Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:16
How much better - to get wisdom than gold? - Who believes this, though spoken by the wisest of men, under Divine inspiration? read more
Proverbs 16:2-28 Niv
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright - The upright man is ever departing from evil; this is his common road: and by keeping on in this way, his soul is preserved. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction - Here pride is personified: it walks along, and has destruction in its train. And a haughty spirit before a fall - Another personification. A haughty spirit marches on, and ruin comes after. In this verse we find the following Masoretic note in most Hebrew Bibles. הספר חצי chatsi hassepher : "the middle of the book." This verse is the middle verse; and the first clause makes the middle of the words of the book of Proverbs. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a well-spring of life - חיים מקור mekor chaiyim ; another allusion to the artery that carries the blood from the heart to distribute it to all the extremities of the body. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth - He has a wise heart; he speaks as it dictates; and therefore his speeches are all speeches of wisdom. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as a honey-comb - The honey of which is sweeter than that which has been expressed from it, and has a much finer flavour before it has come in contact with the atmospheric air. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth right - This whole verse is precisely the same as that Proverbs 14:12 . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:26
He that laboureth - No thanks to a man for his labor and industry; if he do not work he must starve. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil - How will the following suit? Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum "Wealth, the incitement to all evil, is digged up out the earth." A wicked man labors as much to bring about an evil purpose, as the quarryman does to dig up stones. In his lips - a burning fire - His words are as inflammable, in producing strife and contention among his neighbors, as fire is in igniting dry stubble. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:12
It is an abomination to kings, etc. - In all these verses the wise man refers to monarchical government rightly administered. And the proverbs on this subject are all plain. read more