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Verse Proverbs 17:5. _HE THAT IS GLAD AT CALAMITY_] He who is pleased
to hear of the misfortune of another will, in the course of God's just
government, have his own multiplied....
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HE THAT IS GLAD AT CALAMITIES - A temper common at all times as the
most hateful form of evil; the Greek ἐπιχαιρεκακία
EPICHAIREKAKIA. The sins spoken of in both clauses occur also in
Job’s vindicat...
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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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MOCKETH. Illustrations: princes of Judah (Isaiah 3:14; Isaiah 3:15;
Isaiah 10:1; Isaiah 10:2.
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_his Maker_ Comp. Proverbs 14:31.
_glad at calamities_ "It belonged to the Greek mind in its fertility
of combination, to express it (the temper here spoken of) by the
single word ἐπιχαιρεκακία (Aris...
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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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Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at
calamities shall not be unpunished.
WHOSO MOCKETH THE POOR REPROACHETH HIS MAKER ( ); AND HE THAT IS GLAD
AT CALAMITIES SHALL NO...
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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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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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See Proverbs 14:31. God cares about poor people. He does not want them
to suffer. He wants us to help them....
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WHOSO MOCKETH THE POOR REPROACHETH HIS MAKER. — See above on
Proverbs 14:31.
HE THAT IS GLAD AT CALAMITIES. — Of enemies. (Comp. Proverbs 24:18;
Job 31:29.)...
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לֹעֵ֣ג לָ֭ † רָשׁ חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ
שָׂמֵ֥חַ...
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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 MOCKETH THE POOR REPROACHETH HIS MAKER,.... He that mocks the
poor for his poverty, Upbraids him with his mean appearance, scoffs at
the clothes he wears or food he eats, such an one reproaches...
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Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at
calamities shall not be unpunished.
Ver. 5. _He that mocketh the poor, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 14:31
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And he that is glad...
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_Whoso mocketh the poor_ See on Proverbs 14:31; _and he that is glad
at calamities_ At the miseries of other men; _shall not be unpunished_
The cup shall be put into his hands, Ezekiel 25:6....
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UNPUNISHED:
_ Heb._ held innocent...
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MOCKETH THE POOR; derideth or reproacheth him with or for his poverty.
HIS MAKER; God, who by his providence made him poor. See the same
assertion PROVERBS 14:31. AT CALAMITIES; at the miseries of oth...
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Proverbs 17:5 mocks H3932 (H8802) poor H7326 (H8802) reproaches H2778
(H8765) Maker H6213 (H8802) glad...
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:5_
A DOUBLE REVELATION
I. REVEALING CRIME. _He who mocketh the poor reveals his own
character_. If we find one brother of a family mocking another
brother, we feel tha...
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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 3:17; Jeremiah 17:16; Job 31:29; Obadiah 1:11; Obadiah 1:16;...