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Verse Proverbs 17:13. _WHOSO REWARDETH EVIL FOR GOOD_] Here is a most
awful warning. As many persons are guilty of the sin of _ingratitude_,
and of paying _kindness_ with _unkindness_, and _good_ wit...
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CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS
Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a
few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the
LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
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PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to
a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes
(Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
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TEXT Proverbs 17:11-19
11.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his fo...
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Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
WHOSO REWARDETH EVIL FOR GOOD, EVIL SHALL NOT DEPART FROM HIS HOUSE.
Such a monstrous sin shall entail punishment not merely on...
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1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the
festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was
accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
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It is evil to hurt people who help you. But some evil people do this.
As we help other people, we should realise this. The people that we
help may not be honest. They might be cruel or unfair. As Chr...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 17
V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place.
But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there
are arguments....
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מֵשִׁ֣יב רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טֹובָ֑ה
לֹא־_תָמ֥וּשׁ_† רָ֝עָ֗ה
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CHAPTER 18
FRIENDSHIP
"A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for
adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of
the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to h...
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Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this
proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that
of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
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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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WHOSO REWARDETH EVIL FOR GOOD,.... As the enemies of David and Christ
rewarded them, Psalms 35:12; this is base ingratitude, contrary to the
law and light of nature; worse than beastly, is really devi...
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_Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house._
Ver. 13. _Whoso rewardeth evil for good, &c._] Ingratitude is a
monster in nature, and doth therefore carry so much more detesta...
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From his person and family, because such a man is most hateful to God
and to all mankind; God will punish him, and men will not pity nor
relieve him....
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Proverbs 17:13 rewards H7725 (H8688) evil H7451 good H2896 Evil H7451
depart H4185 (H8799) (H8675)...
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THE FOLLIES OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:8).
The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and
this now leads on to consideration of the activities of fools (kesil)
(Proverbs 17:21 vi...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is
silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech.
KEY W...
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Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See
Proverbs 15:17.
Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or
crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections
of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 17:11. Many commentators translate the first clause
“_Rebellion_,” or “_a rebel_” seeketh only after evil, _i.e._,
brings retribution upon himself.
PROVERBS 17:12. Miller tr...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 17:1
(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
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Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of
sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1).
Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in
that economy the of the Judai...
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1 Peter 3:9; 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Samuel 31:3;...