Verse Proverbs 13:15. The way of transgressors is hard.] Never was a truer saying; most sinners have more pain and difficulty to get their souls damned, than the righteous have, with all their cross-bearings, to get to the kingdom of heaven.
HARD - The primary meaning of the original word is permanence (compare Deuteronomy 21:4; Micah 6:2). This may be applied as here to the hard dry rock, to running streams, or to stagnant pools. In eith...
CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the righteous, illust...
PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
GIVETH FAVOUR. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 23:10; Genesis 23:11); Joseph (Genesis 39:2); Joshua (Joshua 6:27); David ...
_transgressors_ Rather, the TREACHEROUS, R.V. _hard rugged_, R.V., i.e. harsh and forbidding, like a desert or rocky place (Deuteronomy 21:4) in contrast to the "favour" which "good understanding" "g...
DISCOURSE: 781 THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS HARD Proverbs 13:15. _The way of transgressors is hard_. THE Scriptures abound with weighty aphorisms, which deserve the deepest consideration. For the most pa...
GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVETH FAVOUR, &C.— _A good understanding granteth favour, but the demeanor of the insolent is pertinacious._ Schultens. The meaning of the verse seems to be this, says Bishop Patri...
TEXT Proverbs 13:10-17 10. By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom. 11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increa...
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVETH FAVOUR - both with God and man. BUT THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS (IS) HARD - rugged; literally, rough...
13:15 understanding (e-2) Or 'Good sense.' _ Sachal_ , as ch. 1.3. hard. (f-12) Or 'rugged.'...
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
Read, 'A man of tact obtaineth favour, but the way of the treacherous is their destruction.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 13 V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions. Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of correction....
We should listen to other people. We should try to help them with their problems. If we are wise, then people will appreciate this. People will ask for our advice and they will respect us. They will l...
GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVETH FAVOUR. — Comp. the union of “wisdom” and “favour with God and man” (Luke 2:52). THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS HARD. — Rough and barren as the valley described in Deuteronomy 2...
שֵֽׂכֶל ־טֹ֭וב יִתֶּן ־חֵ֑ן וְ דֶ֖רֶךְ בֹּגְד
CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he tha...
Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
_Grace. God assists those who strive to be well instructed. (Calmet)_...
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Good understanding gi...
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...
GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVETH FAVOUR,.... A good understanding in things natural and civil gives favour among men; and so a good understanding in divine and spiritual things gives a man favour among relig...
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard. Ver. 15. _Good understanding giveth favour._] See this exemplified in Joseph, David, Daniel, Paul. Acts 27:43 _; _ Act 28:2 G...
_Good understanding_ Discovering itself by a man's holy and righteous practices; _giveth favour_ Maketh a man acceptable both to God and men; _but the way of transgressors_ Their conduct, or manner of...
V. 15. GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVETH FAVOR, that is, proper prudence, true culture, causes men to have a high and kindly regard for those who possess it; BUT THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS HARD, the selfishn...
GOOD UNDERSTANDING; discovering itself by a man's holy and righteous practices and ways, as appears from the opposition of THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS to it; and as words of understanding in this and oth...
Proverbs 13:15 Good H2896 understanding H7922 gains H5414 (H8799) favor H2580 way H1870 unfaithful H898 (H8802)
THOSE WHO WANT THEIR HOPES AND DESIRES FULFILLED MUST RESPOND GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, HEEDING THOSE WHO TEACH THEM, AND IT WILL BE TO THEM A TREE OF LIFE AND SWEETNESS TO THEIR INNER BEING (PR...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
_Good understanding giveth favour._ A SOUND INTELLECT I. The nature of a sound intellect. A good understanding must include four things. 1. Enlightenment. The soul without knowledge is not good. A...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 13:15. GOOD UNDERSTANDING, rather “discretion.” HARD, “stony,” “uncultivated.” This is the generally received rendering, but the word often signifies “perpetual.” Miller says...
EXPOSITION VERSE 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. PROVERBS 13:1 A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the scorner, the transgressor and the good man. A wise son hears his fa...
1 Samuel 18:14; Acts 7:10; Jeremiah 2:19; Luke 2:52; Proverbs 14:35;...
Giveth — Makes a man acceptable to God. Rough — Offensive and hateful to God and men, as rough ways are to a traveller....