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Verse Proverbs 20:12. _THE HEARING EAR AND THE SEEING EYE_] Every
_good_ we possess comes from God; and we should neither use our
_eyes_, nor our _ears_, nor _any thing_ we possess, but in strict
subs...
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Not only do we owe the gifts of sight and hearing to Yahweh, but He,
being the giver, will also call us to account for them (compare Psalms
94:9)....
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CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT
Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found
mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if
applied to Solomon....
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PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs
20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self
characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought.
P...
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_The hearing ear_ or, _The ear heareth, and the eye seeth_. Οὖς
ἀκούει καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρᾷ, LXX.
The proverb is designed to be a seed of thought and to suggest many
inferences, such as: How great must t...
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TEXT Proverbs 20:11-20
11.
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,
Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Jehovah hath made even bot...
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of
them.
THE HEARING EAR, AND THE SEEING EYE, THE LORD HATH MADE EVEN BOTH OF
THEM - therefore He surely sees and hears all things...
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1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man
sneer, quarrel and reel about....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts
at you.
If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
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God made our eyes and ears. Therefore, he knows how to see and to
hear. God sees our actions. God hears our words. He knows the things
that we have done. He is a fair judge. We cannot lie to God.
V13...
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THE LORD HATH MADE EVEN BOTH OF THEM. — And, therefore, they are to
be used as He would have them. (Comp. our Lord’s constant warning,
“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”) The proverb may also...
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אֹ֣זֶן שֹׁ֖מַעַת וְ עַ֣יִן רֹאָ֑ה
יְ֝הוָ֗ה עָ
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CHAPTER 21
IDLENESS
"After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in
the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4
WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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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...
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SOBRIETY; INDUSTRY; HONESTY
Proverbs 20:1-15
Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains
an influence over men by fair promises, but when once it is
entrenched, it mocks at...
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Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one
answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour.
Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
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_Both. Consequently he will know all our actions, Psalm xciii. 9. We
must refer all to him, as he gives us the means of learning. (Calmet)_...
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Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike
abomination to the LORD. Even a child is known by his doings, whether
his work be pure, and whether it be right. The hearing ear, and the
se...
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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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THE HEARING EAR, AND THE SEEING EYE,.... There may be an ear that
hears not, and an eye that seeth not, and which men may make; the
painter can paint an ear and an eye, and a carver can carve both; bu...
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of
them.
Ver. 12. _The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, &c._] There are those
who have "ears to hear, and hear not; who have eyes to...
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V. 12. THE HEARING EAR AND THE SEEING EYE, THE LORD HATH MADE EVEN
BOTH OF THEM; therefore He, the omniscient Creator of the senses, will
demand a reckoning of their use on the Last Day....
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It is God alone who gives us our senses and natural faculties, and the
use and exercise of them, and especially a power of employing them
aright to see and observe the works of God, and to hear and re...
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Proverbs 20:12 hearing H8085 (H8802) ear H241 seeing H7200 (H8802) eye
H5869 LORD H3068 made H6213 ...
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Proverbs 20:12
I. How the eye tells the brain of the picture which is drawn upon the
back of the eye; how the brain calls up that picture when it likes
these are two mysteries beyond all man's wisdom...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be
sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book
of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with
harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
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_The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of
them._
EARS AND NO EARS, EYES AND NO EYES
1. There are wise men in the world who will not admit that it was God
who made the seei...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:8 This catalog of proverbs looks at
judgment from various angles. The purpose of a KING, representing
human government, is to restrain evil through acts of judgment (v....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 20:6. Miller reads the first clause of this verse, “_Much
of the mere man one calls his goodness_,” _i.e._, “Much that is
merely human.” He allows, however, that the usual re...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 20:1
WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from
the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing
what men do under its influence. Thus...
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Into chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1).
He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next
week,...
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Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 1:18; Exodus 4:11; Matthew 13: