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than to o divide the spoil with the proud. Verses 1-2. God exalts those who willingly take the lowest place (10-12).Strength of mind and spirit is more important in the battle of life than strength of body. 3 Doing wrong leads to disgrace, and scandalous behavior brings contempt. 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. 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). Wins souls can also mean "takes lives or destroys lives," as presented in the Holman Christian Standard Bible ("but violence takes lives") and the Christian Standard Bible ("a cunning person takes lives"). John Piper Oct 25, 2005. And as the ear is one of the great inlets to instruction, it may here, with propriety, be considered as comprehending all the ways in which knowledge may be acquired.Wardlaw. Rivers and wells that are fed from the mountain recesses which are filled with eternal snows never dry upthey are fed from a source that is never exhausted. Others read as in the authorised version. It is commonly supposed that ministers cannot repent, although they do not claim, like the Pope, the gift of infallibility; and there is too much reason for the supposition, provided it be not restricted to that order of men; for the same pride that makes one set of men stubborn in their wrong opinions is to be found in other men, although it is not perhaps so much strengthened by particular circumstances, nor so visible in their conduct, because they meet not with the same temptations to discover it. The tale-bearer must have a repository for his slandersthe busy tongue must have a listening ear or no mischief would be done, and tale-bearing would die out for want of an atmosphere in which it could live. No physical force can break down enmity of hearteven God cannot reconcile men unto Himself by His physical omnipotence, but wins them by love. Zibas cause seemed just in Davids eyes, until Mephibosheths explanation searched him to his confusion. Proverbs 18:4. and their contentions are like the bars of a castle ( Proverbs 18:19 ). But the way in which a man uses his lips and his tongue, as the organs of speech, may contribute not a little to his getting, or his failing to get, the meat that perisheth. I mean not that any of you should, in the slightest degree, try to work your way in life by words of flattery; but when a mans general conversation is such as to procure for him a character for discretion, courtesy, gratitude, straight forward integrity, and trustworthiness, this may surely contribute, eminently and directly, to the temporal sustenance and comfort of the man himself and his family: while an opposite style of intercourse may tend to penury and starvation. But the tongue can reach a thousand hearts at one time, and make men its slaves, not in twos and threes but in masses. Because the flow is natural and spontaneous. Those generally are so that are opinionative and conceited, and they thus make themselves ridiculous, and are vexatious to others. V. THE NAME JESUS IS GREEK FOR JOSHUA JEHOVAH SHUA. But. As in similar verses, Miller translates a wounded spirit: a spirit of upbraiaing. Satisfied. So long as the lasting hills remain, and the present natural laws govern the world they must give forth every day abundant streams. People may try to win a judges favour by giving him gifts or telling him only those parts of a story that support their viewpoint. 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. Every attempt at its removal still leaves some portion of it behind. The nearest translation to the words is perhaps the following: "He who is separated shall seek the desired thing, (i.e., the object of his desire,) and shall intermeddle (mingle himself) with all realities or all essential knowledge." Now Solomon has quite a bit to say about the slothful or the lazy person. True it is that there is much that is called friendship that is unworthy of the name, but as we do not reject the real coin because there are base imitations of it, so we must not permit the counterfeit of friendship to shake our confidence in the real thing. The slothful man is a waster of Gods most precious gifts. The one speaks as if he had hardly breath to bring forth his words, the other speaketh with such a strong breath that the harshness of it giveth an ill scent a great way off.Jermin. II. Before that he served as director and teacher at Calvary Chapel Bible College, Germany, following more than 20 years of pastoral ministry. Calleth for. When people become too confident in their own opinions, they are liable to break away from former friends. The original word here used is a brother revolting or departing by disloyalty; or else a brother offended by disloyal departing. Such a gift tends to the exaltation of the man who possesses it. As surely as water will find its level, so a truly gifted man will find some outlet for his talentssome sphere large enough to use what has been bestowed upon him for the very purpose of being used. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find,He breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.. Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:14. 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. When the eleven Apostles were awaiting the seal of their commission, they felt that they had no time to waste in contending who should fill up the empty place in their bandthey knew that, although they were brethren in Christ, they might differ in their opinions in the matterand they therefore wisely determined to decide it by referring to the lot. 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. 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. I. So before any enemy can harm a righteous man, he must overcome the Almighty God; he must circumvent His plans, and overthrow his purposes. But although they bade defiance to many an assault of men in battle-array, they have had to yield to a more subtle enemy. Such a gift to a man is a gift for men. And surely, if thou be courageously patient, whatsoever thou mayest lose yet thou enjoyest that which thou hast; or, if thou hast nothing, yet thou shalt enjoy thyself, thou shalt enjoy the comfort of thy own spirit. Warning against consorting with sinners 1:8-19. Home; . So Solomon found a thousand of them. Verse 7. While a man has wealth he is defended from many bodily ills and from many vexations of spirit. Such enmity Solomon compares to the bars of a castle. NLT. For the negative sinnerthe man who does nothingis a waster of his time and of his talents, and is therefore guilty of a positive crime. Another passage may serve to confirm this view. So with obtaining knowledge. Proverbs 18:2. Proverbs 18:6. and observes, that their Rabbins explain it of Lot separating from Abraham, following the desires of his heart: but R. Saadiah Gaon better interprets it of an apostate from religion; that objects to everything solid and substantial, in a wrangling and contentious manner; and "shows his teeth" i at it, as Schultens, from the use of the Arabic word, renders it. II. They use their privileges on no principle of economy. Thus sense of danger, knowledge of the way, confidence in the strength of the towerall gives a spring of life and earnestness to run into it. 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. God divided the land of Israel by lot, and if men had generally been content to permit Him to divide the earth among them in a similar manner, how much more rich and prosperous would they have been. Our understanding of Proverbs 18:20 is, that as the outward wants of a man are satisfied by his daily acts, so he himself is, and that simply as his acts, or because of the intimate sympathy between the man and what he does. The citadel of him who trusts in the Lord. and against all sound judgment starts quarrels. 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. (He hath no delight in knowledge, but in the displaying of his own thoughts.Hodgson.) The first man wounds, but he inflicts his injury in open daylight and in the front of his victim, but the second is like the treacherous footpad whose face is never seen and whose step is never heard, but who comes up behind his prey in the dark and leaves no trace behind but the mortal sword-thrust. His soul is set free, and he enjoys his safety. But it is pre-eminently the godly man who can sustain infirmity of body. It is a vapid distinction to say a good wife, and the Bible many a time hurries on without any such distinction (comp. Well, you're not you're not showing yourself friendly. Here again, as in Proverbs 18:4, the Hebrew word ish is used for man. II. Till now he had no idea of his need of salvation. More is justly expected from a brother than from a strangermore of affection, gratitude, kindly treatment, fidelity, and trustworthiness. Twin-brothers are often so much alike that it is difficult for onlookers to distinguish one from the other. He rages against all wise judgment. Proverbs 5:1-14 Commentary Proverbs 5 Commentary Proverbs 5:15-23 Commentary Proverbs 6 Commentary Proverbs 6:20-35 Commentary Proverbs 7:1-27 Commentary Proverbs 13 Commentary Proverbs 15 Commentary Proverbs 18:10 Commentary Proverbs 18:11 Commentary Proverbs 28:13 Commentary Proverbs 29:18 Commentary Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 26:28). Polygamy was the rock upon which Solomon shipwrecked his social happiness and much more (1 Kings 11:3), and he seems here and elsewhere to warn his descendants not to follow in his footsteps in this respect and conform to the custom of the heathen monarchs by whom they were surrounded. All spiritual communisms bless.Miller. The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it. Control. More specifically speaking, He used it in the name of His own righteousness, to balance our guilt and to give weight and value to the price of His redemption. The first clause reads thus in the Hebrew, A righteous one, the first in his quarrel, and has a brevity which is practically too great. And so the speech of a good man has nothing forced or artificial about it. For surely they are the best seekers of knowledge, and are most earnest after it, who have already gotten it. I. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. THE EVIL OF ISOLATION. The separated one here is the impenitent. As we saw in the previous chapter (Proverbs 18:14) contention or strife is an evil of which none at its beginnings can see the end. Cains fratricide, Judass treachery, presumptious, aspiring, heaven-daring sins, find this final catastrophe, to despair of the mercy of God. As if the goodness of God, and the value of Christs ransom, were below his iniquity. Of the false teachers who should arise in the latter days, it is saidby reason of them the way of truth shall be evil-spoken of. From few other sources, if from any, has there proceeded a greater profusion of unmerited reproach of the name and doctrine and kingdom of the Lord; or has the chair of the scorner drawn a greater number and variety of its sarcastic sneers and bitter revilings. Proverbs 17:19) with God which has been so long discussedis what ruins all. A sinner stands dead like a blasted oak, but a saint not only lives by growing, but grows by living.Miller. Thus it was under the old dispensation. 11 If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for innocent blood, let's ambush some harmless soul; CRITICAL NOTES. Proverbs 18:1.Through desire, etc.The readings and expositions of this verse are many. If we convict a man of prodigality for wasting gold, what shall we say of him who wastes what no gold can buy? 12/1/22: I just found out that most of the commentaries on the Bible Study Tools website are no longer free. III. But yet where the spring of those waters is a well-spring of wisdom, though sometimes it send forth deep waters, yet it doth not always; for that were to overwhelm the hearers. He who separates himself seeks his own desire, He quarrels against all sound wisdom. 2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. It is said to be the candle of the Lord, because it comes from God in a more immediate manner than the body, Ecclesiastes 12:7; and because it is in God's stead, to observe and judge all our actions. But the name of the Lord meets his eye. This is true in relation to any and every kind of evil to which men are exposed. (1 Samuel 15:17-23.) ), "Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day . 1. The arms of strength that defend the children of God are everlasting arms (Deuteronomy 33:7). That ignorance exposes men to danger. He that is first in his own cause seems just; but his neighbor comes and searches him. This appears to me the best meaning: the reader may judge for himself. "He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.". The matter of fact is here statedand there are natural enough reasons to account for it. For he who knows only his own side of the case is convicted of knowing little of that; his reasons may be good and no one may have been able to refute them, but if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, what rational ground has he for preferring either opinion?Jacox. That it is thus a means to a most desirable end appears when we consider, I. 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 . 4 The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. Natural or acquired eagerness of spirit, and impatience of protracted inquiry. NIV There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. Fausset remarks that the Hebrew word used for man is ish, a good man, not adam, the general term for man. I. As brothers are the children of a common parent, so sloth and waste have their root in the common sin of ungodliness; men are spendthrifts or they are lazy, because they have no right sense of their obligations to God and to manbecause they do not look upon their life as a stewardship for which they must give an account (Romans 14:12), but as a gift which they are at liberty to spend as they please. Nov 7, 2020. 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. Sanctified sorrow, although it wounds the spirit, yet it only wounds it to raise it to a higher levelto make it capable of a more refined enjoyment. They trusted in themselves, and in their own wisdom, despising others (Luke 18:9; Luke 16:15; Jude 1:19). It's idea of flipping a coin, you know. Because it is the only thing that separates them. then, but not till then, will those be exposed to danger who have put their trust in Him. Some take it as a rebuke to an affected singularity. If you store bad fruit (sin) in your heart, you will always produce sin, if you store good fruit, that is what your mouth (tongue . The sweeter the wine the sharper the vinegar; accordingly, the greater the love implanted by nature, the more bitter the hate where this love is violated.Zeltner. 354. The selfish and morose man who will not deny himself for anothers good, or who cannot rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep, cannot expect others to deny themselves for him and to sympathise with his joy and sorrow. This is a beautiful fact. a. 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. If the kings and great men of the earth had resorted to this method of causing contentions to cease and parting between the mighty, how many homes and cities would have escaped overthrow, how many a fruitful and prosperous country would have been preserved from desolation, and how many a princely fortune would have remained in the hands of its rightful owners. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, None but a cruel man will be a tale-bearer. It prevents waste of human life. An alternative interpretation is not difficult to find. It is a fact of history that godly men and women have been even joyful in spirit when suffering great bodily pain. 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. What doest thou here? Much is there to be inquired into and pondered. It will bring you before great men. Deeply does the Christian minister feel the responsibility of this holy separation, that he may give himself wholly to his office (1 Timothy 4:15; 2 Timothy 2:4). A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire: To cut one's self off from family, friends, and community is often to express a selfish desire. The most useful method would be to go to the section of Scripture that you are interested in, and selecting the button for a . That all sorrow of heart does not crush a man. 3. 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. And this is the only power which can win a brother offended. If he has been in the wrong we must approach him with a free forgiveness, and if the wrong has been on our side we must approach with submission and acknowledgment of our fault. There is a secular and a spiritual in every proverb. Wait till God speaks, and the case will look very differently.Miller. Many have ruined their lives by not ruling their mouths. "The Hebrew text of the O.T. So same concept, another proverb. This proverb treats of a twofold aspect of human life which furnishes a strong proof of the fallen condition of human nature. 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. Whoso findeth a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD ( Proverbs 18:21-22 ). Proverbs 16:2. The use of the lot is therefore desirable under certain conditions and restrictions, because in ending contention it saves time. I. A pretty thing for him to cavil! Verse 5. They who thrive on slender means, make the most of what they have; whereas they who live in the midst of abundance get into habits of carelessness, and of the prodigal use of what they have.Wardlaw. is enough to protect them. Reference to the Critical Notes and to the Comments will show the widely different translations and expositions given to the first verse. "[3] We shall paraphrase the apparent meaning here: "When any man wishes to separate himself from former friends, he will seek some pretext for doing so; but his behavior is altogether reprehensible. God is not far from every one of us (Acts 17:27), and being ever near, is always accessible. What a strong tower the name Jehovah is. A lot of people complain, "Oh, we don't have any friends." For I look upon the image of Christ as the best mark of beauty I can behold in her, and the grace of God as the best portion I can receive with her.Bp. I. These names are often borne by men who are destitute of the qualifications and feelings proper to the relationships which they express, but when any one of them is applied to God it is applied to one who combines within Himself all those attributes of character in perfection which ought to be possessed in some degree by men who are called by these names. NIV. There is. We have provided this method as a convenience to our users. No man can be wise unless he has some self-knowledge, and no man can subject himself to much inspection while in company, hence the advice of George Herbert. a. 4 and 15); that against bold impiety, proud dispositions and hardness of heart against the poor (Proverbs 18:3; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 18:23); that against slothfulness in the duties of ones calling, foolish confidence in earthly riches, and want of true moral courage and confidence in God (Proverbs 18:9-11; comp. And sometimes it has been a nation that has contended with another, and then not one has fallen a victim, but hundreds on both sides. There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. One of the many temptations of wealth. How canst thou intermeddle with the great wisdom of knowing thyself, if thy whole mind be full of this worlds chaff and vanity? Proverbs 13:8, page 302), but the evil of the text is a very real and common one. 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