Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Proverbs 14:8
Verse Proverbs 14:8. Is to understand his way] Instead of הבין habin, to understand, הכין hachin, to DIRECT his way, is found in one MS. It makes a very good sense.
Verse Proverbs 14:8. Is to understand his way] Instead of הבין habin, to understand, הכין hachin, to DIRECT his way, is found in one MS. It makes a very good sense.
The Hebrew counterpart to the Greek “Know thyself.” “The highest wisdom is for a person to understand his own way. The most extreme folly is self-deceit.” The word “deceit” may, however, involve fraud...
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
WISDOM. Hebrew. _chokma._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. THE PRUDENT. a prudent one. See note on "subtil", Genesis 3:1. IS TO UNDERSTAND. Not to vainly speculate about it, or to pry into the ways of othe...
_deceit_ It has been questioned whether this means _self_-deceit, as the parallel might seem to suggest, or deceiving others. But the design of the proverb is to shew that the two things are really on...
THE WISDOM OF THE PRUDENT— Lord Bacon renders this verse thus: _A wise man is wary of his way; a cunning fool seeks evasion._ There be two sorts of wisdom, says he; the one true and sound, the other c...
CHAPTER 14 TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that i...
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. THE WISDOM OF THE PRUDENT (IS) TO UNDERSTAND HIS WAY - what he ought to do and how to behave: to do nothing ras...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
The wise man's concern is how shall he act; the foolish man's how shall he deceive others....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
A sensible person is cautious. He uses his knowledge to make good plans. He thinks carefully and he obtains advice. His decisions are good. A fool thinks that his decisions are right. However, a fool...
THE WISDOM OF THE PRUDENT IS TO UNDERSTAND HIS WAY. — To look to it carefully that it is such as God would have it; but “the folly of fools (stupid persons, as Proverbs 14:7], is deceit;” it shows its...
חָכְמַ֣ת עָ֭רוּם הָבִ֣ין דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וְ אִוֶּ֖לֶת...
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
_Way. This science of the saints is the only true wisdom. --- Erreth. They are inconstant. Hebrew, " is deceit." They are bent on it._...
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. The wisdo...
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...
THE WISDOM OF THE PRUDENT [IS] TO UNDERSTAND HIS WAY,.... The way of his calling, in which he should abide, and how to manage it in the best manner; the way of his duty, that he may walk inoffensively...
The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit. Ver. 8. _The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way._] His wisdom begins in the right knowledge of hi...
_The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way_ It consists not in vain speculations, nor in a curious prying into other men's matters, much less in subtle arts of deceiving others, but in a dili...
V. 8. THE WISDOM OF THE PRUDENT IS TO UNDERSTAND HIS WAY, to observe where he is going, to pay close attention to his conduct; BUT THE FOLLY OF FOOLS IS DECEIT, self-deception, since they are willfull...
THE WISDOM OF THE PRUDENT IS TO UNDERSTAND HIS WAY; it consists not in vain speculations, nor in a curious prying into other men's matters, nor in cunning arts of deceiving others; but in a diligent s...
Proverbs 14:8 wisdom H2451 prudent H6175 understand H995 (H8687) way H1870 folly H200 fools H3684 deceit H4820
WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WISE AND SHREWD, NOT THE WAYS OF THE FOOLISH (PROVERBS 14:7). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understands his w...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1, by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:8 This section begins and ends with contrasts between the PRUDENT (vv. Proverbs 14:8,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 14:8. DECEIT, or “deception.” PROVERBS 14:9. MANY translators read this verse, “The sacrifice,” or “the sin-offering, makes a sport of,” or “mocks fools.” So Zöckler, Elster...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
2 Timothy 3:13; 2 Timothy 3:15; Colossians 1:10; Colossians 1:9;...
His way — Consists not in vain speculations, but in a diligent study of his duty, and of the way to eternal happiness. The folly — The wit of ungodly men, which is really their folly, is employed only...