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Verse Proverbs 11:19. _RIGHTEOUSNESS_ TENDETH _TO LIFE_] True
godliness promotes health, and is the best means of lengthening out
life; but wicked men live not out half their days....
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CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED
The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the
wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for
instruction. In the second v...
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PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found
in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group
(Proverbs 11:2;...
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AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. Thus righteousness. Hebrew. _ken._ Septuagint and
Syriac read Hebrew. _ben,_. righteous son.
EVIL. Hebrew. _raa'._ App-44....
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_As_ The Heb. word means _so_, but has also the sense of _firm,
stedfast_, and is so used of character, Genesis 42:11; Genesis 42:19;
Genesis 42:31;...
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TEXT Proverbs 11:12-21
12.
He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom;
But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
13.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets;
But he that...
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As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth
it to his own death.
AS RIGHTEOUSNESS (TENDETH) TO LIFE; SO HE THAT PURSUETH EVIL
(PURSUETH IT) TO HIS OWN DEATH. The Hebrew word...
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A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his
delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all
fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
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11:19 righteousness (m-2) Or 'true righteousness.'...
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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Nobody is ‘really good’, except God (Luke 18:19). Nobody deserves
to live with God in heaven. Heaven is God’s gift to us, but we must
trust in him.
Verse 20-21
These verses explain simple principles...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 11
V1 God hates false measurements.
God loves honest measurements.
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AS RIGHTEOUSNESS TENDETH TO LIFE. — Rather, _genuine righteousness
tendeth to life.
_...
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כֵּן ־צְדָקָ֥ה לְ חַיִּ֑ים וּ
מְרַדֵּ֖ף רָעָ֣
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CHAPTER 12
GOODNESS
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6
"An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes
right in his way is the abomination of t...
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Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the
condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the
expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
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A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The
merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel
troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
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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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AS RIGHTEOUSNESS [TENDETH] TO LIFE,.... Or, is unto life: not mere
outward acts of moral righteousness; these may be done where there is
no principle of spiritual life, and are no other than dead work...
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As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth
it] to his own death.
Ver. 19. _As righteousness tendeth to life._] Heb., Lives; for
"godliness hath the promise of the life tha...
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_The wicked worketh a deceitful work_ A work which will deceive his
expectation of that good for which he works. _But to him that soweth
righteousness_ That worketh righteousness with constancy, dilig...
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V. 19. AS RIGHTEOUSNESS TENDETH TO LIFE, or, "genuine righteousness,"
flowing from the fullness of a heart sound in faith, will result in a
truly happy life, bringing happiness to all who practice it;...
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10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but
the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very
careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
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Proverbs 11:19 righteousness H6666 life H2416 pursues H7291 (H8764)
evil H7451 death H4194
righteousness -...
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FURTHER CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PROVERBS
11:15).
In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between the
righteous, the gracious, the merciful and the blamele...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them
we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
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Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A
dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be
but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
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_As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth
it to his own death._
THE REWARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Life and death are objects of universal interest. Life here is life
spiritual a...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:16 These three pairs of proverbs (vv.
Proverbs 11:16, Proverbs 11:18,...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 11:18. “The wicked gaineth a deceptive result, but he that
soweth righteousness a sure reward” (Zöckler).
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 11:18_
SOWING AND REA...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter.
Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of
wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to
the next. S...
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1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:7; Acts 10:35; Proverbs 1:16; Proverbs 7:22;...