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Verse Proverbs 21:6. _OF THEM THAT SEEK DEATH_] Instead of מבקשי
_mebakshey_, "them that seek," several MSS., some ancient editions,
with _Symmachus_, the _Septuagint, Vulgate_, and _Arabic_, have
מק...
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VANITY - Or, “a breath driven to and fro of those that are seeking
death.” Another reading of the last words is: “of the snares of
death” (compare 1 Timothy 6:9). Some commentators have suggested
that...
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CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT
In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times.
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of
water: He turne...
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PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of
Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia,
which could be diverted in any direction at will.
Proverbs 21:4....
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_a vanity_&c. Lit. A VAPOUR DISPERSED; SEEKERS OF DEATH. Thus in the
abrupt, sententious style of the wisdom of the East the end is
described both of the treasures so sought, and of those who so seek...
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THE GETTING OF TREASURES BY A LYING TONGUE— _He who gathers
treasures by a deceitful tongue, pursues vain things. He shall be
driven into the snares of death._ Houbigant....
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CHAPTER 21
TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10
1.
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
2.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jeho...
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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and
fro of them that seek death.
THE GETTING OF TREASURES BY A LYING TONGUE (BY FALSE WITNESS, OR BY
MISREPRESENTATION IN BARGAINING...
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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By a very slight alteration of the Hebrew text we get the greatly
improved rendering of RM, 'Is a vapour driven to and fro; they are
snares of death.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 21
V1 A king is like a canal that God controls.
God leads the king in the way that God decides....
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This person cheats and steals to get money. He refuses to work to earn
his money. God will punish him, even if judges do not punish him.
Suddenly he will lose all his money. See Luke 12:20-21....
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IS A VANITY TOSSED TO AND FRO OF THEM THAT SEEK DEATH. — Rather,
_is_ (as) _the driven_ (fleeting) _breath of those who are seeking
death._ They are seeking in reality not riches, but death, and these...
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פֹּ֣עַל אֹ֭וצָרֹות בִּ לְשֹׁ֣ון
שָׁ֑קֶר הֶ֥בֶל...
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CHAPTER 22
WINE
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17
THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb
in...
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Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where
that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud
heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
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_Death. Their injustice shall be punished._...
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD
than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowi...
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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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THE GETTING OF TREASURES BY A LYING TONGUE,.... By telling lies in
trade; by bearing false witness in a court of judicature; or by
preaching false doctrines in the church of God:
[IS] A VANITY TOSSED...
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_The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to
and fro of them that seek death._
Ver. 6. _The getting of treasures by a lying tongue._] As do
seducers, sycophants, flatterers, co...
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_The thoughts of the diligent_ Who carefully and industriously
prosecutes what he hath wisely contrived and resolved; _tend only to
plenteousness_ To affluence and wealth; _but every one that is hasty...
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V. 6. THE GETTING OF TREASURES BY A LYING TONGUE, by means of
misrepresentations and concealment of the truth, IS A VANITY TOSSED TO
AND FRO OF THEM THAT SEEK DEATH, like a fleeting breath, a vanishin...
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Proverbs 21:6 Getting H6467 treasures H214 lying H8267 tongue H3956
fleeting H5086 (H8737) fantasy H1892 seek H1245
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find
righteousness, honor and life.
KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5).
STRONG VERSES: P...
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Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the
rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is
probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
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_The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity._
DISHONESTY
I. The evil of dishonesty.
1. A breach of the law of God.
2. An invasion of the Divine right of property.
3. An encouragement...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 21:5. THOUGHTS, rather the _counsels_, the _calculatings_.
PROVERBS 21:6. VANITY TOSSED TO AND FRO. Rather _a fleeting breath_.
The Hebrew word _hebel_, here translated van...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 21:1
THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER.
We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these
are altogether under the gardener's...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31.
Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares:
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
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1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Peter 2:3; Ezekiel 18:31; Jeremia
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Lying tongue — By any false or deceitful words or actions. Is tossed
— Is like the chaff or smoak driven away by the wind. Of them —
That take those courses which will bring destruction upon them....