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Verse Proverbs 21:4. _A HIGH LOOK_] The evidence of pride,
self-conceit, and vanity. _A proud heart_, from which the _high look_,
c., come.
AND _THE PLOUGHING_] נר _ner, lucerna_, the _lamp_, the pr...
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THE PLOWING - The Hebrew word, with a change in its vowel points, may
signify either:
(1) the “fallow field,” the “tillage” of Proverbs 13:23, or
(2) the lamp.
According to: (1) the verse would mean...
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CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT
In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times.
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of
water: He turne...
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PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of
Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia,
which could be diverted in any direction at will.
Proverbs 21:4....
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AND. Omit this "And".
PLOWING: or tillage. See App-74.
THE WICKED. lawless ones. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.
SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. The special word for the sin offering.
Render the verse "A l...
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_the plowing_ This, which is an admissible rendering, is virtually
retained (_the tillage_) in R.V. marg. The haughty bearing, the proud
look, the prosperous labours of the wicked are alike condemned...
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AND THE PLOUGHING OF THE WICKED— Dr. Grey is for taking the two
parts of the verse separately, thus, "A lofty look and a proud heart
go generally together; i.e. the countenance shews the disposition o...
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CHAPTER 21
TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10
1.
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
2.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jeho...
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An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is
sin.
AN HIGH LOOK (HAUGHTINESS OF EYES; PROVERBS 6:17 ; PSALMS 6:4 ;
ISAIAH 2:11...
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21:4 lamp (m-8) Or 'the tillage,' or 'the prosperity.'...
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There is no connexion between the two halves of the v. RM 'The tillage
of the wicked is sin,' i.e. the result of his labour is sin....
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1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of
Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
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Evil people are proud. They think that they are more important than
other people. And evil people think that they do not need God.
Evil people are proud when they look at other people. When they see...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 21
V1 A king is like a canal that God controls.
God leads the king in the way that God decides....
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THE PLOWING OF THE WICKED. — _i.e._, their work, all they do; for it
is not done to please God but themselves; nor carried on in His
strength, but in reliance upon their own, and therefore it is
“sin,...
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רוּם ־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּ רְחַב ־לֵ֑ב נִ֖ר
רְשָׁעִ֣י
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CHAPTER 22
WINE
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17
THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb
in...
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Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where
that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud
heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
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Heart. Or when it is proud, it causes the eyes to appear so too.
(Calmet) --- Lamp. Protestants, "ploughing of the wicked is sin." When
it is done with a bad motive, out of pride. Hebrew, "the haughti...
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD
than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowi...
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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 HIGH LOOK, AND A PROUD HEART,.... The former is a sign of the
latter, and commonly go together, and are both abominable to the Lord;
see Psalms 101:5. A man that looks above others, and with disdai...
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An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is]
sin.
Ver. 4. _An high look and proud heart._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 6:17 _"_
And the ploughing of the wicked is sin.] As they pl...
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_A high look_ One sign of pride put for all the rest; _and a proud
heart_ Pride lurking and reigning in the heart, though it do not
discover itself to men by outward actions, but be disguised with a
s...
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V. 4. AN HIGH LOOK AND A PROUD HEART, literally, "haughtiness of eyes
and pompousness of heart," AND THE PLOWING OF THE WICKED, either the
light, the prosperity, or the whole business, all that the un...
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AN HIGH LOOK:
_ Heb._ haughtiness of eyes
THE PLOWING OF THE WICKED:
Or, the light of the wicked...
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AN HIGH LOOK; one gesture or sign of pride put for all the rest,
PROVERBS 6:17. A PROUD HEART; pride lurking and reigning in the heart,
though it do not discover itself to men by outward actions, but...
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Proverbs 21:4 haughty H7312 look H5869 proud H7342 heart H3820 plowing
H5215 wicked H7563 sin H2403
An high look - Heb. Haughtiness of e
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find
righteousness, honor and life.
KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5).
STRONG VERSES: P...
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Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the
rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is
probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:1 Like Proverbs 20:22, this section has
three proverbs on divine judgment followed by a fourth proverb that is
related but does not explicitly mention the Lord. God
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 21:4. THE PLOUGHING. This word is by most modern commentators
translated, as in the marginal references, _light_. It is likewise so
rendered in the Septuagint, the Vulgate, a...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 21:1
THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER.
We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these
are altogether under the gardener's...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31.
Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares:
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
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1 Peter 5:5; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17; Isaiah 3:16; Luke 18:14;...
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The plowing — Even their civil or natural actions, which in
themselves are lawful, are made sinful as they are managed by ungodly
men, without any regard to the glory of God, which ought to be the end...