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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:10

The heart knoweth his own bitterness ,.... Or "the bitterness of his soul" F12 מרת נפשו "amaritudine animae suae", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. , the distress of his conscience, the anguish of his mind; the heart of man only knows the whole of it; something of it may be known to others by his looks, his words, and gestures, but not all of it; see 1 Corinthians 2:10 ; bitterness of soul often arises from outward troubles, pains, and diseases of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown ,.... Houses built to perpetuate their names and eternize their memory; and which, though built high and stately, strong and firm, yet by one accident or another shall come to ruin, when they imagined they would continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations, Psalm 49:11 ; or their families shall become extinct, none to be their heirs and inherit their estates, and transmit their name to posterity; or the substance of their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man ,.... As the way of sin and wickedness does, it promising much carnal pleasure and mirth; there is a great deal of company in it, it is a broad road, and is pleasant, and seems right, but it leads to destruction; so the way of the hypocrite and Pharisee that trusts to his own righteousness, and despises others, and even the righteousness of Christ; or however does not submit to it, but tramples upon him, and counts the blood of the covenant an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ,.... As Belshazzar's was in the midst of his feast and jollity, when he saw the writing on the wall; so sin may stare a man in the face, and guilt load his conscience and fill him with sorrow, amidst his merriment; a man may put on a merry countenance, and feign a laugh, when his heart is very sorrowful; and oftentimes this sorrow comes by sinful laughter, by mocking at sin and jesting at religion; and the end of that mirth is heaviness :... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:14

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways ,.... One that is a backslider at heart, whose heart departeth from the Lord; in whom there is an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; and indeed apostasy begins at the heart, and shows itself in the life and conversation: there may be a backsliding when the heart does not wickedly depart from God; but is through the infirmity of the flesh and the force of temptation; from which backslidings the Lord's people are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:15

The simple believeth every word ,.... Every thing that is said to him every story that is told him, and every promise that is made him; and so is easily imposed upon, and drawn in to his hurt: every word of God, or doctrine of his, ought to be believed; because whatever he says is true, he cannot lie; every word of his is pure, free from all error and falsehood; it is a tried word, and found to bear a faithful testimony, and, if we receive the witness of then, the witness of God is greater;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:8

Is to understand his way - Instead of הבין habin , to understand, הכין hachin , to Direct his way, is found in one MS. It makes a very good sense. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:9

Fools make a mock at sin - And only fools would do so. But he that makes a sport of sinning, will find it no sport to suffer the vengeance of an eternal fire. Some learned men by their criticisms have brought this verse into embarrassments, out of which they were not able to extricate it. I believe we shall not come much nearer the sense than our present version does. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:10

The heart knoweth his own bitterness - נפשו מרת morrath naphsho , "The bitterness of its soul." Under spiritual sorrow, the heart feels, the soul feels; all the animal nature feels and suffers. But when the peace of God is spoken to the troubled soul, the joy is indescribable; the whole man partakes of it. And a stranger to these religious feelings, to the travail of the soul, and to the witness of the Spirit, does not intermeddle with them; he does not understand them: indeed they may... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man - This may be his easily besetting sin, the sin of his constitution, the sin of his trade. Or it may be his own false views of religion: he may have an imperfect repentance, a false faith, a very false creed; and he may persuade himself that he is in the direct way to heaven. Many of the papists, when they were burning the saints of God in the flames at Smithfield, thought they were doing God service! And in the late Irish massacre, the more of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:12

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