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Verse Proverbs 16:7. _WHEN A MAN'S WAYS PLEASE THE LORD_] God is the
guardian and defence of all that fear and love him; and it is truly
astonishing to see how wondrously God works in their behalf, ra...
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Goodness has power to charm and win even enemies to itself....
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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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CHAPTER 16
TEXT Proverbs 16:1-11
1.
The plans of the heart belong to man;
But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
2.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth t...
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When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be
at peace with him. WHEN A MAN'S WAYS PLEASE THE LORD, HE MAKETH EVEN
HIS ENEMIES TO BE AT PEACE WITH HIM - so far as is for the glo...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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WHEN A MAN’S WAYS PLEASE THE LORD... — Comp. Genesis 26:28; 2
Chronicles 17:10....
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בִּ רְצֹ֣ות יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי ־אִ֑ישׁ
גַּם ־א֝
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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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_Peace. Thus Jacob, Joseph, Daniel, &c., were admired by their former
enemies._...
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Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though
hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. By mercy and truth
iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from...
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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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WHEN A MAN'S WAYS PLEASE THE LORD,.... As they do when a man walks
according to the rule of his word; when he walks as he has Christ for
an example; when he walks after the Spirit, and not after the f...
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When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at
peace with him.
Ver. 7. When a man's ways please the Lord.] Sin is the only make-bait
that sets God and man at difference. Now,...
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_When a man's ways please the Lord_ The best way to have our enemies
reconciled unto us, is for us first to be reconciled unto God; for
such is the love which the Lord hath to pious and virtuous perso...
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V. 7. WHEN A MAN'S WAYS PLEASE THE LORD, when Jehovah finds that a
person's conduct, the objects which he has in mind, and the means
which he uses to accomplish them, are in accordance with His will,...
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By disposing their hearts to kindness towards him....
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Proverbs 16:7 mans H376 ways H1870 please H7521 (H8800) LORD H3068
enemies H341 (H8802) peace H7999 ...
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ALL IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH YHWH'S PURPOSES, WITH THE CONSEQUENCE THAT
THE PROUD WILL BE PUNISHED, WHILST THOSE WHO FEAR YHWH WILL DEPART
FROM EVIL AND FIND THAT BOTH YHWH AND THEIR ENEMIES ARE AT PEACE...
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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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_When a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be
at peace with him._
OUR WAYS
These words contain two blessed fruits of a gracious conversation. The
one more immediate and direct...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:1 The comparison between the PLANS of a
man’s HEART (vv. Proverbs 16:1,...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:7_
PLEASING GOD
I. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN MEN’S WAYS DO NOT PLEASE THE LORD. _The ways
of the ungodly do not at any time please the Lord_. Because they have
no sympathy...
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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 John 3:22; Acts 9:1; Acts 9:19; Acts 9:2; Acts 9:20;...