Proverbs 15:1-33
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLDING] RV 'keeping watch upon,' as watching over a city (Isaiah 52:8), or the prophets over the people (Ezekiel 3:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'a soothing tongue.. a wound in the spirit.' 7. _Doeth_ NOT SO] RM 'is not steadfast.'... [ Continue Reading ]
A costly offering from the one is unacceptable: the mere prayer of the other is accepted (Mark 12:42).... [ Continue Reading ]
HELL AND DESTRUCTION] RV 'Sheol and Abaddon.' The latter means 'place of destruction': cp. Proverbs 27:20; Job 26:6; Job 28:22; Job 31:12; Psalms 88:11. At Revelation 9:11; Abaddon is the Angel of Destruction. Subsequently it became the name for the lowest part of Gehenna.... [ Continue Reading ]
'Cheerful,' not MERRY: it is not the word rendered 'merry' inv. 13.... [ Continue Reading ]
Religion delivers from harassing care.... [ Continue Reading ]
A STALLED OX] is one kept up and fattened for slaughter.... [ Continue Reading ]
The one sees imaginary hindrances: the other's course is a well-made level road.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'maketh straight his going': i.e. acts straightforwardly.... [ Continue Reading ]
Well-considered and opportune speech brings joy.... [ Continue Reading ]
Lit. 'The way of life upward is to the wise man': he escapes the premature death of the wicked.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'pleasant words are pure' (in God's eyes).... [ Continue Reading ]
Bribery is one of the greatest curses of the East (Exodus 18:21; Ezekiel 22:12; Sir 17:7).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LIGHT OF THE EYES] i.e. good fortune.... [ Continue Reading ]
He who does not wish to learn will be neither welcome nor happy among the wise.... [ Continue Reading ]