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Verse Proverbs 15:4. _A WHOLESOME TONGUE_ IS _A TREE OF LIFE_] Here
again is an allusion to the paradisiacal tree, עץ חיים _ets
chaiyim_, "the tree of lives....
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A WHOLESOME TONGUE - literally, as in the margin, the same word as
“sound” in Proverbs 14:30 (see the note). A more literal rendering
would be soundness of speech.
TREE OF LIFE - Compare Proverbs 3:1...
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CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS
One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the
question, What are the better things?
A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...
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PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning
the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One
(Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...
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A WHOLESOME TONGUE. Gentleness of tongue.
TREE OF LIFE. See Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 3:24. Compare
Proverbs 3:18;...
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_wholesome_ See Proverbs 14:30, where the same Heb. word is rendered
_sound_, and note there, and comp. ὑγιαίνοντες λόγοι,
1 Timothy 6:3; 2 Timothy 1:13, and λόγος ὑγιής,...
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A WHOLESOME TONGUE IS A TREE OF LIFE— _A wholesome tongue,_ or _a
tongue which heals,_ or _the health of the tongue, is a tree of life,
but when it is perverse it breaks the spirit;_ or, _the perversi...
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TEXT Proverbs 15:1-11
1.
A soft answer turneth away wrath;
But a grevious word stirreth up anger.
2.
The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright;
But the mouth of fools poureth out folly....
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A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a
breach in the spirit.
A WHOLESOME TONGUE - sound in itself and healthful to others, by its
knowledge, prudence, sincerity: speech...
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15:4 Gentleness (g-1) Or 'Benignity;' as 'sound,' ch. 14.30. breaking
(h-14) Or 'disturbance.'...
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1. GRIEVOUS] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other
pour in cold.'...
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Read, 'a soothing tongue.. a wound in the spirit.'
7. _Doeth_ NOT SO] RM 'is not steadfast.'...
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Our words can comfort other people. Words can help people, and they
can encourage people.
Lies never achieve these good things. Lies hurt other people. Lies
upset people and cause great problems....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 15
V1 A quiet answer reduces anger.
But an impatient word increases anger....
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מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שֹׁון עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְ
סֶ֥לֶף ב֝
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CHAPTER 16
A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION
"A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up
anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.-
Proverbs 15:1
"A meek t...
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KIND WORDS AND GLAD HEARTS
Proverbs 15:1-17
_A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips
of the wise; the prayer of the upright_ -these keywords touch one of
the greatest depa...
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Verse Proverbs 15:11. This is a simple method of drawing attention to
God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that
which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to Hi...
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_Life. This comparison was become proverbial for something very
excellent. Immoderate. Hebrew, "perverse." (Calmet) --- Evil discourse
kills the souls both of those who speak, and of those who pay
att...
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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools
poureth out foolishness. The eyes of the LORD are in every pla...
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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 WHOLESOME TONGUE [IS] A TREE OF LIFE,.... A tongue that delivers out
salutary instructions, wholesome advice and counsel; a "healing
tongue" w, as it may be rendered, which pacifies contending parti...
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_A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is]
a breach in the spirit._
Ver. 4. _A wholesome tongue is a tree of life._] As uttering words
that have a healing property in them...
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_The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright_ Expressing what he
knows prudently and gracefully; taking due care both what, and when,
and to whom, and in what manner he speaks; _but the mouth of foo...
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V. 4. A WHOLESOME TONGUE, literally, "gentleness of tongue," IS A TREE
OF LIFE, that is, a person who, in true humility, uses gentle,
pacifying, soothing speech will do his share toward a better
appre...
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A WHOLESOME TONGUE:
_ Heb._ The healing of the tongue...
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A WHOLESOME TONGUE, which uttereth sound, and comfortable, and useful
counsels, is a tree of life; is greatly useful to preserve the present
life, and to promote the spiritual and eternal life, both o...
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Proverbs 15:4 wholesome H4832 tongue H3956 tree H6086 life H2416
perverseness H5558 breaks H7667 spirit H7307
A wholesome - Heb. The he
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WISE WORDS, REPROOF AND FIRM DISCIPLINE UPHOLD THE RIGHTEOUS, GIVING
THEM SUITABLE REWARD, WHILST THE UNRIGHTEOUS REJECT REPROOF, AND
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES (PROVERBS 15:4).
In this subsection there...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God,
neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...
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Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the
tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable
turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:1 This is a series of proverbs dealing
primarily with speech, submission to instruction, and God’s
providence.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 15:3. BEHOLDING, rather “watching,” “observing” (so
Stuart, Miller, and Delitzsch).
PROVERBS 15:4. WHOLE-SOME, “gentle,” “soft,” PERVERSENESS or
“transgression,” A BREACH,...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 15:1
A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed:
an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself
in sullen silence; and that answer...
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Fifteen. I love this first one here.
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger
(Proverbs 15:1).
How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away
wrath. If...
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1 Timothy 6:3; Genesis 3:22; Malachi 4:2; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs
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Wholesome — Which utters sound and useful counsels. Tree of life —
Is greatly useful to preserve the present life, and to promote the
spiritual and eternal life, both of the speaker and hearers.
Perve...