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The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known
opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as
stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which
they treat....
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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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SOWETH. sendeth forth. Illustrations: Princes of Ammon (2 Samuel
10:3); Ziba (2 Samuel 16:3); Chaldeans (Daniel 3:8); Herodias (Mark
6:19)....
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_soweth_ Rather, SCATTERETH ABROAD, R.V. διαπέμπεται
κακὰ, LXX. Comp. Proverbs 6:14.
_separateth chief friends_ "Or, _alienateih his friend_," R.V. marg.
See Proverbs 19:7....
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TEXT Proverbs 16:23-33
23.
The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.
24.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25....
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A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief
friends.
A FROWARD MAN SOWETH (HEBREW, SENDETH IN) STRIFE; AND A WHISPERER
SEPARATETH CHIEF FRIENDS. The Hebrew for "chief friends" [ '...
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16:28 false (e-2) Or 'froward,' as ch. 2.12. soweth (f-4) Or 'sendeth
out.' talebearer (g-8) Or 'slanderer.'...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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A FROWARD MAN. — Who distorts the truth....
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אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכֹות יְשַׁלַּ֣ח
מָדֹ֑ון וְ֝ נִרְגָּ֗ן...
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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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_Words. Protestants, "a whisperer separateth chief friends."_...
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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 FROWARD MAN SOWETH STRIFE,.... Or "a man of perversenesses" q; in
whose heart is frowardness and perverseness; and whose mouth speaketh
froward and perverse things, contrary to reason, law, and Gosp...
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A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Ver. 28. _A froward man soweth strife._] The Belialist before
mentioned, Pro 16:27 as he digs, so he sows; but as ill seed as ma...
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_An ungodly man diggeth up evil_ Invents or designs mischief to
others, and prosecutes his evil designs with great and constant
industry; _in his lips is as a burning coal_ As his thoughts, so also
hi...
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V. 28. A FROWARD MAN, one who makes use of malice, SOWETH STRIFE, for
his conduct is bound to create enmity; AND A WHISPERER, a backbiter,
SEPARATETH CHIEF FRIENDS, causing close friends to be divided...
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SOWETH:
_ Heb._ sendeth forth...
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A FROWARD MAN; or, _perverse man_, who perverteth his words and ways;
who pleaseth not God, and is contrary to men, as was said of the Jews,
1 THESSALONIANS 2:15. SOWETH STRIFE, by whispering such thi...
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Proverbs 16:28 perverse H8419 man H376 sows H7971 (H8762) strife H4066
whisperer H5372 separates H6504 (H8688) f
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THE HARD-WORKING PERSON, THE WORTHLESS MAN, THE PERVERSE MAN AND THE
MAN OF VIOLENCE (PROVERBS 16:26).
This subsection is based on the idea of ‘a man' (ish) which is
repeated in each proverb apart fro...
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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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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch.
Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of
the heart (vv....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:25 A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT... BUT.
People often have the wrong idea about what is good and what is bad.
Hunger seems a bad thing, but it forces people to work and keeps the...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:28. A WHISPERER, _i.e._, “a _backbiter_.”
PROVERBS 16:30. MOVING, or _compressing_, indicating resolution, or
_biting_, indicative of scorn and malice.
MAIN HOMILETICS O...
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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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1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Timothy 6:3; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Genesis 3:1;...