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Verse Proverbs 18:21. _DEATH AND LIFE_ ARE _IN THE POWER OF THE
TONGUE_] This may apply to all men. Many have lost their lives by
their tongue, and some have saved their lives by it: but it applies
mo...
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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POWER. Hebrew "hand", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause),
App-6, for the power put forth by it.
THE TONGUE. Illustrations: the ten spies (Numbers 14:36; Numbers
14:37); Doeg (1 Samuel 22:9;...
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_love it_ i.e. delight in using it, as an instrument either of "death"
or of "life....
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STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24
1.
How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
2.
How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
3.
What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14?
4.
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it
shall eat the fruit thereof.
DEATH AND LIFE (ARE) IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. "Death and life,"
both of body and soul; both of...
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A foo
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When a judge makes his judgement, he can punish a man with death. When
a thief makes an evil plan, his words can plot a man’s death.
Our words also bring results. We can tell people how to become
Chr...
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DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. — See above on
Proverbs 4:23, where much the same power is attributed to the heart as
is here given to the tongue as being its exponent. (Comp. also
Prov...
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מָ֣וֶת וְ֭ חַיִּים בְּ יַד ־לָשֹׁ֑ון
וְ֝
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that (o)
love it shall eat the fruit of it.
(o) By the using the tongue well or evil, comes the fruit of it either
good or bad....
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_Love it, and speak well or ill, shall receive accordingly, Matthew
xii. 37._...
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He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour
cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and
parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be won...
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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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DEATH AND LIFE [ARE] IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE,.... Of witnesses,
according to the testimony they bear; of judges, according to the
sentence they pass; of teachers, according to the doctrine they
pre...
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Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it
shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ver. 21. _Death and life are in the power of the tongue._] That best
and worst member of the body,...
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_Life and death are in the power of the tongue_ Are brought upon men
by the good or bad use of their tongues; _and they that love it_
Namely, the tongue; that love much talking; _shall eat the fruit
t...
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ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE; are brought upon men by the good or
bad use of their tongues. THAT LOVE IT; either,
1. The tongue; that love and use much talking, which is oft censured
as a sin, and...
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Proverbs 18:21 Death H4194 life H2416 power H3027 tongue H3956 love
H157 (H8802) eat H398 (H8799) fruit...
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THE TONGUE AFFECTS MAN IN MANY WAYS, MAKING HIM STRONG AND WISE, AND
GIVING HIM LIFE, OR CAUSING HIM GREAT GRIEF, FINALLY RESULTING IN
DEATH (PROVERBS 18:14).
In this subsection we have an emphasis on...
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Proverbs 18:21
I. The tongue is like a steed (James 3:3): (1) When it speaks too
much; (2) when it is boasting; (3) when it is angry.
II. The tongue is like a sword (Psalms 57:4): (1) Against the wea...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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_Death and life are in the power of the tongue._
THE POWER OF SPEECH
Of all the powers that man possesses there is scarcely any more awful
than the power of speech. It is a God-like power. Human spee...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:20. SATISFIED. “If this word is taken in a good sense
the _fruit_ must be good; but it may be ironical, meaning false or
malignant words will find ample retribution. Perh...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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2 Corinthians 11:15; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Peter 2:18; Colossians 4:6;...
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Death and life — Are brought upon men by, the good or bad use of
their tongues. Lovest — That love much talking....