Proverbs 14:1-26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:12

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death."Literally and eternally true, this proverb stands as one of the Lighthouses of Proverbs. It was true of Absalom and Ahithophel; and it is true of many a worldly and irreligious man today. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:13

"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.""Like many other Proverbs in our English version, this one cannot be taken as universally true. The first clause is often rendered, and perhaps should be, "Even in laughter the heart may sorrowful."[13] "There are two kinds of laughter and mirth. There is an innocent and proper mirth; and there is an guilty and sinful mirth."[14] There is also sometimes a heavy and disconsolate heart that disguises its sorrow by a show... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:14

"The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.""A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him."[15] Cook wrote concerning the second clause here that, "The words `satisfied from himself' are not in the original (Hebrew)," rendering the passage, "He who falls away from God in his heart shall be filled with his own ways; and the good man shall be filled with that which belongs to him."[16] read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:15

"The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going."He is a simpleton indeed who believes everything that he hears, or for that matter, everything that he reads in the newspapers. This also applies to many a religious pulpit. It is always the part of a wise man to weigh with the utmost care and attention the messages that are continually being shouted at him from all directions. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:16

"A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently and is confident."Frankenberg and Toy give various readings here: "The wise man guards himself anxiously against evil, but the fool lightly takes part therein"; or, "The wise man is cautious and avoids misfortune, but the fool is arrogant and confident."[17] read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:17

"He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated."As this stands, "The proverb compares two bad dispositions by their outcome and by their impression upon others";[18] but by a slight emendation (which some current translators accept), we get, "A person who becomes angry easily does foolish things, but a wise person is patient."[19] Either way the proverb is true. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:18

"The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.""The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge."[20] Tate rejected the emendation by which the RSV gave this translation, writing that, "Acquire here is not likely to be correct. The simple are the immature, untutored people, who already have folly as a part of their nature."[21] There are many other renditions, which we are citing merely for the sake of showing the different viewpoints, which are also... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:19

"The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.""We have identical parallelism here, based upon the doctrine that moral goodness must in this life triumph externally over wickedness."[22] This was the doctrine that dominated the Book of Job, and which was strongly advocated by all of Job's friends. It should be understood in the light of what is written there. "This describes the humbling of the wicked by the punishment of their sins."[23] read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:20

"The poor is hated, even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.""This sad but true picture of human nature is not here mentioned approvingly, but merely stated as a fact."[24]This verse flings wide the gates of memory in this writer's life. We children were all small, and our father read this chapter before the evening prayer. That was my brother David's fifth birthday, and our father had just given him ten silver half-dollars for his birthday. Another brother (Robert), a little... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:21

"He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity upon the poor, happy is he."The great glory of Christianity is that it regards and honors the poor, who, alas, constitute the vast majority of mankind. "Blessed are ye poor! Blessed are the poor in spirit!" These are the words of Christ, who, "Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9). read more

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