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WELLSPRING OF LIFE - Compare Proverbs 10:11 note. “the instruction
of fools” Not that which they give, but that which they receive.
Compare Proverbs 14:24. “Folly” is its own all-sufficient
punishment...
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CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD
The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of
Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the
preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
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PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs
16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the
picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
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UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew. _sekel_ See note on Proverbs 1:2.
FOOLS... FOLLY. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7....
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_unto him that hath it_. Elsewhere the thought is of the benefit
conferred upon others:
"The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life";
"The law (or teaching) of the wise is a fountain of life";...
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TEXT Proverbs 16:12-22
12.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;
For the throne is established by righteousness.
13.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
And they love him that...
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Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the
instruction of fools is folly.
UNDERSTANDING IS A WELL-SPRING OF LIFE UNTO HIM THAT HATH IT - "a
well-spring," whence flow coun...
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16:22 Wisdom (c-1) _ Sachal_ . ch. 1.3....
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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INSTRUCTION] RV 'correction': their folly is their punishment....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 16
The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s,
the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil
action...
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Solomon does not only mean the life of our bodies. Rather, he means
the life, or energy, of our spirits. Knowledge helps us to respect
God. Our spirits are more important than our bodies, because our...
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THE INSTRUCTION OF FOOLS IS FOLLY.- While understanding is “a
fountain of life” (Proverbs 10:11) giving health and refreshment and
vigour both to the possessor and his friends, the discipline given by...
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מְקֹ֣ור חַ֭יִּים שֵׂ֣כֶל בְּעָלָ֑יו
וּ מוּסַ֖ר...
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is
H...
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CHAPTER 29
AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT
"He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13
"Happy is the man that feareth...
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Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that
man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is
dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
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Understanding [is] a wellspring of life to him that hath it: but the
(l) instruction of fools [is] folly.
(l) Either that which the wicked teach others, or else it is folly to
teach them who are mali...
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without
right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his
steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth
trans...
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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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UNDERSTANDING [IS] A WELLSPRING OF LIFE UNTO HIM THAT HATH IT,....
"The master" or "owner of it" k. As he only is to whom an
understanding is given; for, whatever understanding men may have of
natural...
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Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the
instruction of fools [is] folly.
Ver. 22. _Understanding is a well spring of life._] _Vena vitae_ - as
the heart is the principl...
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_Understanding is a well-spring of life_ A clear understanding and
right judgment of things, like an inexhaustible spring, gives
perpetual comfort and satisfaction to him who has it, and makes him
ver...
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V. 22. UNDERSTANDING, proper insight and watchful discretion, IS A
WELL-SPRING OF LIFE UNTO HIM THAT HATH IT, a source of life and power
to its possessor; BUT THE INSTRUCTION OF FOOLS IS FOLLY, their...
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IS A WELL-SPRING OF LIFE, is continually suggesting wholesome and
saving instructions, UNTO HIM THAT HATH IT; and to others also, as is
understood from the following clause. The instruction of fools i...
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Proverbs 16:22 Understanding H7922 wellspring H4726 life H2416 has
H1167 correction H4148 fools H191 folly H200
a wellspring -...
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THE WISE PASS ON THEIR WISDOM PERSUASIVELY BUT FOOLS HAVE NOTHING TO
PASS ON BUT THEIR FOLLY (PROVERBS 16:22).
In this subsection the reference in Proverbs 16:21 to the idea of
possessing and sweetly...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the
upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in
it....
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Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field
must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of
man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch.
Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of
the heart (vv....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:20 These verses commend the kind of
speech that is typical of those who are WISE OF HEART.
⇐...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:22. INSTRUCTION, rather “_discipline_,”
“_correction_.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:22_
AN UNFAILING SPRING
I. MORAL INTELLIGENCE IS ITS OWN REWARD. A healthy state...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 16:1
These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name
Jehovah.
PROVERBS 16:1
The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any
contrast or a...
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin
our study this evening.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is
from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1).
Go...
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John 5:24; John 6:63; John 6:68; Luke 6:39; Luke 6:40;...
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The instruction — Their most grave and serious counsels are foolish....