Proverbs 21:19 NIV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 21:18-20

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:18THE RANSOM OF THE RIGHTEOUSThis verse must be understood to express the same truth as that in Isaiah 43:3, in which Jehovah, speaking to the Hebrew people, says, “I gave Egypt for thy ransom—Ethiopia and Seba for thee,” referring doubtless to the deliverance by the overthrow of the Egyptians and other nations. Here the Divine interposition is not on behalf of an elect nation, but on behalf of a special character; not for the deliverance of Israel according to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 21:19

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 21:9. Wide house. Literally a house of companionship, i.e., to share the house with her. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 21:19AN ANGRY WOMANI. No social discomfort is to be compared to that of an ill-tempered wife. A corner of the housetop would be exposed to the rain and to the storm, both of which, in eastern countries, are generally of a violent character; and although it is not uncommon for orientals sometimes to pass the night there, it would be most... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:1-31

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31 .Proverbs 21:1-31 , Solomon declares:The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will ( Proverbs 21:1 ).The word "rivers of water" is in the Hebrew "as the water courses." Now in the land of Israel, they had made many sluices for the water by which they could direct the water from the river to their farm areas. And these sluices were, of course, to turn the water to bring it to a desired... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 21:1-31

Proverbs 21:1 . The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn fields, which irrigate the lands by a diversion of the streams. This doctrine asserts the providence of God over the nations, and over the church. God commissioned the king of Assyria to punish the Jews for idolatry. Isaiah 10:5. How remarkably was the heart of Cyrus, of Darius, and of Artaxerxes... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 21:19

Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman.An angry womanI. No social discomfort is to be compared to that of an ill-tempered wife. A corner of the housetop would be exposed to the rain and to the storm, both of which, in Eastern countries, are generally of a violent character. Neither is the wilderness a pleasant place of abode. But it is better to dwell in either of these places than with a brawling or even with an angry woman.1. Because... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:19

Proverbs 21:19 [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. Ver. 19. It is better to dwell in the wilderness. ] Among ravenous beasts and venomous serpents, in greatest danger, and want of all necessary accommodation. This is so much worse than the housetop, as an angry and vexatious woman - which, like a mad dog, bites all about her, and makes them as mad as herself - is worse than her that is not so much angry as unquiet, brawling (as dogs bark... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 21:19

better: Proverbs 21:9, Psalms 55:6, Psalms 55:7, Psalms 120:5, Psalms 120:6, Jeremiah 9:2 wilderness: Heb. land of the desert Reciprocal: Proverbs 9:13 - General Proverbs 12:4 - she Proverbs 14:1 - the foolish Proverbs 15:17 - General Proverbs 17:1 - with Proverbs 19:13 - the contentions Proverbs 25:24 - General Proverbs 27:15 - A continual Proverbs 30:23 - an odious Matthew 19:10 - General read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 21:19

19. In… wilderness בארצ מדבר , ( beerets midhbar,) in the pasture lands, the uncultivated regions, those not occupied by the dwellings of man. Angry woman A fretful, morose, or contentious woman. Compare Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 27:15; Proverbs 25:26. read more