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Verse Proverbs 15:31. _THE EAR THAT HEARETH THE REPROOF_] That
receives it gratefully and obeys it. "Advice is for them that will
take it," so says one of our own old proverbs; and the meaning here is...
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THE REPROOF OF LIFE - i. e., The reproof that leads to, or gives life,
rather than that which comes from life and its experience....
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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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OF. tending or leading to. Genitive of Relation. See App-17 (5)....
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_of life_ i.e. which tends to life. So, _the instruction of
wisdom_=the instruction which leads to, or bestows wisdom, Proverbs
15:33 below....
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TEXT Proverbs 15:23-33
23.
A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth;
And a word in due season, how good is it!
24.
To the wise the way of life goeth upward,
That he may depart from Sheol beneat...
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The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
THE EAR THAT HEARETH THE REPROOF OF LIFE (THE REPROOF THAT LEADS TO
LIFE IN THE HIGHEST SENSE) ABIDETH AMONG THE WISE - literally,
'...
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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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He who does not wish to learn will be neither welcome nor happy among
the wise....
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THE EAR THAT HEARETH THE REPROOF OF LIFE — _i.e.,_ one which does
not refuse reproof, or instruction, which leads to life. (Comp.
Proverbs 6:23.) The “ear” is put for the person, as in Job 29:11....
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אֹ֗זֶן שֹׁ֖מַעַת תֹּוכַ֣חַת חַיִּ֑ים
בְּ קֶ֖רֶב...
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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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WORDS IN SEASON
Proverbs 15:18-33
Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper
which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said
to be nine-tenths of Christ...
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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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The ear that heareth the (i) reproof of life abideth among the wise.
(i) That suffers himself to be admonished by God's word, which brings
life: and so amends....
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A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger
appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of
thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh
a...
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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 EAR THAT HEARETH THE REPROOF OF LIFE,.... That is given according
to the word of life, in a warm, fervent, and lively manner, with zeal,
and in good earnest; which reproves the life of another by...
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The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Ver. 31. _The ear that heareth the reproof of llfe._] That is, lively
and life giving reproofs. _Veritas aspera est, verum amaritudo e...
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_The ear that heareth the reproof of life_ The man that hearkens to
and delights in that reproof and good counsel which lead to life;
_abideth among the wise_ He will thereby be made wise, and be este...
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V. 31. THE EAR THAT HEARETH THE REPROOF OF LIFE, a censure or
correction which points out the way to life, ABIDETH AMONG THE WISE,
belongs to their circle on account of the wisdom thus gained....
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THE EAR THAT HEARETH; the man that hearkeneth to it, and delights in
it. THE REPROOF OF LIFE; that reproof and good counsel which leads to
life. ABIDETH AMONG THE WISE, Heb. _shall_ or _will abide_, &...
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Proverbs 15:31 ear H241 hears H8085 (H8802) rebukes H8433 life H2416
abide H3885 (H8799) among H7130 wise...
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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 15:25 These proverbs begin and end with a
contrast: THE LORD opposes the PROUD (v....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 15:33. INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM, rather a discipline of
wisdom,” or “a training to wisdom.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 15:31_
HOW TO GIVE AND TAKE REPROOF
I...
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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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1 John 2:19; Isaiah 55:3; John 15:3; John 15:4; Proverbs 1:23;...
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The ear — The man that hearkens to that reproof which leads to life,
seeks and delights in the company of the wise....