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Honey took its place not only among the luxuries, but among the
medicines of the Israelites. This two-fold use made it all the more
suitable to be an emblem both of the true Wisdom which is also true...
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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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WORDS. sayings. Hebrew. _'imrah._ App-73.
HEALTH. healing. Compare Proverbs 6:8.
BONES. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for
whole body....
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_health_ i.e. healthy or wholesome. There is no necessary reference to
any medicinal properties in honey. Comp. Proverbs 4:22; Proverbs
12:18; Proverbs 13:17; and Jonathan's experience, when he was
ex...
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TEXT Proverbs 16:23-33
23.
The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.
24.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25....
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Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to
the bones.
PLEASANT WORDS (ARE AS) AN HONEYCOMB, SWEET TO THE SOUL, AND HEALTH
TO THE BONES. "Pleasant words" are "words of the...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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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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Honey was a favourite food for Solomon. It has a beautiful smell and a
good flavour. Solomon also used it as a medicine.
Pleasant words are like honey. Both are good for the body. Both bring
pleasure...
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PLEASANT WORDS. — Comp. Proverbs 15:26.
HEALTH TO THE BONES. — Comp. 1 Samuel 14:27....
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צוּף ־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי ־נֹ֑עַם
מָתֹ֥וק לַ֝ †...
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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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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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PLEASANT WORDS [ARE AS] AN HONEYCOMB,.... Jarchi interprets it of the
words of the law; but it may be much better understood of the
doctrines of the Gospel; such as the doctrines of God's everlasting...
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Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to
the bones.
Ver. 24. _Pleasant words are as a honeycomb._] Dainty and delicious,
such as "the preacher set himself to search out...
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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. 24. PLEASANT WORDS ARE AS AN HONEYCOMB, SWEET TO THE SOUL AND
HEALTH TO THE BONES; for the spirit of friendliness inspired by love
is evident in them, to strengthen the hearer....
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PLEASANT WORDS; the discourses of the wise last mentioned, PROVERBS
16:23, which yield both profit and delight; their wholesome counsels
and refreshing comforts. TO THE BONES; to the body, synecdochic...
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Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant H5278 words H561 honeycomb H6688 H1706
Sweetness H4966 soul H5315 health H4832 bones H6106
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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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_The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his
lips._
IDEAL ELOQUENCE
These two verses lead us to infer several things concerning true
eloquence.
I. It is the utterance of th...
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PLEASANT WORDS
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb. Proverbs 16:24.
If King Solomon had lived in our day perhaps he would have written,
“Pleasant words are like sugar, sweet and wholesome,” for that...
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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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Deuteronomy 32:2; Jeremiah 15:16; John 20:19; Proverbs 12:18;...