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Verse Proverbs 20:21. _AN INHERITANCE - GOTTEN HASTILY_] Gotten by
_speculation_; by _lucky hits_; not in the fair _progressive_ way of
_traffic_, in which money has its _natural increase_. All such...
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Or, An inheritance gotten hastily (greedily sought after by unjust
means) at the beginning, the end thereof shall not be blessed. Another
reading gives, “an inheritance loathed, (compare Zechariah 11:...
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CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT
Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found
mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if
applied to Solomon....
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PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs
20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self
characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought.
P...
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BLESSED. happy. See note on Proverbs 3:13....
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_hastily_ Comp. Proverbs 28:20; Proverbs 28:22....
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TEXT Proverbs 20:21-30
21.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he wil...
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An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed.
AN INHERITANCE (MAY BE) GOTTEN HASTILY, [SO THE QERI' READS,
mªbohelet (H926 ); CF. PROVERBS 28:20 ]...
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20:21 hastily (f-4) Others read 'wrongly acquired.'...
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1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man
sneer, quarrel and reel about....
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THE END THEREOF SHALL NOT BE BLESSED. — Comp. Proverbs 28:20 : the
evil means by which he acquired the possession will, at the last, be
visited upon him. Thus Jacob was punished severely for the selfi...
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נַ֭חֲלָה _מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת_† בָּ †
רִאשֹׁנָ֑ה וְ֝ אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ...
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CHAPTER 21
IDLENESS
"After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in
the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4
WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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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...
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“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN”
Proverbs 20:16-30
What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a
row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine
Nature ever bent...
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Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one
answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour.
Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
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_Blessing. It is morally impossible that they should have been
acquired justly, chap. xiii. 11., and xxi. 5._...
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou
shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the
buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There is...
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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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AN INHERITANCE [MAY BE] GOTTEN HASTILY AT THE BEGINNING,.... Of a
man's setting out in the world in trade and business; and which
sometimes is got lawfully, and this must be excepted from this
proverb...
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_An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed._
Ver. 21. _An inheritance may be gotten hastily, &c._] By wishing and
working the death of parents,...
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_An inheritance may be gotten hastily_ An estate is sometimes soon
gained, even in the very beginning of a man's labours for it: in which
case, it may be presumed that some indirect and unrighteous me...
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V. 21. AN INHERITANCE MAY BE GOTTEN HASTILY AT THE BEGINNING, wayward
and ungodly children being so eager that they even drive their parents
out of their possession; BUT THE END THEREOF SHALL NOT BE B...
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AN INHERITANCE MAY BE GOTTEN HASTILY AT THE BEGINNING; an estate
sometimes is got suddenly, in the very beginning of a man's labours
for it; in which case it may be presumed that some indirect and
unr...
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Proverbs 20:21 inheritance H5159 hastily H926 (H8794) (H8675) H973
(H8794) beginning H7223 blessed H1288 ...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be
sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book
of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with
harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
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_An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed._
PATIENCE AND PERMANENCE
Ours is an age of haste. Short cuts to learning, professional life
without...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:20 The person who despises parental
authority will eventually face UTTER DARKNESS (compare Exodus 20:12)....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:20_
AN UNNATURAL CHILD AND A NATURAL LAW
I. AN UNNATURAL CHILD. The ungrateful son or daughter of good parents
is an unnatural being. If experience did not contradict,...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 20:1
WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from
the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing
what men do under its influence. Thus...
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Into chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1).
He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next
week,...
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1 Timothy 6:9; Habakkuk 2:6; Job 27:16; Job 27:17; Malachi 2:2;...