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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 6:14

From these external features the teacher passes to the heart the seat of all this mischief and deceit. In this respect we observe a striking correspondence with the method adopted by our Saviour in his leaching, who referred everything to the heart, as the true seat of all that was good or bad in man. Frowardness is in his heart (Hebrew, tah'pukoth b'libbo ); i.e. his heart is full of perverse imaginations, it is there he nourishes his jealousy, his hatred, his malice, his ill will. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 6:14

Sowing discord I. THE SOWER . He may be of various characters. 1 . A malignant person. Such a one delights in the mischief he makes. He flings the firebrand with fiendish glee because he loves to witness the conflagration. He is a true child of Satan, one to break the peace of Eden, one to set Cain to murder his brother. 2 . A person greedy of power. It is easier to make trouble than to mend it. Nothing is more simple than to scatter seeds of quarrels. A single pebble flung... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 6:12-15

Proverbs 6:12-15. A naughty person Hebrew, a man of Belial, a wicked man, whose continual practice it is, in one way or other, to work wickedness; walketh with a froward mouth Makes it his business, by lies; or flatteries, or slanders, or perjuries, to maintain himself in his idle courses. And if the slothful are to be condemned that do nothing, much more those that act wickedly, and contrive to do all the ill they can. He winketh with his eyes, &c. He vents his wickedness, as... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 6:1-19

Rashness, laziness and troublemaking (6:1-19)A person can easily get into serious difficulties by agreeing to be a financial guarantor for a friend (or a stranger), as the friend may get so far into debt that the guarantor is ruined. If the guarantor realizes that he made a rash promise, he should act quickly. He should not rest till he has gone back to his friend, told him of his true position, and withdrawn his guarantee. Only in this way will he save himself from possible disaster... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 6:14

Frowardness = Deceitfulness. See note on Proverbs 2:12 . The same word as in Proverbs 2:12 , Proverbs 2:14 ; Proverbs 8:13 ; Proverbs 10:31 , Proverbs 10:32 ; Proverbs 16:28 , Proverbs 16:30 . Not the same as elsewhere in Proverbs. soweth = casteth forth [as seed]. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:13

Proverbs 6:13. He winketh— It is a remark of St. Ambrose, that the mein and gesture of the body are an image of the mind; and he was so delicate upon this subject, that he would not ordain the son of one of his particular friends, because the young man's air and manner were by no means conformable to clerical gravity. The motion of the body is as it were the voice of the soul. Ovid says, Verba superciliis, fine voce silentia dicant; Verba leges digitis, verba notata mero. See his Amor. 1: and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:14

Proverbs 6:14. Frowardness is in his heart, &c.— Pravo corde architectatur malum, as one translation has it: he does not do mischief by chance or negligently, but deliberates how he may do it with most success; he builds it commodiously and speciously to the eye, that it may invite men to inhabit it: there is no industry nor art wanting to make it prosper, and yield a good harvest. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:13

13, 14. If, for fear of detection, he does not speak, he uses signs to carry on his intrigues. These signs are still so used in the East. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:14

14. Frowardness—as in :-. deviseth—literally, "constructs, as an artisan." mischief—evil to others. discord—especially litigation. Cunning is the talent of the weak and lazy. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 6:1-19

10. Other dangerous temptations 6:1-19Solomon singled out a few more serious errors to avoid in addition to marital unfaithfulness. These include assuming liability for the debts of others (Proverbs 6:1-5), being lazy (Proverbs 6:6-11), being untruthful (Proverbs 6:12-15), and seven other practices that need no clarification (Proverbs 6:16-19).The advice in this section provides a good example of what prudence is. A prudent person is one who is capable of exercising sound judgment in practical... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 6:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 6:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 6:12-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 6:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 6:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 6:1-19

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