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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 19:1

That walketh in his integrity; who is upright in his words and actions. That is perverse in his lips; that useth to speak wickedly, which proceeds from a wicked heart, and is usually attended with an evil life. Is a fool; is a hypocrite, or a wicked man, for this is opposed to the upright man in the former clause; yea, though he be rich, which is implied from the same clause. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 19:2

The soul; which is the principal cause and director of all men’s actions. Without knowledge; without wisdom or prudence to discern his way, and what and how he ought to act in his several cases and concernments. It is not good; it is very evil and pernicious. That hasteth with his feet; that rashly and headily rusheth into actions without serious consideration. So two vices are here censured, the want of knowledge, and the neglect or disuse of knowledge in a man’s actions. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 19:3

Perverteth his way; either. 1. Enticeth him to sin. Or rather, 2. Crosseth and blasteth his designs and enterprises, and brings losses and miseries upon him. His heart fretteth against the Lord; he ascribes his unhappiness not to his own sin and folly, which is the true cause of it, but to God and his providence, against which he unjustly murmurs. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 19:1

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 19:1. Delitzsch translates the last clause, “Than one with perverse lips, and so a fool.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:1I. A reference to an unexplained mystery of human life. It is here implied, though it is not directly expressed, that the fool who is perverse in his lips—who sets himself in speech and action against the moral law of the universe—is not so poor a man as he who walks in integrity. (We have before had this latter character before us. See Homiletics on... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 19:2-4

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 19:2. Sinneth, literally “goeth astray.” Delitzsch reads the last clause, “He who hasteneth with the legs after it goeth astray.” Proverbs 19:3. Perverteth, rather “overtures,” “ruins.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:2-3IGNORANCE LEADING TO SINI. The soul of man cannot be absolutely without knowledge. There is some knowledge which comes to the soul without any effort on the part of the man, which he has but to live to acquire, just as he has but to open his eyes to see.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:2

Proverbs 19:2 The evils of ignorance compared with the evils of blindness. I. To be blind is, first, to be destitute of the pleasure of the enjoyment of light, and to be afflicted with the pain of darkness. What sunlight and the want of it are to the body, such are knowledge and the want of it to the mind. II. Just as the blind man is insensible to the beauties of colour and form, and has no share in the pleasures which others derive from the sight of the rainbow, for instance, or the starry... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 19:2

DISCOURSE: 798DIVINE KNOWLEDGE MOST DESIRABLEProverbs 19:2. That the soul be without knowledge, it is not good.THERE is nothing so highly prized as knowledge. No pains are deemed too great for the acquirement of it; no expense too large — — — It is that which, more than any thing else, raises a man in public estimation, and gives him influence in the world [Note: If this were a subject for a Commemoration Sermon, before a Learned Body, the use and excellency of Learning should be largely... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 19:3

DISCOURSE: 799THE SINFULNESS OF MURMURING AGAINST GODProverbs 19:3. The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth against the Lord.THE wickedness of the heart is deep and unsearchable. They who do not watch its motions, have no idea of its depravity; but they who diligently examine it may discover many evils, and by the light of God’s word attain considerable knowledge. The disposition mentioned in the text deserves special attention. We will,I.Illustrate the disposition... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:1-29

Chapter 19Better is the poor that walks in his integrity [or in honesty], than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is even separated from his neighbor ( Proverbs 19:1-4 ).If you're rich, you have a lot of people coming around. But you really don't know. It... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 19:1-29

Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of men’s conditions, and their diversity of moral character, suggest a world of ideas respecting the conduct and issues of life. Proverbs 19:2 . That the soul be without knowledge, it is not good. The human mind, godlike in its powers, is worthy of culture. In the year 1780, the county of Dorset... read more