proverbs-18

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:4

4. Wise speech is like an exhaustless stream of benefit. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:5

5. accept the person—(Compare Psalms 82:2). "It is not good" is to be supplied before "to overthrow." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:6

6, 7. The quarrelsome bring trouble on themselves. Their rash language ensnares them ( :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:8

8. (Compare :-). as wounds—not sustained by the Hebrew; better, as "sweet morsels," which men gladly swallow. innermost . . . belly—the mind, or heart (compare Proverbs 20:27-30; Psalms 22:14). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:9

9. One by failing to get, the other by wasting wealth, grows poor. waster—literally, "master of washing," a prodigal. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:10

10. name of the Lord—manifested perfections (Psalms 8:1; Psalms 20:2), as faithfulness, power, mercy, c., on which men rely. is safe—literally, "set on high, out of danger" (Psalms 18:2 Psalms 91:4). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown