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Verse Proverbs 18:10. _THE NAME OF THE LORD_ IS _A STRONG TOWER_] The
_name of_ _the Lord_ may be taken for the _Lord himself_; he is a
_strong tower_, a _refuge_, and _place of complete safety_, to a...
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SAFE - literally, as in the margin i. e., is exalted. Compare Psalms
18:2, Psalms 18:33....
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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NAME. person. See note on Psalms 20:1.
SAFE. set on high. Illustrations: Job (Job 19:25; Job 19:26); Habakkuk
(Habakkuk 3:17;...
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THE NAME OF THE LORD A STRONG TOWER
Proverbs 18:10. _The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous
runneth into it, and is safe_.
IN the Proverbs of Solomon we must not expect...
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CHAPTER 18
TEXT Proverbs 18:1-12
1.
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire,
And rageth against all sound wisdom.
2.
A fool hath no delight in understanding,
But only that his heart ma...
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The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into
it, and is safe.
THE NAME OF THE LORD (I:E., THE LORD HIMSELF IN HIS MANIFESTED
GOODNESS AND POWER) (IS) A STRONG TOWER (A TOWER O...
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18:10 safe. (b-16) Or 'unapproachable;' lit. 'set in a high retreat.'
see Psalms 20:1 ....
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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The name of Jehovah is Jehovah Himself as revealed to men, His
manifested character (Psalms 75:1). Orientals have always ascribed
mysterious powers to the divine titles. Mohammedans repeat them one by...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A foo
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These two verses are about different castles. A castle was a strong
building, which would be safe, even during a war.
A good man trusts in God. He can relax, because God will keep him
safe.
A rich m...
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THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER. — The “name of the Lord”
signifies the titles by which He has made Himself known, descriptive
of His attributes, as “merciful, gracious, longsuffering, abundant...
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מִגְדַּל ־עֹ֖ז שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בֹּֽו
־יָר֖וּץ צ
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth (g)
into it, and is safe.
(g) He shows the refuge of the godly against all trouble....
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_Name. Essence, or protection of God. The rich depends on his own
wealth._...
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep
w...
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_GOD’S KEEP_
‘The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into
it, and is safe.’
Proverbs 18:10
Our Visitation Service seems to meet, or at least to suggest to us
how to meet, a s...
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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 NAME OF THE LORD [IS] A STRONG TOWER,.... By "the name of the
Lord" may be meant, either the attributes and perfections of God, by
which he is made known, and which are the strength and security o...
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The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into
it, and is safe.
Ver. 10. _The name of the Lord is a strong tower._] God's attributes
are called "His name"; because by them he is...
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_The name of the Lord_ That is, the Lord, as he hath revealed himself
in his works, and especially in his word, by his promises, and the
declarations of his infinite perfections, and of his good-will...
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V. 10. THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER, he who relies upon
Jehovah as He has revealed Himself in His Word has a stronghold of
safest protection; THE RIGHTEOUS, he who by faith places his
confid...
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SAFE:
_ Heb._ set aloft...
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THE NAME OF THE LORD, i.e. the Lord, as he hath revealed himself in
his works, and especially in his word by his promises, and the
declarations of his infinite perfections, and of his good will to his...
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Proverbs 18:10 name H8034 LORD H3068 strong H5797 tower H4026
righteous H6662 run H7323 (H8799) safe H7682 ...
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THE FOOL DESTROYS OTHERS AND IS THEREFORE HIMSELF DESTROYED, BUT THE
RIGHTEOUS ARE KEPT SAFE (PROVERBS 18:8).
In this subsection there is an emphasis on the way in which a fool
destroys a community. H...
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Proverbs 18:10
We have here the "strong tower" and the "strong city;" the man lifted
up above danger on the battlements of the one, and the man fancying
himself to be high above it (and only fancying...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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_The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it
and is safe._
THE SECURITY OF THOSE WHO TRUST IN GOD
I. Explain what is to be understood by “the name of the Lord.” No
particula...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:9 Verses Proverbs 18:10 and Proverbs
18:11 describe two types of security:
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:10. SAFE, or, _lifted high_.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:10_
TWO CITADELS
I. THE CITADEL OF HIM WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD. “_The name of the
Lord_.” God has revealed H...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 22:3; 2 Samuel 22:45; 2 Samuel 22:51;...
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The name — The Lord, as he hath revealed himself in his works, and
in his word by his promises....