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Verse Proverbs 17:4. _A WICKED DOER GIVETH HEED_] An evil heart is
disposed and ever ready to receive evil; and liars delight in lies....
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The two clauses describe two phases of the mutual affinities of evil.
The evil-doer delights in lies, the liar in bad words....
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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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WICKED. mischief maker. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.
LIAR. Hebrew "lie". Text not "corrupt"; but "lie "is put by Figure of
speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for the man who habitually lies:
i.e.. liar...
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_false_ Rather, WICKED, R.V., in a wider sense....
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AND A LIAR GIVETH EAR TO A NAUGHTY TONGUE— _And a hearkener after
lies to,_ &c. Houbigant renders the verse, _A wicked man will give ear
to false lips, a just man will not hearken to an evil tongue._...
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CHAPTER 17
TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10
1.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
2.
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that ca...
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A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a
naughty tongue.
A WICKED DOER GIVETH HEED TO FALSE LIPS; (AND) A LIAR (LITERALLY, A
LIE) GIVETH EAR TO A NAUGHTY TONGUE - literal...
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17:4 liar (i-9) Lit. 'falsehood.'...
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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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NAUGHTY] injurious....
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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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Some people do not like honest words. They want to listen to evil
plans. Then they copy the evil plans, and they do evil things
themselves....
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מֵ֭רַע מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל ־שְׂפַת ־אָ֑וֶן
שֶׁ֥קֶר...
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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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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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_Lips. They mutually deceive one another, as well as others._...
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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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A WICKED DOER GIVETH HEED TO FALSE LIPS,.... A man of an ill spirit,
of a mischievous disposition, that delights in doing wickedness; he
carefully attends to such as speak falsehood; he listens to lie...
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A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a
naughty tongue.
Ver. 4. _A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips._] It is an ill sign
of a vicious nature to be apt to believe sc...
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_A wicked doer_ A malicious and mischievous man, whose practice and
delight it is to bring trouble upon others; _giveth heed to false
lips_ Hebrew, שׂפת און, _the lip of iniquity_, to any wicked
couns...
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A WICKED DOER, or, a malicious or mischievous man, whose practice and
delight it is to bring trouble to others, GIVETH HEED TO FALSE LIPS,
Heb. _to lips of iniquity_, to any wicked counsels or speeche...
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Proverbs 17:4 evildoer H7489 (H8688) heed H7181 (H8688) false H205
lips H8193 liar H8267 eagerly H238 ...
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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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_A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a
naughty tongue._
THE CONVERSATIONAL LIKINGS OF BAD MEN
Men’s characters may be known by the conversations they most relish.
The t...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 17:4. A LIAR. literally, _a lie, falsehood_.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:4_
THE EVIL SPEAKER AND THE LISTENER
I. THAT WHICH MEN GIVE HEED TO REVEALS THEIR CHARACTER. I...
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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 John 4:5; 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Samuel 22:7; 2 Timothy 4:3; 2 Timothy 4:4
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False lips — To false accusations and calumnies, which give him
occasion and encouragement to do mischief....