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The proverb expresses the reverence of the East for the supreme
authority of the king. The “cruel messenger” is probably the
king’s officer despatched to subdue and punish. The Septuagint
renders it:...
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CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS
Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a
few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the
LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
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PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to
a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes
(Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
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EVIL. evil worker. Same word as "wicked", Proverbs 17:4....
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_rebellion_ This, in its highest reference, is an anticipation of the
divine philosophy of St John, "sin is lawlessness" (ἡ
ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία). "Sin is lawlessness.
Sin and lawlessness are conver...
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AN EVIL MAN, &C.— Houbigant renders it, _A cruel man will seek only
for evil; and therefore a most cruel messenger shall be sent to him._...
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TEXT Proverbs 17:11-19
11.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his fo...
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An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall
be sent against him.
AN EVIL (MAN) SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION - so the Septuagint and Arabic.
But the Chaldaic and Syriac take "re...
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17:11 rebellion; (c-6) Or 'A rebel seeketh only evil.'...
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The meaning is doubtful. Either, 'An evil man seeketh only rebellion,'
or, 'Rebellion seeketh only mischief.' The rebellion may be against
God or the king; if the former, cp. Psalms 78:49 for the crue...
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1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the
festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was
accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 17
V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place.
But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there
are arguments....
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This evil man refuses to change his behaviour. Even punishment will
not stop his evil behaviour. A ruler will send an official to put the
evil man in prison....
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AN EVIL MAN SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION. — Or. _A rebellious man_
(literally, _rebellion;_ comp. Ezekiel 2:7) _seeketh only evil._
A CRUEL MESSENGER. — Such as the “chief of the executioners”
(margin of Ge...
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אַךְ ־מְרִ֥י יְבַקֶּשׁ ־רָ֑ע וּ
מַלְאָ֥ךְ אַ֝
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CHAPTER 18
FRIENDSHIP
"A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for
adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of
the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to h...
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Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this
proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that
of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
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An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel (e) messenger
shall be sent against him.
(e) By the messenger is meant such means as God uses to punish the
rebels....
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_Angel. Messenger of death, (Menochius) which is sometimes inflicted
by good, at others by bad, angels of death, or satan, 2 Corinthians
xii. 7., and Psalm lxxvii. 49._...
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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
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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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AN EVIL [MAN] SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION,.... For he seeks nothing but
what is evil; and all sin is rebellion against God, a contempt of his
laws, and a transgression of them; a trampling upon his legisla...
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An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger
shall be sent against him.
Ver. 11. _An evil man seeketh only rebellion._] Viz., How to
gainstand and mischief those that by words or...
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_An evil man seeketh only rebellion_ Seeketh nothing but his own will;
and being so refractory that he hath shaken off all reverence for God
and his governors, he is wholly bent upon mischief, and can...
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V. 11. AN EVIL MAN SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION, that is, he who rebels
against the Lord in willful transgression of His Law has evil in mind;
THEREFORE A CRUEL MESSENGER SHALL BE SENT AGAINST HIM, that is,...
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AN EVIL MAN SEEKETH ONLY REBELLION; it is the constant study and
business of wicked men to rebel, either,
1. Against men in authority. But this is not universally true, for
many most wicked persons a...
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THE FOLLIES OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:8).
The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and
this now leads on to consideration of the activities of fools (kesil)
(Proverbs 17:21 vi...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is
silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech.
KEY W...
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Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See
Proverbs 15:17.
Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or
crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections
of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 17:11. Many commentators translate the first clause
“_Rebellion_,” or “_a rebel_” seeketh only after evil, _i.e._,
brings retribution upon himself.
PROVERBS 17:12. Miller tr...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 17:1
(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
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Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of
sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1).
Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in
that economy the of the Judai...
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1 Kings 2:24; 1 Kings 2:25; 1 Kings 2:31; 1 Kings 2:46; 2 Samuel 15:12
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Rebellion — Against God. Messenger — Or, a cruel angel, the angel
of death, the devil, or some bloody men employed by God to avenge his
quarrel....