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The wickedness of the sons of Eli made men abhor the offering of the Lord. And thus it is still. Asaphs steps had well-nigh slipped when he saw the prosperity of the wickedthat violence covered them as a garment, and that they set their mouth against the heavens; and yet that their strength was firm, and they had more than heart could wish (Psalms 73:2-8). Men who do not seek supernatural help sometimes do it. But Samuel searched him, and laid open his rebellion. Whoso findeth a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD ( Proverbs 18:21-22 ). than to o divide the spoil with the proud. They are ever marvelling how other folks do. This is not so with the fool; they find no delight in wisdom. If there is effort without wisdom to guide it there may be seeking without getting. A poor man has not only a very small share of the material comforts of life, but even for these he is often compelled to sue as for a favour. There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. Reciprocal: Judges 8:3 - Then 1 Samuel 25:13 - Gird ye Psalms 37:8 - Cease Proverbs 14:17 - that Proverbs 17:14 - leave Proverbs 17:27 - an excellent spirit Proverbs 18:19 . The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. tushigyah, lit. 27 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day will bring. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. The righteous By faith and prayer, devotion toward God, and dependance on . The one he woundeth so, that his blow is neither heard, seen, nor felt. But although it is only that, it is a very real and terrible barrier. A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. Understanding the gift here spoken of as a special mental endowment (see Hitzig), we remark. This is true in relation to any and every kind of evil to which men are exposed. I. spit on the common good. Contention between any men is a plain proof that there is some flaw in human nature, that the relations of human creatures are not what they ought to be. Secularly, this is beyond a doubt; judicially, here is a great outrage; socially, a something very impolite; but religiously, a thing altogether a shame. Men born yesterday might certainly afford to listen. Or intense excitement of the mind renders them for a time at least oblivious of bodily sensations. March 12. Words Kill, Words Give Life. 4 Many words rush along like rivers in flood, Between (1) blaming and (2) commending the life of isolation, the decision must be that (1) is most in harmony with the temper of the Book of Proverbs; but it is not strange that Pharisaism, in its very name, separating and self-exalting, should have adopted (2). This is a Sabbath altogether moral, never to be abrogated. But although they bade defiance to many an assault of men in battle-array, they have had to yield to a more subtle enemy. But in addition, most of the propositions that seem to be more remote may be brought under this general category of love to neighbours as the sum and basis of all social virtues; so especially the testimonies against wild, foolish talking (Proverbs 18:2; Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 18:13, comp. Translated this way, Proverbs 11:30 becomes a study in contrasts, with the second part of the verse antithetical to the first . He that was pleased to make the Sabbath of rest, is also pleased with those who make a Sabbath of peace. And however their success may dazzle mens eyes and warp their judgment for a season, contempt is their portion at last. Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh,. Or, "a separated man seeketh desire" g; his own desire, will, and pleasure. And so it is with the speech of a godly man. None but a cruel man will be a tale-bearer. proverbs 18:1 studylight. Reference to the Critical Notes and to the Comments will show the widely different translations and expositions given to the first verse. Zockler translates, He that separateth himself seeketh his own pleasure, against all counsel doth he rush on, and the renderings of Stuart, Miller, and Delitzsch are substantially the same, except that Delitzsch translates the latter clauseagainst all that is beneficial he shows his teeth. Other readings are A self-conceited fool seeks to gratify his fancy and intermingleth himself with all things (Schultens); He who has separated himself agitates questions as his desire prompts, and breaks his teeth on every hard point (Schulz); He seeks occasion, who desires to separate himself from his friends (Hodgson). But the grave, sooner or later, receives them both. And, like their Divine Master, they know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary (Isaiah 50:4), and thus that which flows from their lips is as refreshing and healthful to weary and struggling men and women on the highway of life as the living, cooling watercourse is to the dusty and thirsty traveller. General Reference . The word translated wisdom in the second clause is derived from a verb that means to be or stand with some stability (see comment on chap. A mans life is a limited inheritance, given to him by God, to use first of all for his own spiritual good, and he cannot afford to be robbed of any part of it. He surely learned an awful lot about women. 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. The emperor Julian used to banter the Christians with that precept of our Lord, When thine adversary smites thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also: but Christians consult their ease as well as their consciences when they obey this precept in the spirit of it; whereas proud and passionate fools, when they give vent to their rancorous spirits, because they cannot bear the shadow of an indignity, not only turn the other cheek to their adversary, but smite, and urge, and almost force him to strike and destroy them.Lawson. This is either to be understood in a good sense, of one that has a real and hearty desire after sound wisdom and knowledge, and seeks in the use of all proper means to attain it; and in order to which he separates himself from the world and the business of it, and retires to his study, and gives up himself to reading, meditation, and prayer; or goes abroad in search of it, as Aben Ezra: or of a vain man that affects singularity; and who, through a desire of gratifying that lust, separates himself, not only from God, as Jarchi interprets it, pursuing his evil imagination and the lust of his heart; and from his friends, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions; but from all men, like the Jews, who "please not God, and are contrary to all men"; so such a man sets himself to despise and contradict the sentiments and opinions of others, and to set up his own in opposition to them. Wherefore let reason and indifferency hear the differences that are between any, and if it can be done let them be reconciled. * a 2 Let someone else * praise you, and not your own mouth; Others, * and not your own lips. The languages of several countries are not so different as of the poor and rich man in one and the same country, and a stranger of another land is not such a foreigner as in the same land a poor man standing at the door of the rich. Lord! Verse 8. 4 The words of the mouth are deep waters, Through desire a man, having separated himself The original is difficult and obscure. And then called the little girl in and sat her down and started through and explained to her the whole process of life and procreation and everything else. Thither their eyes look, thither their hands are stretched, thither their hearts carry them. 3:33) or will their damnation (Ezek. What care, then, should we use to pluck from our hearts every root of bitterness, and to have them furnished with knowledge and prudence, that our discourse may be good, to the use of edifying!Lawson. When this word vir is used for man in sacred Scriptures it signifieth one who is strong and mighty, and for his strength great and excellent, and then by a man here we may understand him who is mighty and great in knowledge; the words of such a man are as deep waters, to the bottom whereof the shallow capacity of every one is not able to reach. Self-love is the twist in the heart within, and self-interest is the side to which the variation from righteousness steadily tends. The heart makes the lie, deceiving first the man himself, and thereafter his neighbours. A sinner stands dead like a blasted oak, but a saint not only lives by growing, but grows by living.Miller. They may be dwelling under the same roof, and so have every opportunity of enjoying each others society and gladdening each others life. Proverbs 30:8-9), and that one of the sins to which the rich man is most liable is that of inconsiderateness of the claims of his poor brother, and even of insolence towards him. 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. Proverbs 13:8, page 302), but the evil of the text is a very real and common one. Proverbs 15:18 Commentary; Proverbs 15:19 Commentary; Proverbs 15:20 Commentary; . It is no ordinary difference that makes a ground of quarrel between brothers; there are so many ties to be broken and so many motives of self-interest to bind them, that the enmity must be deep to separate them at first, and being deep and strong, it is not easily broken down. Contempt and reproach are their final portion. Therefore we learn that we must not give a verdict for or against an accused person until both he and his accuser have been heard. Verse Proverbs 18:1. And a poor man has also to bend his will to the will of his richer neighbourto endure often th oppressors wrong, the proud mans contumely. Wealth is a defence against all these enemies to a mans comfort. The one has been compared to a man who dies by a rapid and violent disease, and the other by a slow and subtle consumption. And the mother thought, "Uh-oh, this is it. KJV. Doubtless there is secular truth in all this The disgraced citizen is often the most reproachful.Miller. . A man's gift [given in love or courtesy] makes room for him And brings him before great men. THE EVIL OF ISOLATION. 20 Even by their neighbors the poor are despised, but a rich person's friends are many. Many of those who fawned upon them and flattered them while they were prospering will be most ready to scorn and upbraid them, if the day of their retribution arrives before they quit this world. They are endowed with a natural courage which makes them scorn to be overcome by physical pain, or they are naturally very hopeful, and are enabled in some measure to look beyond the present suffering to a time of relief in the future. There can be no doubt that each has its peculiar temptations (see chap. The sympathy of passion with one or other of the parties. As a muscle, the tongue isn't as capable of producing force as a leg or even the jaw, but its power is measured by the damage it can do and the life it can bring. 1. It is the overflow of heartfelt experience. And he that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and a shame to him. He that answers a matter before he hears it, it's a folly and a shame ( Proverbs 18:13 ). In the strife to appear well, in the time it takes, in the industries they scatter, in the hospitalities they provoke, and in the securityships they engender, broadening our socialities will try every one of us well. He hath but one grand policy to secure him against all dangers, and that is, to run to God.Trapp. John separated himself in the wilderness, Paul in Arabia, our blessed Lord in frequent retirement, in order to greater concentration in their momentous work. He that hath commanded to cease from labour, hath much more commanded to cease from strife. 2. III. If a young artist has a sketch given to him by his master which he is to fill up in a given time, he cannot afford to spend the moments in disputing with his fellow-pupils about their respective rights to certain brushes and colours; while he is contending the hours are going, and when the master calls for the picture he will have none to show. An eternal refuge. 1. In this verse the thought is the advantage of its use as putting an end to contention. unfriendliness and unreasonableness are inseparable." When a man enters into the marriage relation according to the Divine intentionmaking a woman his wife in the true sense of the wordhe not only adds to his own comfort and consults his own interest, but he does that which is pleasing to Godhe takes a step upon which he can fearlessly ask for the Divine blessing. 4 The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. So same concept, another proverb. It must be remembered that deep waters are associated in the Old Testament with the thought of darkness and mystery (Proverbs 20:5; Psalms 69:2; Ecclesiastes 7:24), and we get a more profound thought if we see in the proverb a comparison between all teaching from without and that of the light within. He declares that the state of the inward manits rest or unrest, its gladness or its gloomdepends very much upon the use that is made of the tongue. The citadel of him who trusts in the Lord. He also that is slothful in his work is a brother to him that is a great waster ( Proverbs 18:7-9 ). I. If the disputants are men of the same nation, their contention seems more unnatural than if they belonged to different races, but when sons of the same fathermen brought up at the knees of the same mother, are found in a state of enmity, we have a very strong proof that the race is not what its head was when he came fresh from the hand of his Creator. Both may bear the image and superscription of the king, but the one is an insult to the name it bears while the other has a right to be imprinted with the royal name. The name I AM, by which He revealed Himself to Israel (Exodus 3:14) set forth His eternal self-existence, but He has also revealed Himself by names which are used to express human relations, such as king, judge, husband, father. Prudence, i.e., wisdom applied to practice, is an indispensable qualification for obtaining knowledge. They that have been valiant in bearing wrongs, in forbearing delights, have yet had womanish and coward spirits in sustaining the terrors of a tumultuous conscience. 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. The results of both extravagance and sloth are the same. Novalis. 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. Proverbs 18:8. To this tower the wicked are sometimes driven in distress, then seeking help here, when it is nowhere else to be found. Solomon here sets forth. On this subject see also Homiletics on chap. But it is pre-eminently the godly man who can sustain infirmity of body. 18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends. FROM the value of friendship there is a natural and easy transition to the evil of isolation. The matter of fact is here statedand there are natural enough reasons to account for it. 3 When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace. He runs to it, as to a strong tower. Indolenceindisposition to be troubled. Proverbs 18:6. (He hath no delight in knowledge, but in the displaying of his own thoughts.Hodgson.) A little thought and observation will convince us that this is true. A wood gathers wood, like all vegetable or vital growths. Their words are smoother than oil; yet are they drawn swords;envenomed fangs, of which the virus gets into our system ere we are aware, works its mischievous and morally deadly effects, and becomes incapable of extraction. The righteous is not a righteous man provero, but only righteous, he having the first chance to speak. is enough to protect them. The power of words over the man who utters them. II. What a strong tower the name Jehovah is. If a man, therefore, desires to avoid harm to body, mind, and soul, he must set himself to acquire knowledge both in relation to things material and spiritual. 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. The two evils censured are. And when we think not only of the wounds thus inflicted, and the lives thus cut off, but of the wounded hearts and darkened lives of those who mourn them, we must allow that any means of ending contention is better than permitting it to work its deadly work. In any translation, the tongue is mentioned well over a hundred times in the Bible. We talk about fetching up a lost hour, but the thing is impossible. And in the same spirit and by the same rule, otherwise applied, had Felix done well to defer hearing Pauls defence until Pauls accusers were present. Aristides, they tell us, would lend but one ear to anyone who accused an absent party, and used to hold his hand on the other, intimating that he reserved one ear for the absentee accused. Cicero, the greatest orator, save one, of antiquity, has left it on record, as we are pertinently reminded on the Essays on Liberty, that he always studied his adversaries case with as great intensity as his own, if not still greater. Even if he is an honest and able man, he may be so dependent upon the caprices of the wealthy as to have to entreat their help and patronage before he can use his powers to his own advantage. John Piper Oct 25, 2005. The hand can strike down the body of a single foe, or of two or three at once. then, but not till then, will those be exposed to danger who have put their trust in Him. For such ought to be the command of love between brethren, that he that breaks it is a disloyal rebel unto it. But a derivative from the same root, and differing only slightly in form, is found in Jeremiah 51:20, and is there translated by 'battle-axe' (or maul, R.V. It may seem a very insignificant deed to strike a flint and steel together so as to produce a single spark, but one spark may produce a terrible and destructive fire. 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