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With the wise and prudent there is no loss of time. “Heart” and
“ear” - the mind working within, or gathering from without
materials for its thought - are, through this channel or that, ever
gaining k...
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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THE PRUDENT. a prudent one.
THE WISE. wise ones....
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_the heart … the ear_ While "the heart" within, like some busy
workman in his chamber is acquiring knowledge, "the ear" without is no
less on the alert in accumulating fresh materials to increase the...
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STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24
1.
How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
2.
How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
3.
What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14?
4.
Locate the parallels...
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The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise
seeketh knowledge.
THE HEART (THE UNDERSTANDING COMBINED WITH THE WILL) OF THE PRUDENT
GETTETH KNOWLEDGE; AND THE EAR OF THE WIS...
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A fool does not like knowledge.
A fool likes to speak his own opinions.
V3 The w...
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לֵ֣ב נָ֭בֹון יִקְנֶה ־דָּ֑עַת וְ
אֹ֥זֶן חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים תְּבַקֶּשׁ
־דָּֽעַת׃...
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his
own conceit. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and
before honour is humility. He that answereth a matter before he
he...
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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
follow...
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THE HEART OF THE PRUDENT GETTETH KNOWLEDGE,.... More knowledge; for he
must have some, and a considerable share, to be denominated "prudent",
whether in things natural, civil, or spiritual: and such w...
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The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise
seeketh knowledge.
Ver. 15. _The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge._] Such as can
keep the bird singing in their bosom, and ar...
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V. 15. THE HEART OF THE PRUDENT GETTETH KNOWLEDGE, working for its
possession, ready for its reception, AND THE EAR OF THE WISE SEEKETH
KNOWLEDGE, eager to serve the heart and the inner life in the
ac...
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THE HEART OF THE PRUDENT GETTETH KNOWLEDGE, by employing his thoughts
and studies upon it. THE EAR OF THE WISE GETTETH KNOWLEDGE, by a
greedy and diligent attention to those from whom he may learn it....
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Proverbs 18:15 heart H3820 prudent H995 (H8737) acquires H7069 (H8799)
knowledge H1847 ear H241 wise H2450 seeks H1245 (H8762) knowledge
H1847
Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 4:5, Proverbs 4:7,...
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THE TONGUE AFFECTS MAN IN MANY WAYS, MAKING HIM STRONG AND WISE, AND
GIVING HIM LIFE, OR CAUSING HIM GREAT GRIEF, FINALLY RESULTING IN
DEATH (PROVERBS 18:14).
In this subsection we have an emphasis on...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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_The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge._
THE ATTAINMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE POWER OF KINDNESS
I. The attainment of knowledge. “The heart of the prudent getteth
knowledge,” etc. It is suggested...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:15 These proverbs can apply to many
settings. Here they seem focused on the courtroom. A judge must have
an INTELLIGENT HEART in order to acquire KNOWLEDGE about a case (v...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:15_
PRUDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
We have before given a definition of prudence as wisdom applied to
practice; a prudent man is likewise defined as one “cautious to
avoid ha...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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1 Kings 3:9; 2 Timothy 3:15; James 1:5; Luke 10:39; Luke 8:8; Proverbs
1:5; Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 4:5;...