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Verse Proverbs 17:10. _A REPROOF ENTERETH MORE_] Though the rod,
judiciously applied, is a _great instrument of knowledge_, yet it is
of no use where incurable dulness or want of intellect, prevails....
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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...
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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...
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WISE MAN. Hebrew. _binah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2.
FOOL. Hebrew. _kesil_. See note on Proverbs 1:7....
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_more_ Rather, DEEPER, R.V.; as we say, makes a deeper impression. See
Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 26:22. Maurer compares "altius in pectus
descendit" (Sall. Judges 11;...
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CHAPTER 17
TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10
1.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
2.
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that ca...
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A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into
a fool.
A REPROOF ENTERETH MORE INTO [DESCENDS INTO, FROM naachat (H5181 )] A
WISE MAN THAN AN HUNDRED STRIPES INTO A FOOL - lit...
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17:10 fool. (b-17) _ Kesil_ . so vers. 12,16,21,24. (In ver. 28 it is
_ Eveel_ . as ch. 1.7.) Also chs. 18.2,6,7; 19.1,10....
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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...
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A hundred strokes would be more than double the number allowed by the
law (Deuteronomy 25:3)....
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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....
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By ‘fool’, Solomon means someone who hates wisdom. Because of his
attitude, he will not learn from a punishment. You could whip the fool
100 times, and he would still do evil things.
A wise man does...
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תֵּ֣חַת גְּעָרָ֣ה בְ מֵבִ֑ין מֵ
הַכֹּ֖ות כְּס
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Fools. "A word is enough for the wise." Nobilis equus umbra virgæ
regitur, ignavus ne calcari quidem. (Q. Curtius)_...
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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
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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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A REPROOF ENTERETH MORE INTO A WISE MAN,.... A single verbal reproof,
gently, kindly, and prudently given, not only enters the ear, but the
heart of a wise and understanding man; it descends into him,...
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A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a
fool.
Ver. 10. _A reproof entereth more into a wise man, &c._] A word to
the wise is sufficient. A look from Christ brake Peter'...
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_A reproof entereth more into a wise man_ Penetrates deeper into the
mind of an ingenuous person, and produces a greater reformation in
him, than a hundred stripes will do for the amendment of an obst...
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V. 10. A REPROOF ENTERETH MORE INTO A WISE MAN, makes a deeper and
more lasting impression, has better consequences, THAN AN HUNDRED
STRIPES INTO A FOOL, for the fool is callous and cannot be influenc...
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A REPROOF ENTERETH MORE INTO A WISE MAN, THAN AN HUNDRED STRIPES INTO
A FOOL:
Or, a reproof aweth more a wise man, then to strike a fool an hundred
times...
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Is more effectual for his reformation....
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Proverbs 17:10 Rebuke H1606 effective H5181 (H8799) wise H995 (H8688)
hundred H3967 blows H5221 (H8687) fool...
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THE FOLLIES OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:8).
The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and
this now leads on to consideration of the activities of fools (kesil)
(Proverbs 17:21 vi...
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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...
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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...
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_A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into
a fool._
MORAL AND CORPOREAL CHASTISEMENT
I. The one in its sphere is as legitimate as the other. Look at the
sphere of each.
1...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections
of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:10_
CORRECTION MUST BE ADAPTED TO THE CHARACTER OF THE OFFENDER
I. SOME MEN CAN BE INFLUENCED BY MORAL MEANS. A man whose moral nature
is developed can be brought to a...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 17:1
(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
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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...