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Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 14:10-14

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. God hath said this, and the soul knows... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:12

Death. How many, under the garb of piety, follow their passions! How many are misled by their singularity, or by unskilful directors! (Calmet) --- We must suspect our own judgment. (Menochius) --- If any Turks, Jews, or heretics, lead a moral good life, it seemeth both to themselves and to other ignorant people that they are in the right way to salvation; but their error in faith leadeth them to eternal damnation. (Worthington) --- The persecutors thought they did God a service by putting the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

Laughter. Septuagint, "with his counsels," enjoying the content of a good conscience, and a heavenly reward; while the wicked, with all his self-approbation, shall be punished. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 14:11

v. 11. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, no matter how permanent they believe it to be; but the tabernacle of the upright, their tent, their temporary dwelling, for they do not regard it as their permanent home, shall flourish, the blessing of the Lord resting upon it. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 14:12

v. 12. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, the way of sin, at the outset, being apparently straight and smooth, but the end thereof, what it finally leads to, are the ways of death, for transgression invariably leads to mortal ruin. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 14:13

v. 13. Even In laughter the heart is sorrowful, that is, a person may hide a deep sorrow under a superficial joyousness; and the end of that mirth is heaviness, for trouble will invariably cut short such outward manifestations of joy and bring sorrow in the end. read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 14:1-35

(δ) With reference to the relation between the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor, masters and servantsChap. 141          Woman’s wisdom buildeth her house,but folly teareth it down with its own hands.2     He that walketh uprightly feareth Jehovah,but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.3     In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride,but the lips of the wise preserve them.4     Where there are no oxen the crib is clean,but much increase is by the strength of the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Proverbs 14:13

Proverbs HOLLOW LAUGHTER, SOLID JOY Pro_14:13 . - Joh_15:11 . A poet, who used to be more fashionable than he is now, pronounces ‘happiness’ to be our being’s end and aim. That is not true, except under great limitations and with many explanations. It may be regarded as God’s end, but it is ruinous to make it man’s aim. It is by no means the highest conception of the Gospel to say that it makes men happy, however true it may be. The highest is that it makes them good. I put these two texts... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 14:1-35

Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandoned. The Revised urges attention to the foolish man in order that it may be known that he lacks knowledge. Verse Proverbs 14:9. This proverb is decidedly ambiguous. It may mean that foolish men despise g d t in the sense of holding in contempt the guilty, whereas upright men have grace or favor or... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:12

THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM‘There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.’ Proverbs 14:12 I. There are ways that lead to death.—Each of us has come into contact with beings whom excesses have led to a premature end; others still occupy a place in the world, but their ruined health, their weakened faculties, show that, to use the words of St. Paul, ‘they are dead while living.’ The death in question here is the condition of a creature who has... read more

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