Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 15:13
The spirit; either,
1. His vital spirits. Or rather,
2. His courage and rigour, the decay whereof showeth itself in his countenance, as is implied from the former clause.
The spirit; either,
1. His vital spirits. Or rather,
2. His courage and rigour, the decay whereof showeth itself in his countenance, as is implied from the former clause.
Verse Proverbs 15:13. _BY SORROW OF THE HEART THE SPIRIT IS BROKEN._] Every kind of _sorrow worketh death_, but that which is the offspring of true repentance. This alone is healthful to the soul. The...
Some prefer to render the last clause, “In sorrow of heart the breath is oppressed.”...
CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the question, What are the better things? A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One (Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...
MERRY. joyful, or glad....
TEXT Proverbs 15:12-22 12. A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise. 13. A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14. T...
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. A MERRY HEART MAKETH A CHEERFUL COUNTENANCE. There is a sympathy between the body and the mind, so tha...
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....
Your thoughts and emotions control your whole body. We smile when we are glad. We are sad if our experiences upset us. If we pray, God will comfort us (James 5:13)....
BY SORROW OF HEART THE SPIRIT IS BROKEN. — See above on Proverbs 12:25....
לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב פָּנִ֑ים וּ בְ עַצְּבַת
CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A meek t...
KIND WORDS AND GLAD HEARTS Proverbs 15:1-17 _A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of the upright_ -these keywords touch one of the greatest depa...
Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
_Down. Compunction is salutary, but worldly grief blameable, chap. xxv. 20., and 2 Corinthians vii. 10. (St. Gregory, past. ii. 10.)_...
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...
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...
A MERRY HEART MAKETH A CHEERFUL COUNTENANCE,.... Or, a "joyful heart" c; that is joyful in the God of its salvation; that rejoices in Christ Jesus; is filled with joy and peace through believing in hi...
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Ver. 13. _A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance._] It sits smiling in the face, and looks merrily ou...
_A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance;_ &c. “When the mind of a man is inwardly satisfied, and full of joy, it does good to his body too, as appears in his cheerful countenance: but when grief...
V. 13. A MERRY HEART MAKETH A CHEERFUL COUNTENANCE, for when the spirit is joyous, it brightens the face; BUT BY SORROW OF THE HEART THE SPIRIT IS BROKEN, if grief has taken possession of the heart, t...
Proverbs 15:13 merry H8056 heart H3820 cheerful H3190 (H8686) countenance H6440 sorrow H6094 heart H3820 spirit H73
WISE WORDS, REPROOF AND FIRM DISCIPLINE UPHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS, GIVING THEM SUITABLE REWARD, WHILST THE UNRIGHTEOUS REJECT REPROOF, AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES (PROVERBS 15:4). In this subsection there...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God, neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s providence. ⇐...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:13 These proverbs focus on the HEART. A CHEERFUL FACE indicates a positive attitude toward life. Such a person has inner joy (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 15:14. MOUTH, or “the countenance.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:13_ A CHEERFUL FACE AND A BROKEN SPIRIT I. THE OUTER MAN IS TO A LARGE EXTENT AN INDEX OF THE INNER LIF...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 15:1 A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and that answer...
Fifteen. I love this first one here. A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1). How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away wrath. If...
2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 7:10; John 14:1;...