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The “servant,” it must be remembered, was a slave, but (as in such
cases as Genesis 15:2; 2 Samuel 16:4) might succeed to the
inheritance....
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CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS
Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a
few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the
LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
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PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to
a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes
(Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
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_a wise servant_ or, A SERVANT THAT DEALETH WISELY, R.V., in contrast
with a son who causeth shame, or DEALETH SHAMEFULLY. Comp.
"Free men shall minister unto a wise servant."
Sir 10:25, R.V.
The p...
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A WISE SERVANT— In all troubled and disagreeing families, there is
commonly some servant, or gentle friend, who, being powerful with both
sides, may moderate and compose the differences which are amon...
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CHAPTER 17
TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10
1.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
2.
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that ca...
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A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and
shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
A WISE SERVANT SHALL HAVE RULE OVER A SON THAT CAUSETH SHAME, AND
SHALL HAVE...
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1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the
festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was
accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
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The Israelite slave was a member of the family (Genesis 24:12;
Deuteronomy 5:14, etc.), might become the heir (Genesis 15:2) or marry
the daughter ...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 17
V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place.
But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there
are arguments....
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An evil son deserves to be a servant. A wise servant deserves to be a
son.
If the evil son does not change his ways, he will lose his
inheritance. (An inheritance is the family’s money and possession...
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A WISE SERVANT SHALL HAVE RULE OVER A SON THAT CAUSETH SHAME.... —
This was strikingly exhibited in the case of Ziba, who by his timely
succour to David (2 Samuel 16), first gained all the property of...
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עֶֽבֶד ־מַשְׂכִּ֗יל יִ֭מְשֹׁל בְּ
בֵ֣ן מֵבִ֑ישׁ...
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CHAPTER 18
FRIENDSHIP
"A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for
adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of
the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
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Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this
proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that
of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
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_Brethren. Partaking with them, (Abenezra; Tirinus; Menochius) or
rather acting as his master's executor; which evinces the advantages
of wisdom, so as to raise a slave above those whom his station
re...
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Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of
sacrifices with strife. A wise servant shall have rule over a son that
causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance amon...
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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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A WISE SERVANT SHALL HAVE RULE OVER A SON THAT CAUSETH SHAME,.... That
does wicked and shameful actions: that is slothful, and will not
attend to instruction or business; that is prodigal, wasteful, a...
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A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and
shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Ver. 2. _A wise servant shall have rule over a son, &c._] God hath a
very grac...
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_A wise servant shall have rule_, &c. “Probity and prudence are so
much better than mere riches and noble birth, that a wise and faithful
servant sometimes arrives at the honour of being appointed the...
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V. 2. A WISE SERVANT SHALL HAVE RULE OVER A SON THAT CAUSETH SHAME,
the degenerate, profligate heir of the house, who squanders his
fortune, becoming poor to the point of enforced servitude, while the...
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SHALL HAVE RULE OVER A SON THAT CAUSETH SHAME; either as being by his
father appointed tutor or guardian to his son; or being by his wisdom
advanced to that estate and dignity which the other possibly...
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Proverbs 17:2 wise H7919 (H8688) servant H5650 rule H4910 (H8799) son
H1121 shame H954 (H8688) share...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is
silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech.
KEY W...
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Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See
Proverbs 15:17.
Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or
crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 17:2. A SON THAT CAUSETH SHAME, rather, a _degenerate son_.
(_Delitzsch and Zöckler_).
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:2_
THE FOOLISH SON AND THE WISE SERVANT
I. High soci...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 17:1
(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
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Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of
sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1).
Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in
that economy the of the Judai...
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Ecclesiastes 4:13; Genesis 24:4; Proverbs 10:5; Proverbs 11:29;...