Proverbs 14:1-19 KJV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:2

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 14:2. He that walketh, etc., or, “He walketh in his uprightness who feareth Jehovah, and perverse in his ways is he that despiseth Him” (Delitzsch). MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:2FEARING AND DESPISING THE LORDI. A wholesome fear. “The fear of the Lord.” When we fear to grieve or offend a person because of his or her goodness the fear does not spring from dread of their power, but from our high estimate of their character. It may exist where there is no power to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:3

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 14:3. Rod, or “sceptre.” Zöckler reads, “In the mouth of a fool is a rod for his pride.” Stuart, “Haughtiness is a rod,” etc. Proverbs 14:5. Miller here translates, “He who witnesses things correctly, does not lie; but of a deceived witness the very breath is lies” (See his comments on the verse). Proverbs 14:6. Rather, “The scorner has sought wisdom,” etc. Proverbs 14:7. Stuart translates the latter clause, “for thou hast not discerned,” etc.; Miller, “and thou shalt... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:4-5

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:4THE CLEAN CRIBI. An empty and clean crib does not fulfil the end for which it was made. It was made for use; it was made to hold food for the ox, who earns, by his labour, the means of keeping it full. When God first created this world, and saw it lie before him in all its unsullied beauty, He said that it was very good. But, beautiful as it was, it was not to remain simply beautiful—it was to fulfil a higher purpose: it was to be a dwelling-place for man. And... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:6

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:6SEEKING, BUT NOT FINDINGI. A contradictory character—a scorner in quest of wisdom. It would be strange to hear a man ask advice of a physician whose opinion he held in contempt, or to ask guidance of a traveller whose judgment and ability he despised. It would be obvious that the advice given or the rules laid down would not be followed. So a scorner, while he seeks wisdom, scorns the only method of becoming wise, He asks advice of those whom he despises, he... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:7-9

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 14:8. Deceit, or “deception.” Proverbs 14:9. Many translators read this verse, “The sacrifice,” or “the sin-offering, makes a sport of,” or “mocks fools.” So Zöckler, Elster, Ewald, Stuart, Wordsworth, etc. Miller translates, “Sin makes a mock at fools.” Among, or “to.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF PARAGRAPH.—Proverbs 14:7-9THE FOOL AND THE PRUDENT MANI. How to know a fool. The dead carcase that is above ground is its own evidence. No one needs to inquire what it is, or where it... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:10-11

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 14:10. Zöckler reads the latter clause, “Let no stranger,” etc. Miller renders the whole verse, “A knowing heart is a bitterness to itself; but with its joy it does not hold intercourse as an enemy.” Proverbs 14:11. Tabernacle, “tent.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:10SECRETS OF THE HEARTI. Opposite dwellers in the same spirit. “Bitterness” and “joy.” The world without us is a type of the world within us. In the world of matter the bitter cold, the desolation of winter,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:12

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:12WHAT SEEMS TO BE AND WHAT ISI. Human nature needs more light than is found in the human conscience. The way which “seems right unto a man” may be “the way of death.” A mariner who has insufficient light to observe correctly the needle in the compass, may think he is steering for the haven when he is taking the vessel straight upon the rocks. He may be very sincere in his conviction that he is going right, but his thinking so will not make it so. He needs more... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 14:13. The heart is sorrowful, or “will be” (perchance). MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:13TRUE AND FALSE MIRTHThis proverb, as it stands in our English version, cannot be taken as universally true. The first clause is rendered by some translators—“Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful” (see Critical Notes), and experience and Bible teaching both necessitate our giving a limitation to the second clause also.I. Whether mirth will end in heaviness depends upon its... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:14

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 14:14. Filled with, i.e., “satisfied with.” Stuart translates the latter clause, “Away from him is the good man,” i.e., he will keep aloof from the backslider. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:14SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTIONI. The position and character of the backslider. The word suggests that there has been a time in the past when his moral standing was high. There must have once been a going forward, if there is now a sliding backward. Up to a certain time progress... read more

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:15-18

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 14:16. Rageth, “is presumptuous,” or “haughty.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Proverbs 14:15-18.REVELATIONS OF CHARACTERI. Four marks of a foolish man. When a piece of ground is left to itself—left in the hand of nature alone, without the intervention of the hand of man—there will be a variety in its productions, but there will be no wheat—no grain to give seed to the sower and bread to the eater. When human nature is left to itself there will of necessity be a... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:4-5

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:7-9

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:10-11

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:12

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:14

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 14:15-18

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