Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 14:33
Resteth — Is laid up and hid there. In the midst — In the heart. Made known — They will publish in all times and companies.
Resteth — Is laid up and hid there. In the midst — In the heart. Made known — They will publish in all times and companies.
Omit “that which is.” “Wisdom” is the subject of both clauses. She is “made nown,” i. e., by the very force of contrast, in the midst of fools; or she is reserved and reticent in the one, noisy and bo...
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
BUT, &C. The verb being feminine, may refer to "wisdom". If so we may render "and [even] in the midst of fools will make itself known"....
_the midst_ Rather (answering to _the heart_in the 1st clause) THE INWARD PART, R.V. Adopting this, we may render, either with A.V. and R.V. text, "_that which is_in the inward part" (i.e. their folly...
TEXT Proverbs 14:25-35 25. A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit. 26. In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refu...
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. WISDOM RESTETH IN THE HEART OF HIM THAT HATH UNDERSTANDING - not merely superficiall...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
Another translation of the second line is, ‘Even fools can hear wisdom.’ The wise person does not only think about wisdom occasionally. He is always thinking about wisdom. He is always learning new t...
BUT THAT WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF FOOLS IS MADE KNOWN. — “Wisdom” is the subject of this as of the former half of the verse. “Wisdom rests in the heart of him that hath understanding;” he does not car...
בְּ לֵ֣ב נָ֭בֹון תָּנ֣וּחַ חָכְמָ֑ה וּ בְ
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] (m) in the midst of fools is made known. (m) Forasmuch as they are convicted by it, and silenced....
_And. Protestants, "but that which is in the midst of fools is made known." (Haydock) --- A vessel full of gold makes no noise, while that which contains only a few pieces sounds much. (Munster.) (Cor...
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. In all labour there i...
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...
WISDOM RESTETH IN THE HEART OF HIM THAT HATH UNDERSTANDING,.... It is in his heart, as the treasury where it is laid up, and where it is kept in safety; here it lies hid and undiscerned, unmolested an...
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known. Ver. 33. _Wisdom resteth in the heart of him, &c._] He sets not his good parts and...
_Wisdom resteth in the heart_, &c. Is laid up and hid there, and not vainly or rashly uttered by him, but only brought forth upon necessary or fit occasions; _but that which is in the midst_ That is,...
V. 33. WISDOM RESTETH IN THE HEART OF HIM THAT HATH UNDERSTANDING, it is quietly safe there, and the wise person carefully guards and increases it; BUT THAT WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF FOOLS IS MADE KNOW...
RESTETH; is laid up and hid there, and not vainly nor rashly uttered by him, but only upon necessary or fit occasions. IN THE MIDST, i.e. in the heart, which is expressed by this very word, PSALMS 64:...
Proverbs 14:33 Wisdom H2451 rests H5117 (H8799) heart H3820 understanding H995 (H8737) heart H7130 fools H3684 k
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1, by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:28 Verses Proverbs 14:28 and Proverbs 14:35, both of which concern a...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:33_ THE HIDDEN MADE MANIFEST I. THE GOD-ORDAINED PLACE FOR MORAL WISDOM—“the heart.” The divinely ordained place for the sap of the vine is its _root_. 1. _It has its...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
Ecclesiastes 10:3; Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 13:16;...