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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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_shutteth_ Or, _fixeth_, or _setteth firmly_, στηρίζων, LXX.
He closes or fixes his eyes, as though in deep thought, and tightens
his lips, as if to keep back words which he could utter. Comp.
Proverb...
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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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He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he
bringeth evil to pass.
HE SHUTTETH HIS EYES TO DEVISE FROWARD THINGS. Shutting the eyes is
the sign of profound meditation, the min...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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Read, 'he that shutteth his eyes (as if pondering deeply) does it to
devise froward things: he that (scornfully) compresses his lips has
brought evil to pass.' Slanderers and backbiters are meant....
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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 man hardly says anything. But he has an evil plan. See Proverbs
6:12-15. The movements of his face are signals. You might be able to
recognise his character if you watch his face.
When this man...
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HE SHUTTETH HIS EYES.... — By the movement of eyes and lips he gives
the signal for mischief to his confederates. (Comp. Proverbs 6:13.)...
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עֹצֶ֣ה עֵ֭ינָיו לַ חְשֹׁ֣ב
תַּהְפֻּכֹ֑ות קֹרֵ֥ץ...
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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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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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(n) He shutteth his eyes to devise perverse things: moving his lips he
bringeth evil to pass.
(n) With his whole endeavour he labours to bring his wickedness to
pass....
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_Lips. These motions indicate fury and pensiveness._...
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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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HE SHUTTETH HIS EYES TO DEVISE FROWARD THINGS,.... Or "perverse" or
"contrary things" r; he shuts his eyes, that his thoughts might not be
disturbed and distracted by visible objects, but might be mor...
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He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he
bringeth evil to pass.
Ver. 30. _He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things._] Wicked men
are great students; they beat their brai...
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_A violent man_ Hebrew, _a man of violence_, that is, devoted to
violent and injurious courses; _enticeth his neighbour_ Into a
confederacy with him in his wicked practices; _and leadeth him into
the...
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V. 30. HE SHUTTETH HIS EYES, to keep away any good influence, TO
DEVISE FROWARD THINGS, to meditate mischief and craftiness; MOVING HIS
LIPS, HE BRINGETH EVIL TO PASS, the act or gesture of pressing
t...
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SHUTTETH HIS EYES, that his thoughts may be more free and intent to
contrive mischief. MOVING HIS LIPS; which is the gesture, either,
1. Of one whose thoughts are deeply engaged. Or,
2. Of one that...
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Proverbs 16:30 winks H6095 (H8802) eye H5869 devise H2803 (H8800)
things H8419 purses H7169 (H8802) lips...
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SOLOMON CONTRASTS THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE PERVERSE AND WORTHLESS MAN WITH
THE LIFE AND ATTITUDES OF THE MAN GROWN OLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHO IS
AN EXEMPLAR OF ALL THE RIGHTEOUS (PROVERBS 16:30 TO PROVERBS...
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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 16:25 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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Isaiah 6:10; John 3:20; Micah 7:3; Matthew 13:15; Matthew 14:7;...
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Shutteth — That his thoughts may be more intent. Moving — Which is
the gesture of one whose thoughts are deeply engaged....