PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:1 A poor but loving home is better than a home filled with FEASTING and STRIFE (see Proverbs 5:17). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:3 CRUCIBLE and FURNACE suggest that THE LORD TESTS HEARTS through difficulties. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:8 A BRIBE IS LIKE A MAGIC STONE... PROSPERS. The writer observes that those who offer bribes often get what they want, but he does not condone such actions (compare note on Proverbs 14:20). The wise person will ponder this reality and recognize it as a temptation. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Proverbs 17:14) on the theme of interpersonal conflict. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:14 This verse advises the reader to either avoid or resolve conflict before control is lost. LIKE LETTING OUT WATER. Once a dam has been breached, there is no holding back the water—an appropriate image for the rapid and damaging escalation of a quarrel. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var image... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:18 PLEDGE... SECURITY. See note on 6:1–5. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:19 TRANSGRESSION and STRIFE go together (see v. Proverbs 17:14). Transgression is in the heart of the person who LOVES strife and is unwilling to “quit before the quarrel breaks out” (see v. Proverbs 17:14). Such a person is characterized by pride and arrogance (MAKES HI... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:23 Verses Proverbs 17:23 and Proverbs 17:26 speak of justice being thwarted. Verse Proverbs 17:24 speaks of the fool who wastes his life chasing unattainable goals (THE ENDS OF THE EARTH), and v. Proverbs 17:25 speaks of the fool who causes distress for his parents. Foll... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:25 The picture of a FOOLISH SON grieving the mother WHO BORE HIM expands on v. Proverbs 17:21 (see also Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 23:22). Such images should encourage both children and parents to seek the benefits of wisdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:27 This section begins and ends with proverbs on the careful, restrained use of words (Proverbs 17:27; Proverbs 18:4). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]