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NOT SO - The word translated “so” is taken by some in its
etymological force as “strong,” “firm,” and the passage is
rendered “the heart of the fool disperseth (supplied from the first
clause) what is...
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CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS
One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the
question, What are the better things?
A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
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PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning
the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One
(Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...
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FOOLISH. Hebrew. _kesil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7....
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THE LIPS OF THE WISE DISPERSE KNOWLEDGE— _The lips of the wise keep
knowledge; not so the heart of fools._ Houbigant....
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TEXT Proverbs 15:1-11
1.
A soft answer turneth away wrath;
But a grevious word stirreth up anger.
2.
The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright;
But the mouth of fools poureth out folly....
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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish
doeth not so.
THE LIPS OF THE WISE DISPERSE KNOWLEDGE - like good seed, wheresoever
they can, assiduously and watchfully avail...
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1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other
pour in cold.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 15
V1 A quiet answer reduces anger.
But an impatient word increases anger....
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The wise man teaches the things that he knows. Other people hear and
they benefit from his advice. If we are wise, then we can help many
people.
The fool’s heart does not benefit anyone. A fool hates...
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BUT THE HEART OF THE FOOLISH DOETH NOT so. — Or, _disperseth that
which is not right.
_...
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שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת
וְ לֵ֖ב כ
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CHAPTER 16
A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION
"A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up
anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.-
Proverbs 15:1
"A meek t...
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KIND WORDS AND GLAD HEARTS
Proverbs 15:1-17
_A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips
of the wise; the prayer of the upright_ -these keywords touch one of
the greatest depa...
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Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to
God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that
which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
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_Unlike. The wise, or themselves. Hebrew and Septuagint,
"inconstant."_...
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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish
doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the
LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...
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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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THE LIPS OF THE WISE DISPERSE KNOWLEDGE,.... Scatter it about for the
benefit of others; they are communicative and diffusive of it unto
others, that fruit may abound to their account: so the first mi...
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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish
[doeth] not so.
Ver. 7. _The lips of the wise disperse knowledge._] They are the
"lights of the world," φωστηρες, Php 2:15 and th...
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_The lips of the wise disperse knowledge_ Freely communicate to others
what they know, as they have opportunity; _but the heart of the
foolish doth not so_ Either because he hath no knowledge to dispe...
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V. 7. THE LIPS OF THE WISE DISPERSE KNOWLEDGE, casting it out over the
country like good seed, which will return a rich harvest; BUT THE
HEART OF THE FOOLISH DOETH NOT SO; having no wisdom, he cannot...
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DISPERSE KNOWLEDGE; freely communicate to others what they know, as
they have opportunity. DOETH NOT SO; either because he hath no
knowledge to disperse, or because he hath not a heart to perform his...
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Proverbs 15:7 lips H8193 wise H2450 disperse H2219 (H8762) knowledge
H1847 heart H3820 fool H3684
lips -...
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WISE WORDS, REPROOF AND FIRM DISCIPLINE UPHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS, GIVING
THEM SUITABLE REWARD, WHILST THE UNRIGHTEOUS REJECT REPROOF, AND
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES (PROVERBS 15:4).
In this subsection there...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God,
neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
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Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the
tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable
turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing
primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s
providence.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 15:6. Miller translates the first clause, “The house of the
righteous is great treasure” (see his Comment); REVENUE, rather
“gain.”
PROVERBS 15:7. DISPERSE; some translators...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 15:1
A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed:
an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself
in sullen silence; and that answer...
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Fifteen. I love this first one here.
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger
(Proverbs 15:1).
How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away
wrath. If...
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2 Timothy 2:2; Acts 18:10; Acts 18:9; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Ecc
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Disperse — Freely communicate to others what they know....