Proverbios 18:6, Lucas 19:40 RVA

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:1-24

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 "quarrels with all sound wisdom." Verse Proverbs 18:9. This plainly teaches that there can be no middle course between construction and destruction. Every man is contributing something to the commonwealth, or is a wastrel. Verses Proverbs 18:10-11. Each of these verses taken separately constitutes... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 18:1-24

Proverbs Of Solomon Part 2 (Proverbs 15:22 to Proverbs 22:16 ). At this point there is a sudden switch from proverbs which contrast one thing with another, which have been predominant since Proverbs 10:1, to proverbs where the second clause adds something to the first. Whilst we still find some contrasting proverbs, especially at the beginning, they are not so common. This may suggest a deliberate intention by Solomon to separate his proverbs into two parts. Furthermore such a change at this... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 18:3-7

The Words Of The Wise Are A Wellspring Of Wisdom, But A Fool’s Words Result In Misery For Him, And Finally Bring About His Ruin (Proverbs 18:3-7 ). As with the previous subsection, this subsection majors on the fool (the one who leaves God out of the reckoning). The subsection begins with a reference to ‘the wicked’ (the unrighteous), referred to twice (Proverbs 18:3 a, Proverbs 18:5 a) who is paralleled with two references to the fool (Proverbs 18:6-7). Possibly of significance is the fact... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 18:1-24

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 seeks an occasion (emending the word for ‘ desire’ ), seeks by all means to stir up strife.” Proverbs 18:4 . RV translates correctly, but the sense is strange. Read, perhaps, “ The words of the wise are deep waters, a flowing brook, a fountain of life,” but this is conjecture rather than... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips enter into contention; a fool by his rash and wicked speeches provoketh others to quarrel with him, and, as it follows, to strike him. His mouth calleth for strokes; procureth strokes to himself. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 18:6-8

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 18:6. Calleth for. Stuart understands this in the sense of “to deserve.” Proverbs 18:8. Wounds. The word so translated occurs only here and in chap. Proverbs 26:22, and will bear very different renderings. Some translate it words of sport (Stuart and Zockler); others, with Delitzsch, dainty morsels; others, “whispers, soft breezes.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Proverbs 18:6-8FOLLY AND ITS RESULTSI. None but a foolish man seeks contention. As we saw in the previous... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 18:1-24

Chapter 18Through 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 comes also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 18:1-24

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, and in Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 20:3. Solomon might have introduced it from some other nation. Rabbi Ezra says, it designates a man who travels for the acquisition of wisdom, and devotes himself to literature. Rabbi Levi gives the word a speculative turn, of one devoted to metaphysical studies,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 18:6-8

Proverbs 18:6-8A fool’s lips enter into contention.The speech of a splenetic foolHow frequently Solomon speaks of the fool! and the fool in his idea was not an intellectually demented man, but a morally bad man.I. It is querulous. “A fool’s lips enter into contention.” His ill-nature shows itself in his readiness to pick quarrels, to create frays.II. It is provocational. “His mouth calleth for strokes.” They irritate the men they speak to, and often prompt to acts of violence.III. It is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 18:6

Pro 18:6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. Ver. 6. A fool’s lips enter into contention.] See Trapp on " Pro 18:5 " And his mouth calleth for strokes ] a By his desire upon others; but by desert and effect upon himself. a Vehementer doleo, quia vehementer diligo. Atque sit cum maesto vultu, oculis demissis, cum quadam tarditate et vocis plangitu procedit maledictio. - Bernard. read more