Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:21
21. Death and life—or, the greatest evil and good. that love it—that is, the tongue, or its use for good or evil. eat . . . fruit—(Compare Proverbs 18:19; James 1:19). read more
箴言 18:20-24 Cunpss
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:22
22. The old versions supply "good" before the "wife," as the last clause and Proverbs 19:14 imply (compare Proverbs 19:14- :). read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:23
23. the rich . . . roughly—He is tolerated because rich, implying that the estimate of men by wealth is wrong. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:24
24. A man . . . friendly—better, "A man . . . (is) to, or, may triumph ( :-), or, shout for joy ( :-), that is, may congratulate himself." Indeed, there is a Friend who is better than a brother; such is the "Friend of sinners" [Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34], who may have been before the writer's mind. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 18:1-24
3. Friendship and folly ch. 18 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 18:20
The sense here is that we will have to be content to accept the consequences of what we say. "Satisfied" does not mean happy but filled. Yet "productive speech is satisfying." [Note: Ross, p. 1028.] "The oxymoron forces the thought that whatever a person dishes out, whether beneficial or harmful, he himself will feed on to full measure through what his audience in return dishes out to him," [Note: Waltke, The Book . . . 31, p. 85.] read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 18:21
The antecedent of "it" is "tongue," and "its fruit" refers to "death and life." This proverb is a warning to the talkative. Much talk will produce death and life, so be prepared for both if you talk a lot. Many words can produce much destruction as well as much blessing. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 18:22
The favor God bestows is His blessing."The wording, especially in the Heb., strikingly resembles that of Proverbs 8:35, and so suggests that after wisdom itself, the best of God’s blessings is a good wife. Proverbs 31:10 makes a similar comparison, putting her price, like wisdom’s (Proverbs 8:11), above rubies." [Note: Kidner, p. 130. Cf. Genesis 2:18.] Not just any wife is a good thing though; only a good wife is (cf. Proverbs 19:13-14). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 18:24
The NASB translation of Proverbs 18:24 a is more true to the Hebrew than the AV that reads, "A man (who hath) friends must show himself friendly." The RV is perhaps the easiest of all to understand: "He that maketh many friends (doeth it) to his own destruction."Why is it unwise to have many friends? Probably because when one has many friends the possibility that some of them will be false friends is greater (cf. Jeremiah 38:22). It is better to have one or two good friends than many false... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:20
20. (Compare Proverbs 12:14; Proverbs 13:2). Men's words are the fruit, or, increase of his lips, and when good, benefit them. satisfied with—(Compare Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 14:14). read more