UPRIGHT, as a part of a
life that PURSUES RIGHTEOUSNESS, is pleasing to
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:8_
PRAYING AND LIVING
I. GOD LOVES RIGHTEOUS MEN WITH A SPECIAL LOVE. God has a love for all
His human creatures—a love which springs out of His relationship to
them a...
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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 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22; Habakkuk 1:13; Hosea 6:3; Isaiah 26:7;