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Verse Proverbs 16:9. _A MAN'S HEART DEVISETH HIS WAY_] This is
precisely the same sentiment as that contained in the first verse, on
the true meaning of which so much has been already said....
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DEVISETH HIS WAY - i. e., Thinks it out with anxious care; yet it is
the Lord and He only who directs the steps. Compare Proverbs 16:1....
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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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DEVISETH HIS WAY. See notes on Proverbs 16:1.
DIRECTETH HIS STEPS. Illustrations: Joseph's brethren (Genesis 37:18,
and Pro 45:5); Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:5); Saul ...
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Comp. Proverbs 16:1 of this chapter....
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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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A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
A MAN'S HEART DEVISETH HIS WAY: BUT THE LORD DIRECTETH HIS STEPS -
(note, ; .) In contrast to man's anxious devising of his own way...
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'Man proposes, God disposes.'
10-15. The vv. relate chiefly to a king's powers and functions....
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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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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We all make plans for the future, but we cannot control everything.
Events that we do not expect will happen. There will be problems. We
might need to change our plans. We might not understand the rea...
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A MAN’S HEART DEVISETH HIS WAY... — “Man proposeth, God
disposeth.” (See below on Proverbs 20:24.)...
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לֵ֣ב אָ֭דָם יְחַשֵּׁ֣ב דַּרְכֹּ֑ו
וַֽ֝ יהוָ֗ה...
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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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A (e) man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
(e) He shows the folly of man who thinks that his ways are in his own
hand, and yet is not able to move one foot unless God gives...
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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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A MAN'S HEART DEVISETH HIS WAY,.... This is to be understood, not of a
wicked man, in whose heart is frowardness, and who devises mischief
and evil imaginations continually, Proverbs 6:14; for such ar...
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A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Ver. 9. A man's heart deviseth his way, but God directeth his steps.]
Man purposeth, God disposeth of all. Pro 19:21 Events many time...
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_A man's heart deviseth his way_ Considers and proposes to himself
what he will do; designs an end, and contrives by what means he may
attain it; _but the Lord directeth his steps_ Ruleth and disposet...
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V. 9. A MAN'S HEART DEVISETH HIS WAY, reflecting most carefully on his
conduct, considering as best he can what might be best for him to do;
BUT THE LORD DIRECTETH HIS STEPS, the result and the end ar...
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DEVISETH HIS WAY; considers and proposeth to himself what he will do.
DIRECTETH HIS STEPS; overruleth and disposeth all their designs and
actions as he pleaseth, and not as they list....
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Proverbs 16:9 mans H120 heart H3820 plans H2803 (H8762) way H1870 LORD
H3068 directs H3559 (H8686) steps...
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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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_A man’s heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps._
ON THE GOVERNMENT OF HUMAN AFFAIRS BY PROVIDENCE
The efforts of our activity, how great soever they may be, are subject
to the cont...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:9. DEVISETH. The form of the verb denotes anxious
consideration.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:9_
MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES
I. THIS IS A FACT OF NATIONAL AND INDIVID...
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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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Isaiah 46:10; Jeremiah 10:23; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 19:21;...