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CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD
The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of
Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the
preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
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PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs
16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the
picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
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BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11....
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_without right_ Rather, WITH INJUSTICE, R.V., as preserving better the
parallelism. Comp. Proverbs 15:16....
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CHAPTER 16
TEXT Proverbs 16:1-11
1.
The plans of the heart belong to man;
But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
2.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth t...
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right.
BETTER IS A LITTLE WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAN GREAT REVENUES WITHOUT
RIGHT - (.) "Better:" for the tranquility of conscience,...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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Most Christians are not wealthy. See 1 Corinthians 1:26. We may have
few possessions. However, we should earn our money fairly. God helps
the poor man who is honest. God will punish the rich man who i...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 16
The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s,
the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil
action...
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טֹוב ־מְ֭עַט בִּ צְדָקָ֑ה מֵ רֹ֥ב
תְּ֝בוּאֹ֗ו
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is
H...
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CHAPTER 29
AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT
"He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13
"Happy is the man that feareth...
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Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that
man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is
dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his
steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
trans...
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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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BETTER [IS] A LITTLE WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Gotten in a righteous
way, held by a righteous claim, used in a righteous manner, attended
with a life of righteousness and holiness; and also along with a...
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Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right.
Ver. 8. _Better is a little with righteousness, &c._] A small stock
well gotten is more comfortably enjoyed and bequeathed t...
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_Better is a little_, &c. A small estate, honestly gotten and usefully
employed, is much to be preferred before vast incomes, gathered by
oppression, and kept without the exercise of mercy and charity...
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V. 8. BETTER IS A LITTLE WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS, small possessions gained
and kept with a good conscience, THAN GREAT REVENUES, a large income
and great wealth, WITHOUT RIGHT, having been gained by oppres...
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Proverbs 16:8 Better H2896 little H4592 righteousness H6666 vast H7230
revenues H8393 justice H4941
is -...
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YHWH IS CONCERNED ABOUT INJUSTICE WHETHER AT THE HANDS OF THE KING OR
OF MEN (PROVERBS 16:8).
In this subsection men are urged to act justly and rightly in their
business dealings, and kings are urged...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the
upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in
it....
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Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field
must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of
man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:1 The comparison between the PLANS of a
man’s HEART (vv. Proverbs 16:1,...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:7_
PLEASING GOD
I. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN MEN’S WAYS DO NOT PLEASE THE LORD. _The ways
of the ungodly do not at any time please the Lord_. Because they have
no sympathy...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 16:1
These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name
Jehovah.
PROVERBS 16:1
The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any
contrast or a...
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin
our study this evening.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is
from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1).
Go...
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1 Timothy 6:6; Jeremiah 17:11; Micah 6:10; Proverbs 15:16; Prover