Proverbs 13:8, page 302), but the evil of the text is a very real and common one. Verse 9 . Solomon is satisfied with one great difference,that while mans speech is deep, Gods speech is both deep and living. One has a vital source, the other is dead and stagnant. Deal much in secrecy, if thou wouldst know the secret of the Lord. Like thy Divine Master, thou wilt never be less alone than when alone (Ib. But God so loveth peace, that, where men cannot, He will do right, if that the lot refer unto His arbitrament. The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. Even women have borne the most severe bodily sufferings not only with fortitude but with exultationlifted above their bodily pain by a vivid realisation of unseen and spiritual realities and an intense consciousness of the favour of God. So the man whose words are listened to and waited for by other menwhether he be the skilful barrister, or the powerful statesman, or the preacher of the Gospel, has a satisfaction in being able so to put forth his conceptions as to give to his fellow-men new ideasto show them things in a light in which they might never have seen them but for this power which he possesses. Proverbs 18:20. ch. An industrious old man, by trade a mason, was engaged to build a certain piece of wall at so much per yard. It may be taken by superior physical force, it may be surprised and captured, or its inhabitants may be starved into a surrender. The blood is dried up, the marrow wasted, the flesh pined, as if the powers and pores of the body opened themselves like so many windows to discover the passions of the distressed prisoner within. Those who are truly wise seek wisdom for its own sake. We have before given a definition of prudence as wisdom applied to practice; a prudent man is likewise defined as one cautious to avoid harm. Taking in both definitions, the text suggests. John Piper Oct 25, 2005. The tongue in its mighty influence is a king having the power of life and death. 3. Nay, even the commendation of a large liberality as a means of gaining for ones self favour and influence in human society (Proverbs 18:16), and likewise the praise of an excellent mistress of a family, are quite closely connected with this main subject of the chapter, which admonishes to love towards ones fellow-men; they only show the many-sided completeness with which the theme is here treated.Langes Commentary. How many illustrations of this last case we have in men who have been desperately wounded in battle, and yet have been so intensely absorbed in the terrible contest that they have seemed scarcely aware of it, and have kept their position until their strength has utterly failed. The bite of a viper is not so deadly as the wound of these talebearers stories and insinuations. A man who does it proclaims that he values very lightly the reputation of those concerned, and is often a robber of what is more to a man than his purse, viz. And so the speech of a good man has nothing forced or artificial about it. There is in the wise a love of knowledge, and an application of the mental powers for its attainment. Yea, they are not only carried unto it but into it, by placing their confidence in it, and making it their safety. The wife of Potiphar seemed just in her cause when she declared that Joseph left his garment in her hand and fled. If there is water beneath the surface of the earth it must force its way and find an outlet; it needs no hand of man to come to its aid; it penetrates the soil and forms a fertilising stream in obedience to natural law. These elements often appear together.Miller. II. In any of these straits a soul can find no strong city of refuge in the possession of untold millions; these enemies laugh at such a wall of defence. all that is solid and stable: subsistence, essence, existence. 14). A man of narrow means has often to fight a hard battle to supply his bodily necessities, and is a stranger to those luxuries which make life, in this respect, so comfortable to a rich man. It would be a difficult matter, and perhaps an impossible one, to enumerate all the respective moral advantages of poverty and riches, and strike the true balance between them. If a tree is to become well-proportionedif it is to spread out its branches on every side so that its girth is to be proportioned to its height, it must have spacea degree of separation is indispensable to its perfect development. It is quite certain that, when Gods will is done on earth as it is in heaven, the miserable poverty which now surrounds us on every side will cease to exist. But there is, after all, no comparison between this kind of forced irrigation and that which is the result of natural causes. Very true. They trusted in themselves, and in their own wisdom, despising others (Luke 18:9; Luke 16:15; Jude 1:19). 21 The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech r . But. A wood gathers wood, like all vegetable or vital growths. Another passage may serve to confirm this view. 4. I. This word, falling from heaven on the busy life of man, is echoed back from every quarter in a universal acknowledgment of its justness. This scripture reveals a crook in the creature that God made upright. Thus, as might be expected, there are the same appearances of bareness, and cheerlessness, and want, in the dwelling of the thriftless as in that of the slothful. When God gives us a moment, He does not promise us another, as if to teach us highly to value and improve it, by the consideration, for aught we know, it may be the last. John separated himself in the wilderness, Paul in Arabia, our blessed Lord in frequent retirement, in order to greater concentration in their momentous work. The redeemed will be employed throughout eternity in this delighted searching; exploring the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, until they be filled with all the fulness of God (Ephesians 3:18-19). The bars that guard the outlet of a fortress are strong, and when the iron crowbar is applied to them with a view of making an entrance, the weapon finds itself resisted by a substance as unyielding as its own. ( Proverbs 18:14 ). And however their success may dazzle mens eyes and warp their judgment for a season, contempt is their portion at last. Proverbs 18:1. An impregnable refuge. But it is not so easy to capture a human heartan angry brother must be subdued by different means, and by weapons which require more skilful handling. 18 Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. She said, "The little girl next door said she came from Missouri and I just wondered where I came from. II. Their day of power is short-lived. View all of our resources on the biblical book of Proverbs. And what Cicero practised as the means of forensic success, requires, as the essayist urges, to be imitated by all who study any subject in order to arrive at the truth. But observe:. 1. Proverbs 14:23). If he desires to become wise by acquaintance with the thoughts and deeds of the great and mighty men of past ages he must withdraw himself at certain seasons from the society of his fellow-men, and give himself up to study and reflection. Proverbes 18:1 Interlinaire Proverbes 18:1 Multilingue Proverbios 18:1 Espagnol Proverbes 18:1 Franais Sprueche 18:1 Allemand Proverbes 18:1 Chinois Proverbs 18:1 Anglais Bible Apps Bible Hub Version Louis Segond 1910 La Bible David Martin 1744 Darby Bible courtesy of CCEL.org. Understanding the gift here spoken of as a special mental endowment (see Hitzig), we remark. Doubtless there is secular truth in all this The disgraced citizen is often the most reproachful.Miller. Proverbs 26:22, and will bear very different renderings. Blessed Are the Unoffendable. Leviticus 20-21; Proverbs 30; Matthew 14:1-21. But suppose your eyes are bad. Such a state of things is often felt to be hard and is undoubtedly so, and unless a poor man is noble and self-respecting, it has a tendency to make him cringing and servileto dispose him to barter his conscience and his rights in order to satisfy his bodily needs. Takeagainthe child of Godfeeble, distressed, assaulted. We cannot conceive of even perfect creatures living such a lifewe know the angels and redeemed saints derive much of their bliss from the friendship of each other, and how much more does man in his present imperfect state need it. Home . Unless he does this, the opinion that he forms to-day will be altered to-morrow, and his mind will never be firmly made up on any subject. My old MS. Bible translates, Occasioun seeketh that wil go awei fro a freend: at al tyme he schal ben wariable. Click to donate today! Solomon here sets forth. They suspend their plumb, not from the middle, but from one edge of the rule, and that the edge which lies next their own interests.Arnot. III. His burden of conscience is relieved. 2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding. That all sorrow of heart does not crush a man. For He who is supremely rich is meek and tender, and he who is profoundly poor is loud in his reproach!Miller. Verse 5. He came at the appointed time, laid the foundations according to the specifications, and proceeded with his building, course upon course, according to the approved methods of his craft. Home; . A fool has no delight in understanding: The wise man or woman has great satisfaction in knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Wounds. How often may it be seen, that with means of a very limited and stinted amount, there is more of spiritual prosperity in one instance, than is discoverable in another, with means the most varied and abundant. He that hath commanded to cease from labour, hath much more commanded to cease from strife. There can be no doubt that each has its peculiar temptations (see chap. If there is effort without wisdom to guide it there may be seeking without getting. 3:33) or will their damnation (Ezek. That it is thus a means to a most desirable end appears when we consider, I. This is true of the Pharisees among the Jews, who had their name from separating themselves from all others, having an high opinion of their own Wisdom and sanctify; and also of the Gnostics among the Christians, who boasted of their knowledge, and separated themselves from the Christian assemblies; and were sensual, not having the Spirit, being vainly puffed up with their fleshly mind; [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom; the man who is desirous of being truly wise and knowing grasps at all wisdom, every branch of useful knowledge; would gladly learn something of every art and science worthy of regard; and he makes use of all means of improving himself therein; and covets the company and conversation of men of wisdom and knowledge, that he may attain to more; he intermingles himself with men of wisdom, as Aben Ezra interprets it, and walks and converses with them. is enough to protect them. Calleth for. and their contentions are like the bars of a castle ( Proverbs 18:19 ). More than once he bears testimony to the blessedness of marriage in the true sense of the word, but we never find him praising the practice which was so great a curse to his own life. But the true lover of wisdom is impelled to seek from the love of truthfrom the desire which possesses his soul to intermeddle with knowledge. When Sir Isaac Newton gave himself up to the pursuit of scientific truth, he separated himself simply from a desire to know, and without the remotest desire or expectation of his present world-wide fame. If you are older, it already has! The married who is truly Christian knows that, even though sometimes things are badly matched, still his marriage relation is well pleasing to God as His creation and ordinance, and what he therein does or endures, passes as done or suffered for God.Luther. Mark the warrant of experience in this trustThey that know thy name shall put their trust in Thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee (Psalms 9:10). II. He that was pleased to make the Sabbath of rest, is also pleased with those who make a Sabbath of peace. This would be an amusing character, were it not, at the same time, so provoking. Ver. Proverbs 18:19. The bent is in the mould where the thought is first cast in embryo, and everything that comes forth is crooked. He also that is slothful in his work is a brother to him that is a great waster ( Proverbs 18:7-9 ). 18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends. I. KJV. (He hath no delight in knowledge, but in the displaying of his own thoughts.Hodgson.) Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound . Extremes thus meet. Diligence, let me remind you, is as necessary for the acquisition of spiritual as of temporal goodof the riches of Divine knowledge to the mind, as of the blessings of the Divine life to the heart. Source, the other is dead and stagnant garment in her hand and fled of our resources the... 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