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COUNSEL - See Proverbs 1:5 note. This precept may well be thought of
as coming with special force at the time of the organization of the
monarchy of Israel. Compare 1 Kings 12:6....
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CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED
The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the
wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for
instruction. In the second v...
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PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found
in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group
(Proverbs 11:2;...
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COUNSEL: or helmsman.
MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLERS. Provided they are really "counsellers".
SAFETY. salvation....
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_counsel_ See Proverbs 1:5 note. The same Heb. word is there rendered
_wise counsels_, A.V. and _sound counsels_, R.V. Here R.V. renders
_wise guidance_, with reference perhaps to the root-meaning of...
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TEXT Proverbs 11:12-21
12.
He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom;
But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
13.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets;
But he that...
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Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of
counsellors there is safety.
WHERE NO COUNSEL IS, THE PEOPLE FALL: BUT IN THE MULTITUDE OF
COUNSELORS THERE IS SAFETY. "No counsel" - i...
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A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his
delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all
fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
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11:14 safety. (f-16) Or 'victory;' and so ch. 21.31; 24.6....
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For counsel read 'statesmanship.'...
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1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs
20:10; Amos 8:5)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 11
V1 God hates false measurements.
God loves honest measurements.
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Ordinary people need advice. Church leaders need advice. The leaders
of cities need advice (verses 10-11). Even entire nations need advice.
Good and bad words affect the lives of ordinary people. But...
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IN THE MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS THERE IS SAFETY — _i.e.,_ where
there are plenty to guide the state....
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בְּ אֵ֣ין תַּ֭חְבֻּלֹות יִפָּל ־עָ֑ם
וּ֝ תְשׁ
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CHAPTER 12
GOODNESS
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6
"An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes
right in his way is the abomination of t...
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Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the
condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the
expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
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Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of (g)
counsellors [there is] safety.
(g) Where God gives store of men of wisdom and counsel....
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The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in
his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but
through knowledge shall the just be delivered. When it goeth we...
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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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WHERE NO COUNSEL [IS], THE PEOPLE FALL,.... Where there is no wise and
prudent, sound and good counsel, as the word signifies; where that is
not, there had as good be none, or better; a people, a king...
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Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of
counsellors [there is] safety.
Ver. 14. _Where no counsel is, the people fall._] As where no pilot
is, the ship miscarrieth. The Vulgat...
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_Where no counsel is, the people fall_ “Where prudent counsellors
are wanting a nation goes to wreck, as certainly as a ship doth
without a pilot; but a country is safe when there are many wise men to...
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V. 14. WHERE NO COUNSEL IS, no wise direction or leadership, THE
PEOPLE FALL, decay and ruin come upon the whole country; BUT IN THE
MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS THERE IS SAFETY, that is, it is bound to se...
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10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but
the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very
careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
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NO COUNSEL; or, _no wise counsel_, as the word properly signifies, as
JOB 37:12 PROVERBS 1:5. IN THE MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS, to wit, of
wise and good counsellors, for such will employ and unite thei...
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NEIGHBOURS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS (PROVERBS 11:8).
Solomon now deals with contrasts between the righteous and the wicked
with regard to their neighbours and fellow-citizens. The first two
verses in the s...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them
we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
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Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A
dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be
but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
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_Where no counsel is, the people fall._
THE VALUE OF ADVICE
Kings and rulers stand in special need of counsel. When a ruler is
surrounded by good counsellors he and his people are safe. We can
trace...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 11:14. COUNSEL, literally, “pilotage,”
“steermanship.”
PROVERBS 11:15. SURETYSHIP, literally “striking hands.” See Notes
and Illustration on chap. Proverbs 6:1. Stuart trans...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 11:1
A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The
repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
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Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter.
Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of
wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to
the next. S...
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1 Kings 12:1; Acts 15:6; Isaiah 19:11; Proverbs 15:22; Proverb