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Verse Proverbs 16:10. _A DIVINE SENTENCE_] קסם _kesem_,
"divination," as the margin has it. Is the meaning as follows? Though
_divination_ were applied to a righteous king's lips, to induce him to
pu...
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A DIVINE SENTENCE - See the margin, i. e., “soothsaying” in its
darker aspect as contrasted with prophecy. The true oracle is to be
sought, not from soothsayers and diviners, but “at the lips of the
k...
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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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_A divine sentence_ Lit. DIVINATION, A.V. and R.V. marg. The word is
generally used in a bad sense, "soothsaying." See Deuteronomy 18:10,
where it is positively forbidden, and 1 Samuel 15:23, where it...
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A DIVINE SENTENCE IS IN THE LIPS OF THE KING— These words, according
to Melancthon, affirm the whole political order, magistrates, laws,
distinction of dominions, contracts, judgments, punishments, to...
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CHAPTER 16
TEXT Proverbs 16:1-11
1.
The plans of the heart belong to man;
But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
2.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth t...
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A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth
not in judgment.
A DIVINE SENTENCE (IS) IN THE LIPS OF THE KING. What a just and wise
king (one worthy by of the high name and...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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His sentence has the force of a divine oracle....
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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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Solomon was a king. In verses 10-15, he explains how kings and other
rulers behave.
God has given authority to kings. Their decisions are important and
affect many people. So a king must always be re...
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HIS MOUTH TRANSGRESSETH NOT IN JUDGMENT. — Or, _should not
transgress,_ as being the representative of God upon earth, and so
distinguished by the title of “God” himself (Psalms 82:6). This
verse reca...
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קֶ֤סֶם ׀ עַֽל ־שִׂפְתֵי ־מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּ֝
מִשְׁפָּ֗ט...
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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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_Judgment. Or "let it not err," as people look upon the decisions of
kings as so many oracles. We ought to act in this manner, as long as
they are not visibly unjust. God gave a principal spirit (Psal...
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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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A DIVINE SENTENCE [IS] IN THE LIPS OF THE KING,.... Or "divination" f,
as the word signifies; or what is like to divination, as Aben Ezra and
Gersom interpret it g. What be says is as an oracle, and s...
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A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth
transgresseth not in judgment.
Ver. 10. _A divine sentence is in the lips of the king._] It is, or
should be. His words usually pass for orac...
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_A divine sentence_ Hebrew, קסם, _divination_, (a word which is
sometimes taken in a good sense for _prudence_, as Isaiah 3:2,) that
is, great sagacity, and a piercing judgment to discern dubious and...
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V. 10. A DIVINE SENTENCE IS IN THE LIPS OF THE KING, he, in his
position as sovereign, makes his decision as the representative of
Jehovah; HIS MOUTH TRANSGRESSETH NOT IN JUDGMENT, he may not use his...
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DIVINE:
_ Heb._ divinationProverbs 16:11 ALL THE WEIGHTS:_ Heb._ all the
stones...
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A DIVINE SENTENCE, Heb. _divination_, which is sometimes taken in a
good sense for prudence, as it is ISAIAH 3:2. A great sagacity and
piercing judgment to discern dubious and difficult cases. IS; or,...
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Proverbs 16:10 Divination H7081 lips H8193 king H4428 mouth H6310
transgress H4603 (H8799) judgment H4941
A divine sentence - Heb. D
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YHWH IS CONCERNED ABOUT INJUSTICE WHETHER AT THE HANDS OF THE KING OR
OF MEN (PROVERBS 16:8).
In this subsection men are urged to act justly and rightly in their
business dealings, and kings are urged...
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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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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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2 Samuel 23:3; 2 Samuel 23:4; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; Deuteronomy 17:18;
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A divine sentence — Great sagacity and piercing judgment. Of the
king — Of wise kings; who only are worthy of that name and office....