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Verse Proverbs 14:7. _WHEN THOU PERCEIVEST NOT - THE LIPS OF
KNOWLEDGE._] Instead of דעת _daath, knowledge_, several MSS. have
שקר _sheker,_ _a lie_. How this reading came I cannot conjecture.
The mea...
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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...
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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...
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FOOLISH. Hebrew. _kesil_. See note on Proverbs 1:7. Same word as in
verses: Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 14:33. not the same word as in
verses:...
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GO FROM THE PRESENCE OF A FOOLISH MAN— The LXX read, _All things are
contrary to a foolish man; but wise lips are the arms of
understanding._ We may, perhaps, read the passage thus: "Depart from
the p...
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CHAPTER 14
TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12
1.
Every wise woman buildeth her house;
But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
2.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah;
But he that i...
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Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in
him the lips of knowledge.
GO FROM THE PRESENCE OF A FOOLISH MAN, WHEN THOU PERCEIVEST NOT (IN
HIM) THE LIPS OF KNOWLEDGE. So Mich...
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1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
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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....
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A fool is someone who hates God’s wisdom. You cannot learn from this
man, because he himself has learned nothing from God....
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GO FROM THE PRESENCE OF A FOOLISH MAN — (_khesîl_) — _i.e._ a
dull, stupid one, when the time comes that you see you can do him no
good; for “evil communications corrupt good manners.” Thus Samuel
“ca...
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לֵ֣ךְ מִ֭ נֶּגֶד לְ אִ֣ישׁ כְּסִ֑יל וּ
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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...
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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...
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_Prudence. Thou wilt presently perceive his weakness. Hebrew, "abandon
a," &c. He is not capable of hearing reason: keep at a distance._...
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A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy
unto him that understandeth. Go from the presence of a foolish man,
when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. The wisdo...
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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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GO FROM THE PRESENCE OF A FOOLISH MAN,.... A wicked one; avoid him,
shun his company, depart from him, have no fellowship with him, it,
being dangerous, infectious, and hurtful;
WHEN THOU PERCEIVEST...
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Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in
him] the lips of knowledge.
Ver. 7. _Go from the presence of a foolish man._] If he be a proud
fool, as Proverbs 14:6, a scorner an...
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_A scorner_ A proud, self-conceited, and profane person; _seeketh
wisdom and findeth it not_ Because he doth not seek it aright, namely,
sincerely, earnestly, and seasonably, and in a constant and dil...
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V. 7. GO FROM THE PRESENCE OF A FOOLISH MAN, it being a matter of
wisdom for a person to keep his distance from such a one, WHEN THOU
PERCEIVEST NOT IN HIM THE LIPS OF KNOWLEDGE, remembering that lie...
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Avoid the company and conversation of ungodly men, when they break
forth into foolish or wicked discourses, lest thou either be infected
by them, or seem to approve of them....
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Proverbs 14:7 Go H3212 (H8798) presence H5048 foolish H3684 man H376
perceive H3045 (H8804) lips H8193 knowledge...
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WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WISE AND SHREWD, NOT THE WAYS OF THE
FOOLISH (PROVERBS 14:7).
The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing
so the shrewd man understands his w...
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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...
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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...
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_Go from the presence of a foolish man._
THE SOCIETY TO BE SHUNNED
Man is a social being. The text holds up the society which we should
avoid--the society of the foolish.
I. It is unprofitable. Wha...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:5 A person’s character is shown
through his speech.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 14:8. DECEIT, or “deception.”
PROVERBS 14:9. MANY translators read this verse, “The sacrifice,”
or “the sin-offering, makes a sport of,” or “mocks fools.” So
Zöckler, Elster...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 5:11; Ephesians 5:11; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 19:27;...