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Two companion proverbs. Nothing avails against, nothing without, God.
The horse is the type of warlike strength, used chiefly or exclusively
in battle. 1Ki 4:26; 1 Kings 10:26, may be thought of as ha...
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CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT
In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times.
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of
water: He turne...
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PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of
Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia,
which could be diverted in any direction at will.
Proverbs 21:4....
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NO WISDOM... AGAINST THE LORD. Illustrations: Pharaoh (Exodus 1:10.
See App-23); Balak (Numbers 24:10); Ahaziah (2 Kings 1:9); Sennacherib
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Even more forcible is the Hebrew: THERE IS NO WISDOM AND THERE IS NO
UNDERSTANDING AND THERE IS NO COUNSEL AGAINST JEHOVAH....
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TEXT Proverbs 21:21-31
21.
He that followeth after righteousness and kindness
Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
22.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,
And bringeth down the strengt...
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There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
(Isaiah 7:9; ; cf. the issue of Ahithophel's wise counsel, ; 2 Samuel
17:1;...
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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Some people think that selfish ambitions are wise (James 3:14-15).
This is not really wisdom, and it cannot defeat God.
Some people think that they are clever. They think that there is no
God. The Bi...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 21
V1 A king is like a canal that God controls.
God leads the king in the way that God decides....
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אֵ֣ין חָ֭כְמָה וְ אֵ֣ין תְּבוּנָ֑ה וְ
אֵ֥ין
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CHAPTER 22
WINE
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17
THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb
in...
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Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where
that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud
heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
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CHAPTER XXI....
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Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. The
desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse t...
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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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[THERE IS] NO WISDOM NOR UNDERSTANDING, NOR COUNSEL AGAINST THE LORD.
No human schemes whatever, formed with the greatest wisdom and
prudence, can ever prevail against God, or set aside or hinder the...
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Proverbs 21:30 [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel
against the LORD.
Ver. 30. _There is no wisdom against the Lord._] That is, they are
all to no purpose. If God deny concourse, and in...
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V. 30. THERE IS NO WISDOM NOR UNDERSTANDING NOR COUNSEL AGAINST THE
LORD, all human wisdom which would set itself over against the truth
of God's eternal Word is folly....
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Which can prevail against the counsel and will of God....
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Proverbs 21:30 wisdom H2451 understanding H8394 counsel H6098 LORD
H3068
Proverbs 19:21;...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find
righteousness, honor and life.
KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5).
STRONG VERSES: P...
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Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the
rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is
probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
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_There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord._
THE VANITY OF ATTEMPTING TO OPPOSE GOD
One of the most formidable methods of attacking religion is to exhibit
it as a contrivance...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:30_
COUNSEL AGAINST THE LORD
I. ONLY THOSE PLANS SUCCEED WHICH HARMONISE WITH THE WILL OF GOD. This
is of course true only in regard to the ultimate and final issue o...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 21:1
THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER.
We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these
are altogether under the gardener's...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31.
Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares:
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
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1 Peter 2:8; Acts 4:27; Acts 4:28; Acts 5:39; Isaiah 14:27;...