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Verse Proverbs 20:27. _THE SPIRIT OF MAN_ IS _THE CANDLE OF THE LORD_]
God has given to every man a _mind_, which _he so enlightens by his
own_ _Spirit_, that the man knows how to distinguish good fro...
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THE SPIRIT OF MAN - The “breath” of Genesis 2:7, the higher life,
above that which he has in common with lower animals, coming to him
direct from God. Such a life, with all its powers of insight,
cons...
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CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT
Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found
mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if
applied to Solomon...
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PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs
20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self
characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought....
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SPIRIT. breath. Hebrew. _neshamah._ See App-16.
CANDLE. lamp or light. Same word as in Proverbs 20:20.
THE BELLY. Put by Figure of speech _Metalepsis_ (App-6) for the heart,
and the heart for its th...
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_spirit_ Lit. BREATH (πνοή, LXX.). The word, in this unusual
sense, may probably have been chosen to recall Genesis 2:7: _the Lord
God … breathed into his nostrils the breath_(the same word as here)
_...
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THE SPIRIT OF MAN.— The soul of man is as a burning lamp, which God
hath kindled in the midst of us, which enlightens us, and discovers to
us all that passes; it is that breath of life which the Lord...
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TEXT Proverbs 20:21-30
21.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he wil...
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The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward
parts of the belly.
THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OF THE LORD - a candle or lamp lit by
the Lord; a light divinely given to...
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20:27 belly. (k-15) As ch. 18.8....
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1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man
sneer, quarrel and reel about....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts
at you.
If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise.
V2 An angr...
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THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OF THE LORD. — The spirit of man,
breathed into him at first by the Creator (Genesis 2:7), and
afterwards quickened and illumined by the Divine Spirit, is the
“candle o...
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נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם
חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ כָּל ־חַדְרֵי ־בָֽטֶן׃...
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CHAPTER 21
IDLENESS
"After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in
the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4
WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN”
Proverbs 20:16-30
What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a
row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine
Nature ever ben...
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Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one
answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour.
Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descri...
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The (i) spirit of man [is] the lamp of the LORD, searching all the
inward parts of the belly.
(i) The word of God gives life to man and causes us to see and try the
secret of our dark hearts, (Hebrew...
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_Lamp. The breath of life, (Genesis ii. 7.) and the light of man, 1
Corinthians ii. 11._...
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after
vows to make enquiry. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth
the wheel over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the L...
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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 SPIRIT OF MAN [IS] THE CANDLE OF THE LORD,.... The rational soul
of man is a light set up in him; this is what is commonly called the
light of nature; it was a bright and burning light at first, b...
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_The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the
inward parts of the belly._
Ver. 27. _The spirit of a man is the candle of the Lord._] Some read
it, The breath of a man, that is, hi...
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_The spirit of a man_ That is, the rational soul; _is the candle,_ &c.
Is a clear and glorious light, set up in man for his information and
direction. It is said to be the candle _of the Lord_, becaus...
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V. 27. THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OF THE LORD, the spiritual and
moral powers of man, under the direction of Jehovah, penetrate into
his innermost being, SEARCHING ALL THE INWARD PARTS OF THE BEL...
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CANDLE:
Or, lamp...
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THE SPIRIT, i.e. the reasonable soul. IS THE CANDLE; is a clear and
glorious light set up in man for his information and direction. OF THE
LORD; so called, partly because it comes from God in a more i...
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Proverbs 20:27 spirit H5397 man H120 lamp H5216 LORD H3068 Searching
H2664 (H8802) depths H2315 heart H990
spirit - Genesis 2:7; Job 32:8; Romans 2:15; 1 Corinthians 2:11;...
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Proverbs 20:27
God is the fire of this world, its vital principle, a warm pervading
presence everywhere. Of this fire the spirit of man is the candle.
What does that mean? If, because man is of a natu...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be
sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book
of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with
harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:26 DRIVES THE WHEEL OVER THEM refers to
a heavy cart being drawn over the grain to separate the wheat from the
chaff. For the health of his kingdom, a WISE KING must root...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:27_
THE CANDLE OF THE LORD
We understand by the spirit of a man the self-conscious _ego_—that
which takes cognizance of the inner life, and which reasons and passes
j...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 20:1
WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from
the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing
what men do under its influence. Thus...
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Into chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1).
He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next
week,...
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1 Corinthians 2:11; 1 John 3:19; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Genesis 2:7;
Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 4:13; Job 32:8; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 20:30;...
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The spirit — The reasonable soul. The candle — Is a clear and
glorious light set up in man for his information and direction. Of the
Lord — So called because it comes from God in a more immediate
mann...