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The “latter rain” is that which falls in March or April just
before the harvest. The “cloud” which brings it, immediately
screening people from the scorching sun, and bringing plenty and
blessing, is...
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CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD
The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of
Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the
preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
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PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs
16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the
picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
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CLOUD. heavy cloud, &c. Specially valuable, falling just before
harvest....
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_the latter rain_ i.e. the spring rain, which swelled and matured the
corn for harvest, just as the "former" or autumn rain prepared the
ground, after the drought of summer, for the sowing. Such a clo...
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THE LATTER RAIN— See Deuteronomy 11:14 and Joel 2:23....
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TEXT Proverbs 16:12-22
12.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;
For the throne is established by righteousness.
13.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
And they love him that...
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In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as
a cloud of the latter rain.
IN THE LIGHT OF THE KING'S COUNTENANCE (IS) LIFE - as there is in the
light of the sun beaming on th...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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THE LIGHT OF.. COUNTENANCE] i.e. his friendly regard. THE LATTER RAIN]
is the spring rain, required to ripen the crops.
16-19. The advantages of a right spirit....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 16
The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s,
the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil
action...
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The wise servant wants the king to be happy. The king should not be
angry. Events should not upset the king. Then the king will make good
decisions. He will care about his people. He will serve God an...
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A CLOUD OF THE LATTER RAIN. — This fell at the end of March,
maturing the barley and wheat crops before the harvest in April. It
was eagerly looked for as of great importance. (Comp. Psalms 72:6 for
t...
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בְּ אֹור ־פְּנֵי ־מֶ֥לֶךְ חַיִּ֑ים
וּ֝ רְצֹונ
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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
H...
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CHAPTER 29
AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT
"He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13
"Happy is the man that feareth...
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Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that
man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is
dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
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In the light of a king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is]
(i) as a cloud of the latter rain.
(i) Which is most comfortable to the dry ground....
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_Life. A mild government resembles a serene sky. (Sen.) (Clem.) (Job
xxix. 23.)_...
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his
steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
trans...
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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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IN THE LIGHT OF THE KING'S COUNTENANCE [IS] LIFE,.... When he looks
with a pleasant smiling countenance on a person that has been under
his displeasure, and especially if under a sentence of death, it...
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_In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is]
as a cloud of the latter rain._
Ver. 15. In the light of the king's countenance is life.] As when it
is well with the head, it i...
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_Righteous lips are the delight of kings_ All wise and good kings do,
and all kings should, delight in employing such counsellors, judges,
and officers, under them, as are just and faithful in their c...
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V. 15. IN THE LIGHT OF THE KING'S COUNTENANCE IS LIFE, when he is
graciously disposed, he dispenses favors which make life pleasant for
his subjects; AND HIS FAVOR IS AS A CLOUD OF THE LATTER RAIN, th...
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IN THE LIGHT OF THE KING'S COUNTENANCE IS LIFE; his favour and smiling
countenance is most sweet and refreshing, especially to him that was
under a sentence of death, PROVERBS 16:14. HIS FAVOUR IS AS...
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THE RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY OF A KING (PROVERBS 16:12).
It is no coincidence that this subsection with its fourfold mention of
the king comes after a series of subsections in which YHWH and His
j...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the
upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in
it....
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Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field
must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of
man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
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_In the light of the king’s countenance is life._
THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE KING’S FAVOUR
This is a general proverb. Its primary application is to royalty. In
the previous verse the wrath of a king has...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch.
Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of
the heart (vv....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:10. A DIVINE SENTENCE, literally _“divination,” i.e.,
“an oracle_” or “_a decision_.” “HIS MOUTH TRANSGRESSETH
NOT.” Stuart and Delitzsch read, “_In judgment his mouth sh...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 16:1
These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name
Jehovah.
PROVERBS 16:1
The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any
contrast or a...
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin
our study this evening.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is
from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1).
Go...
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Acts 2:28; Hosea 6:3; Job 29:23; Job 29:24; Proverbs 19:12;...
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A cloud — As acceptable as those clouds which bring the latter rain,
whereby the fruits are filled and ripened a little before the harvest....