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Verse Proverbs 18:9. _HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL_] A _slothful_ man
neglects his _work_, and the _materials_ go to ruin: the _waster_, he
destroys the _materials_. They are both destroyers....
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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A GREAT WASTER. a master of destruction: i.e. an absolute destroyer....
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_a great waster_ Lit. A MASTER OF LAYING WASTE, or DESTROYING; a
DESTROYER, R.V. Comp. for a similar sentiment, "He that gathereth not
with me scattereth abroad," Matthew 12:30....
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CHAPTER 18
TEXT Proverbs 18:1-12
1.
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire,
And rageth against all sound wisdom.
2.
A fool hath no delight in understanding,
But only that his heart ma...
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He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a
great waster.
HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL (LITERALLY, REMISS) IN HIS WORK IS BROTHER
TO HIM THAT IS A GREAT WASTER - literally, 'him HE...
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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If you are lazy, then this may cause trouble for other people. To be
lazy is almost the same thing as to be dangerous.
V10 God is like a strong castle.
Good men are safe, when they trust in God.
V1...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A foo
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HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL IN HIS WORK. — Whatsoever it may be that is
committed to his care, is “brother to him that is a great waster,”
or “destroyer “; neglect of duty causes almost as much mischief...
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גַּ֭ם מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה בִ מְלַאכְתֹּ֑ו
אָ֥ח ה֝֗וּא...
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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_Brother. Like him, as both end in poverty, chap. x. 4., and xii. 11._...
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep
w...
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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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HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL IN HIS WORK,.... Remiss in it; hangs down his
hands, and does not care to make use of them, but neglects his
business:
IS BROTHER TO HIM THAT IS A GREAT WASTER: a prodigal ma...
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He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great
waster.
Ver. 9. _He also that is slothful in his work._] As he must needs be
that goes peddling about with tales, and buzzing ev...
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_The words of a tale-bearer_ Who privily slanders his neighbour; _are
as wounds_ Deeply wound the reputation, and afterward the heart, of
the slandered person. _They go down_, &c. They wound mortally,...
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V. 9. HE ALSO THAT IS SLOTHFUL IN HIS WORK, who does not apply himself
to it with all diligence, IS BROTHER TO HIM THAT IS A GREAT WASTER, a
squanderer; the two are closely related, since in either ca...
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They are alike; though they take several paths, yet both come to one
end, even to extreme want and poverty....
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Proverbs 18:9 slothful H7503 (H8693) work H4399 brother H251 great
H1167 destroyer H7843 (H8688)
that is slothful -...
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THE FOOL DESTROYS OTHERS AND IS THEREFORE HIMSELF DESTROYED, BUT THE
RIGHTEOUS ARE KEPT SAFE (PROVERBS 18:8).
In this subsection there is an emphasis on the way in which a fool
destroys a community. H...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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_He also that is slothful in his work._
INDOLENCE
Indolence is a stream which flows slowly on, but yet undermines the
foundation of every virtue. It were as little hazard to be tossed in a
storm as t...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:9. WASTER, or _destroyer_.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:9_
TWIN-BROTHERS
I. SLOTHFULNESS AND PRODIGALITY HAVE THE SAME ORIGIN. As brothers are
the children of a comm...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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Hebrews 6:12; Job 30:29; Luke 15:13; Luke 15:14; Luke 16:1;...
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Is brother — Though they take several paths, yet both come to one
end....