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Verse Proverbs 20:26. _BRINGETH THE WHEEL OVER THEM._] He threshes
them in his anger, as the _wheel does the grain on the
threshing-floor_. Every one knows that grain was separated from its
husks, in...
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THE WHEEL - The threshing wheel Isaiah 28:27, which passes over the
grain and separates the grain from the chaff. The proverb involves
therefore the idea of the division of the good from the evil, no...
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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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SCATTERETH. winnoweth out.
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._
THE WHEEL: i.e. of the threshing instrument. Compare Isaiah 28:27....
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_scattereth_ RATHER, WINNOWETH. λικμήτωρ ἀσεβῶν
βασιλεὺς σοφὸς, LXX.
_the wheel_ sc. of his threshing wain. Comp. Isaiah 28:27. He executes
righteous judgement upon them, Psalms 62:4; Romans 13:4....
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A WISE KING SCATTERETH THE WICKED— The plain meaning seems to be,
that a good king separates the bad from the good by a due execution of
his laws; which is like the winnowing the corn after the chaff...
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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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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
A WISE KING SCATTERETH THE WICKED - like chaff before the wind ().
AND BRINGETH THE WHEEL OVER THEM - the wheel of the threshi...
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THE WHEEL of the threshing-cart, crushing in its weight (Amos 1:3)....
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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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A WISE KING SCATTERETH THE WICKED. — Rather, _winnows_ them.
AND BRINGETH THE WHEEL OVER THEM. — Comp. Isaiah 28:27. A sort of
sledge or cart was driven over the stalks of corn spread upon the
threshi...
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מְזָרֶ֣ה רְ֭שָׁעִים מֶ֣לֶךְ חָכָ֑ם וַ
יָּ֖שֶׁב...
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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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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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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the (h) wheel over
them.
(h) Which was a kind of punishment then used....
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_Wheel. Or triumphal arch, fornicem. (Ven. Bede; Jansenius) --- He
will make his enemies lie prostrate under his chariot-wheels, 2 Kings
xii. 31._...
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after
vows to make enquiry. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth
the wheel over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the L...
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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 WISE KING SCATTERETH THE WICKED,.... Or "fans [them] away" i;
separates them from his good counsellors, courtiers, and subjects;
scatters them from his presence and court, and breaks their counsels...
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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Ver. 26. _A wise king scattereth the wicked._] Drains the country of
them by his just severity, yet with due discretion, as appear...
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_A wise king_ Who seriously minds his duty, and his true interest;
_scattereth the wicked_ Breaks their companies and confederacies, and
forces them to flee several ways for their own safety; or drive...
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V. 26. A WISE KING SCATTERETH THE WICKED, sifting and winnowing them,
as the chaff is separated from the grain, AND BRINGETH THE WHEEL OVER
THEM, as the wheel of the threshing-cart separated the wheat...
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A WISE KING, who seriously minds his duty and his true interest,
SCATTERETH THE WICKED; breaks their companies and confederacies, and
forceth them to flee several ways for their own safety; driveth th...
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Proverbs 20:26 wise H2450 king H4428 out H2219 (H8764) wicked H7563
brings H7725 (H8686) wheel H212 over them
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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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_A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them _
PERSECUTION AND RIGHTEOUS PENALTY
A passage of this kind may easily be perverted by being used for the
purpose of supporting a...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:26 DRIVES THE WHEEL OVER THEM refers to
a heavy cart being drawn over the grain to separate the wheat from the
chaff. For the health of his kingdom, a WISE KING must root...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 20:26. THE WHEEL, _i.e._, the wheel of the threshing,
instrument which blows away the chaff.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 20:28_
PILLARS OF GOVERNMEN
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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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2 Samuel 12:31; 2 Samuel 4:9; Isaiah 28:27; Isaiah 28:28; Proverb
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The wheel — As the cart — wheel was anciently turned over the
sheaves to beat the corn out of them. He punishes them as their
offences deserve....