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Or, “Perverse is the way of a sin burdened man.”...
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CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT
In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times.
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of
water: He turne...
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PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of
Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia,
which could be diverted in any direction at will.
Proverbs 21:4....
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THE WAY, &C. Render, "The way of. man laden with guilt is unsteady".
Some codices, with Aramaean and Syriac, read "of. man who is an
alien".
PURE. upright....
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_The way of man_is _froward and strange_ Rather, VERY CROOKED IS THE
WAY OF A MAN LADEN WITH GUILT; as was the way of David when he was
laden with the guilt of adultery, 2 Samuel 11. The annals of cri...
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THE WAY OF MAN IS FROWARD AND STRANGE— The true rendering is this,
_The way of the strange man is froward, but as for the pure his work
is right._ Grey....
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CHAPTER 21
TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10
1.
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
2.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jeho...
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The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work
is right.
THE WAY OF MAN (IS) FROWARD AND STRANGE - rather, 'The way of a man
(that is) froward (is) also strange.' The Hebrew,...
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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THE WAY OF MAN IS FROWARD AND STRANGE. — The words may also mean
“Tortuous is the way of a man who is laden with sin.” (Comp.
Proverbs 2:15.)...
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הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר
וְ֝ זַ֗ךְ...
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CHAPTER 22
WINE
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17
THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb
in...
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Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where
that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud
heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
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_Strange. Unknown, impure way, Leviticus x. 1., and Deuteronomy xvii.
15. (Calmet)_...
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD
than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowi...
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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 WAY OF MAN [IS] FROWARD AND STRANGE,.... Not the way of any and
every man; not the way of righteous and good men, of believers in
Christ; who know him, the way, and walk in him and after him, and...
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The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his
work [is] right.
Ver. 8. _The way of man is froward and strange._] And therefore
strange, because froward, various, and voluble, so...
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_The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them_ The injury which they
do to others shall, either by God or men, be returned upon their own
heads; _because they refuse to do judgment_ They wilfully and...
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V. 8. THE WAY OF MAN IS FROWARD AND STRANGE, literally, "Twisted is
the way of the guilt-laden," for the vicious man has only wickedness
in mind; BUT AS FOR THE PURE, one who is clean in his conduct,...
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THE WAY OF MAN; the course of his life. _Of man_; of every man; of man
by nature and in his corrupt estate; of a wicked or impure man, to
whom the pure is opposed in the next clause. STRANGE; estrange...
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Proverbs 21:8 way H1870 guilty H2019 man H376 perverse H2054 pure
H2134 work H6467 right H3477
way -...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find
righteousness, honor and life.
KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5).
STRONG VERSES: P...
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Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the
rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is
probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
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_The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work
is right._
PURE
I. The nature of the man of God. It is pure. It is a grand thing to be
clean in character. Take care that your wo...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:8_
TWO WAYS
I. THE WAY OF FALLEN MAN. It is a froward or refractory way in
relation to God. When we look at man’s ways and compare them with
the ways of all the creatu...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 21:1
THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER.
We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these
are altogether under the gardener's...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31.
Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares:
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
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1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:3; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 1:23
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The way — Of every man by nature. Strange — Estranged from God.
Right — But he whose heart is pure, his conversation is agreeable to
it....