The Preacher's Homiletical Commentary
Proverbs 17:20
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Proverbs 17:20. A froward heart, rather a false heart.
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Proverbs 17:20. A froward heart, rather a false heart.
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
TEXT Proverbs 17:20-28 20. He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. 21. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the fa...
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. HE THAT HATH A FROWARD HEART FINDETH NO GOOD - one whose "heart is deep" (); one "with a doub...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 17 V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place. But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there are arguments....
The first man has an evil heart. This means that his desires are evil. He cannot be successful, because God will punish him. The second man tells lies. And he will suffer because of his lies. They wi...
HE THAT HATH A FROWARD HEART, FINDETH NO GOOD. — For he is an abomination to God (Proverbs 11:20), and so gains no blessing from Him....
עִקֶּשׁ ־לֵ֭ב לֹ֣א יִמְצָא ־טֹ֑וב וְ נֶהְפָּ֥
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to h...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. He that ha...
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...
HE THAT HATH A FROWARD HEART FINDETH NO GOOD,.... Who is of a perverse spirit, meditates and devises evil things; is not ingenuous and sincere, but false and deceitful to God and men: such an one gets...
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. Ver. 20. _He that hath a froward heart findeth no good._] Who this is that hath a froward heart...
V. 20. HE THAT HATH A FROWARD HEART, one that is crooked and malicious, FINDETH NO GOOD, will never prosper; AND HE THAT HATH A PERVERSE TONGUE, a wayward tongue, one which is not consistent, but wind...
HE THAT HATH A FROWARD HEART: _ Heb._ The froward of heart...
HE THAT HATH A FROWARD HEART, whose heart is not plain and upright, but false towards God or men, FINDETH NO GOOD; shall not get that advantage by his dissimulation which he intends and expects, but s...
Proverbs 17:20 deceitful H6141 heart H3820 finds H4672 (H8799) good H2896 perverse H2015 (H8738) tongue H3956 f
THE WAYS OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:16). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool (Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 17:21), the man void of mind (heart) ...
Proverbs 17:20 Two bad things are reproved in these words: the first is a bad spirit, and the second is a bad habit; the first is the sullen, snarling spirit of discontent, which kills all hearty, ge...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See Proverbs 15:17. Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
Ecclesiastes 10:12; James 3:6; Proverbs 10:10; Proverbs 10:14;...
No good — Shall not get that advantage which he expects....