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The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known
opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as
stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which
they treat....
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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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AN UNGODLY MAN. A man of Belial....
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_ungodly_ Rather, WORTHLESS, R.V. See Proverbs 6:12, note.
_diggeth up_ This is the literal meaning of the word, but it is here
used metaphorically of one who digs pits for his neighbour, as a
hunter...
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IN HIS LIPS THERE IS AS A BURNING FIRE— See James 3:6....
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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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An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning
fire.
AN UNGODLY MAN DIGGETH UP EVIL - i:e., diggeth a pit to entrap in
evil his victim (; ; ). The ungodly indeed 'labour' ...
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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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This evil man makes evil plans. He is dangerous. It is even dangerous
to listen to this man. If you listen to his words, they are like a
fire. His plans will destroy you. Do not even go near him!...
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DIGGETH UP EVIL. — Digs, as it were, a pit for others by his
malicious plottings and slanders (Psalms 7:15).
IN HIS LIPS THERE IS AS A BURNING FIRE. — “Set on fire of hell”
(James 3:6)....
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אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְ
עַל־_שְׂ֝פָתֹ֗ו_†
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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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An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a (m)
burning fire.
(m) For he consumes himself and others....
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_Diggeth. Earnestly pursues. --- Fire. James iii. 16. (Calmet)_...
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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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AN UNGODLY MAN DIGGETH UP EVIL,.... Or "a man of Belial" p, a
worthless unprofitable man; a man without a yoke, not obedient to the
law of God; such a man digs for sin as for a treasure; nor need he g...
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_An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a
burning fire._
Ver. 27. _An ungodly man diggeth up evil,_] _i.e., _ He ransacketh
and raketh out of the dust, out of the dunghill, suc...
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_An ungodly man diggeth up evil_ Invents or designs mischief to
others, and prosecutes his evil designs with great and constant
industry; _in his lips is as a burning coal_ As his thoughts, so also
hi...
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V. 27. AN UNGODLY MAN DIGGETH UP EVIL, his worthlessness causing him
to dig pits for others; AND IN HIS LIPS THERE IS AS A BURNING FIRE,
his words and statements are like a scorching fire or iron, who...
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AN UNGODLY MAN:
_ Heb._ a man of Belial...
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DIGGETH UP EVIL; inventeth or designeth mischief to others, and
prosecuteth his evil designs with great and constant industry. IN HIS
LIPS THERE IS AS A BURNING FIRE; as his thoughts, so also his word...
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Proverbs 16:27 ungodly H1100 man H376 up H3738 (H8802) evil H7451 lips
H8193 burning H6867 fire H784...
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THE HARD-WORKING PERSON, THE WORTHLESS MAN, THE PERVERSE MAN AND THE
MAN OF VIOLENCE (PROVERBS 16:26).
This subsection is based on the idea of ‘a man' (ish) which is
repeated in each proverb apart fro...
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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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_An ungodly man diggeth up evil._
DIGGING UP EVIL
An ungodly man is “a son of Belial.” In the expression “diggeth
up evil” two ideas may be included.
I. Taking pains to devise it. We dig and search...
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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 16:25 A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT... BUT.
People often have the wrong idea about what is good and what is bad.
Hunger seems a bad thing, but it forces people to work and keeps the...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 16:28. A WHISPERER, _i.e._, “a _backbiter_.”
PROVERBS 16:30. MOVING, or _compressing_, indicating resolution, or
_biting_, indicative of scorn and malice.
MAIN HOMILETICS O...
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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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1 Samuel 25:17; 2 Samuel 20:1; Habakkuk 2:13; Isaiah 5:18; James 3:6;...
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Diggeth up — Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry. His
lips — His tongue is set on fire of hell....