The emperor Julian used to banter the Christians with that precept of our Lord, When thine adversary smites thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also: but Christians consult their ease as well as their consciences when they obey this precept in the spirit of it; whereas proud and passionate fools, when they give vent to their rancorous spirits, because they cannot bear the shadow of an indignity, not only turn the other cheek to their adversary, but smite, and urge, and almost force him to strike and destroy them.Lawson. A poor man has not only a very small share of the material comforts of life, but even for these he is often compelled to sue as for a favour. i. Others read as in the authorised version. It gives a place for you. spit on the common good. 18 Loners who care only for themselves. 18 m Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Run therefore to God by praying, not fainting. We know there have been many noble exceptions to this rulethat there have been hundreds of poor men who have preferred starvation to a forfeiture of any part of their God-given inheritancebut the temptation of the poor man in this direction is often very strong by reason of his great necessity. Take the sinner in his first awakening conviction. The answer is plain. We are repeatedly said to be saved by the name of God (Psalms 54:1; John 17:11-12). Of such a man it may be said that his words are as deep waters and as a living spring. The bent is in the mould where the thought is first cast in embryo, and everything that comes forth is crooked. When this word vir is used for man in sacred Scriptures it signifieth one who is strong and mighty, and for his strength great and excellent, and then by a man here we may understand him who is mighty and great in knowledge; the words of such a man are as deep waters, to the bottom whereof the shallow capacity of every one is not able to reach. Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. Here, the counsel is the deep water, not the words. It is a fact of history that godly men and women have been even joyful in spirit when suffering great bodily pain. The first clause reads thus in the Hebrew, A righteous one, the first in his quarrel, and has a brevity which is practically too great. How many do we find who will not change their sentiments about religion, or about persons and things, upon the clearest evidence, and give way to anger upon the least contradiction to their favourite notions, as if their dearest interests were attacked! A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. When a settler in a forest rubs two dry sticks together the act seems a trifling one, but the friction in time develops the latent heat of the wood, and there is enough fire brought into activity to lay low many a mighty forest tree. Even women have borne the most severe bodily sufferings not only with fortitude but with exultationlifted above their bodily pain by a vivid realisation of unseen and spiritual realities and an intense consciousness of the favour of God. According to Mr. Stuart Mill, it might be plausibly maintained that in almost every one of the leading controversies, past or present, in social philosophy, both sides were right in what they affirmed, though wrong in what they denied; and that if either could have been made to take the others views in addition to his own, little more would have been needed to make its doctrine correct. Nicodemus did well to start the seasonable query, Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what he doth? Festus did well to protest that it was not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die before that he which was accused had the accusers face to face, and had licence to answer for himself concerning the charge laid against him. They entail ignominy and reproach upon all they have to do with. For as that which being whole is most strongly united, being broken is farthest from being made whole; and as a stick of hard wax, being broken, may more easily be conjoined than a stick of hard wood, so are the divisions of brethren more hardly composed than the contentions of others.Jermin. There is a bias in the heart, the fountain of impulse, and the resulting life-course turns deceitfully aside. Talleyrand defined speech to be the art of concealing ones opinions. And as it sways the affections and takes a mans will captive, it wields the power of life and death not over the body of the man but over the man himself. At the mere dictate of desire is but one noun with a preceding particle, meaning after, or, according to The noun means a longing. Why? But observe:. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the spirits. This one thingsaith the man of GodI do (Philip. Verse 3. How often may it be seen, that with means of a very limited and stinted amount, there is more of spiritual prosperity in one instance, than is discoverable in another, with means the most varied and abundant. And when it has unhappily succeeded in wounding us, we instantly have recourse to means for preventing the poison from getting into the mass of the blood, and pervading the system. The tongue, according as it is used, deals forth life or death; for speech is the picture of the mind (comp. The spirit of the man is the man himself, his power to love, to hope, and to enjoy. If a lot have erred, it is when mens understanding could have put things right, for God, having given power to men, He looks that men should use it. 2. In religious disputes it is a great injustice to depend for the character of a sect, or an impartial representation of their doctrines, upon one whom partiality has blinded and rendered unfit, however honest he may be, to do them justice. 2. (NEB) Proverbs 18:16. The favour of God is a fortune for a period which extends beyond that named in the marriage vow, it is a fortune which no creature can afford to despise, and a blessing which those who know Him prize before all things in earth or heaven. Life is full of changes and challenges. There is a secular and a spiritual in every proverb. The spirit of a man may control his sickness, but a spirit of upbraiding, who can carry that? To give all up, and simply lie back and murmur, is bad even for worldly disorders; but Solomon derives out of it a much more profound spiritual sense. It is said to be the candle of the Lord, because it comes from God in a more immediate manner than the body, Ecclesiastes 12:7; and because it is in God's stead, to observe and judge all our actions. The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it. Things go on as before; and still (to use rather a colloquial, but sufficiently expressive phrase), what is taken in by the door is thrown out by the window; and still the wonder continues how it goes! Wealth is a fortress with a most uncertain foundation. There is, in the original word, an implication of softness, simplicity, undesignedness, which only gives the secret weapon with which the wound is inflicted the greater keenness.Wardlaw. A heart made discerning gains in knowledge, etc. The malignancy is great in both, but with far less danger in the former. That it is thus a means to a most desirable end appears when we consider, I. The tiller of the soil knows from experience that the useless weeds and noxious plants often seem to absorb all the nutriment from the earth, and so make it well-nigh impossible for the useful herb and sweet-scented flower to grow in the same field or garden. Proverbs 18:1 - A man who isolates himself seeks his own desires; he rages against all wise judgment. If our strength were as an army, and our lands not limited save with east and west, if our meat were manna, and our garments as the ephod of Aaron; yet the afflicted conscience would refuse to be cheered with all these comforts. Leviticus 20-21; Proverbs 30; Matthew 14:1-21. )how incorrectly is shown by the constant repetition of the verb derived from the same root in the . The arms of strength that defend the children of God are everlasting arms (Deuteronomy 33:7). Home; . When a brother is revolted away, it is from a city of strength; and contentions are like the bars of a citadel. The whole meaning is, that one brother revolted away from another, is revolted from a city of strength, that being what one is to all the rest. Verse 6. I. Polygamy cannot be recommended by those who have practised it. "[1] Hooke preferred this; "A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will be liable to reproach. This is, I think, quite an important proverb, the next one. The original here is difficult, and differently understood. How full is Church history of this deplorable evil!and how many infidels and scorners has Church history by this means produced. Thus the administrative ability which was bestowed upon Joseph was not given to him simply or chiefly to bring him before Pharaoh for his own advancement, but to bring blessing to the Egyptian nation, and to further Gods purposes concerning his own family. As surely as water will find its level, so a truly gifted man will find some outlet for his talentssome sphere large enough to use what has been bestowed upon him for the very purpose of being used. A man who is in the general sense of the term an ignorant manwho does not possess even the rudimentary knowledge of an ordinary schoolboyis liable to be imposed upon and deceived by those who know more. And this is the meaning. ESV. Leviticus 17-18; Proverbs 28; Matthew 13:1-23. Humble thyself; He shall exalt thee. For he is commonly a fellow slothful in his work, being busy in his words, and he is indeed brother to him that is a great waster, spoiling his own estate by his slothfulness, and by the mischief which his talebearing falleth upon him; and spoiling him to whom he talketh by the ill mind which he putteth into him.Jermin. "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."-. Riches are no defence against a mans most powerful enemies. The bite of a viper is not so deadly as the wound of these talebearers stories and insinuations. 1. The cold-hearted, speculative professor has his flowsometimes a torrent of words, yet without a drop of profitable matter; chilling, even when doctrinally correct; without life, unction, or love. Some translators read a brother offended resisteth more than a strong city. Miller reads, When a brother is revolted away, it is from a city of strength., The state of things treated in this verse reveals most conclusively that man has fallen. Unless he does this, the opinion that he forms to-day will be altered to-morrow, and his mind will never be firmly made up on any subject. A moment once lost, is lost for ever. A bed of down cannot do much for a man whose body is racked with painit can do nothing for him whose soul is bowed down by sorrow, or smitten with a fear of death. If the kings and great men of the earth had resorted to this method of causing contentions to cease and parting between the mighty, how many homes and cities would have escaped overthrow, how many a fruitful and prosperous country would have been preserved from desolation, and how many a princely fortune would have remained in the hands of its rightful owners. Solomon delivers a warning against the vainglorious passion of aspiring to an universal acquaintance and an empty popularity, such as was courted by his brother Absalom, which will bring with it no support in adversity, but will ruin a man by pride and rashness and prodigal expenditure.Wordsworth. marg. But it is pre-eminently the godly man who can sustain infirmity of body. Through desire, etc. There seems no Scriptural prohibition to the use of this ordinance, provided it be exercised in a reverential dependence upon God, and not profaned for common purposes or worldly ends. A man, when he is alone, is more likely to see things as they really are; he is less under the influence of the seen and temporal than when he is in the market, or on the crowded highway, and consequently things unseen and eternal have a more powerful influence over him at such a season. He rages against all wise judgment. For He who is supremely rich is meek and tender, and he who is profoundly poor is loud in his reproach!Miller. The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly ( Proverbs 18:23 ). Ahab and Jezebel dwell in Samaria, and Elijah is compelled to flee into the desert. and observes, that their Rabbins explain it of Lot separating from Abraham, following the desires of his heart: but R. Saadiah Gaon better interprets it of an apostate from religion; that objects to everything solid and substantial, in a wrangling and contentious manner; and "shows his teeth" i at it, as Schultens, from the use of the Arabic word, renders it. I. Verse Proverbs 18:1. The special good-will of some who can feel with him and for him in all the vicissitudes of life is indispensable to his happiness. 20 Even by their neighbors the poor are despised, but a rich person's friends are many. Self-conceitthe affectation of extraordinary acuteness. There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. The sympathy of passion with one or other of the parties. God exalts those who willingly take the lowest place (10-12).Strength of mind and spirit is more important in the battle of life than strength of body. A bad wife is no wife at all. This thought is still clearer in the verse that follows:Death and life are in the power (literally the hand) of the tongue. There can be no doubt that mens conduct (for tongue is but the leading instrument of it) determines death or life, yet, in spite of the adventurous hazard, their love to it (or literally, just as they love this or that sort of tongue), they shall eat its fruit, and incur, of course, fearful responsibilities.Miller. Nay, even the commendation of a large liberality as a means of gaining for ones self favour and influence in human society (Proverbs 18:16), and likewise the praise of an excellent mistress of a family, are quite closely connected with this main subject of the chapter, which admonishes to love towards ones fellow-men; they only show the many-sided completeness with which the theme is here treated.Langes Commentary. Satisfied. Wise men are often obliged to contend for truth and right, but they never seek an occasion of dispute. is enough to protect them. A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. Proverbs 30:8-9), and that one of the sins to which the rich man is most liable is that of inconsiderateness of the claims of his poor brother, and even of insolence towards him. The significance of the whole is that a man of wide acquaintance is apt to break. (See Comments). He hath but one grand policy to secure him against all dangers, and that is, to run to God.Trapp. deliver us from this barren talk of the lips (chap. Verse 8. Call upon the LORD in your troubles, and let Him rescue you ( Ps 18:1-6 ). Or intense excitement of the mind renders them for a time at least oblivious of bodily sensations. We have before had the lot as a symbol of human freedom and Divine preordination (chap. David Guzik is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara, California. The favour of a good king is in itself a fortune which few men would despise. Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. That to subdue such enmity requires more wisdom and skill than to take a city. Many a time too has this been exemplified.Wardlaw. But contention builds around each one a more impregnable barrier than the highest walls of the strongest fortress. The first man wounds, but he inflicts his injury in open daylight and in the front of his victim, but the second is like the treacherous footpad whose face is never seen and whose step is never heard, but who comes up behind his prey in the dark and leaves no trace behind but the mortal sword-thrust. Then your body also is full of darkness. Snow gathers snow as we roll it on the ground. Human friendships cost. Proverbs 27:1-27. tushigyah, lit. That all sorrow of heart does not crush a man. They that have been valiant in bearing wrongs, in forbearing delights, have yet had womanish and coward spirits in sustaining the terrors of a tumultuous conscience. Twin-brothers are often so much alike that it is difficult for onlookers to distinguish one from the other. A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city ( Proverbs 18:19 ): So the idea is, don't offend your brother. by verse bible commentary studylight org expositor s bible commentary apps on google . In any translation, the tongue is mentioned well over a hundred times in the Bible. An alternative interpretation is not difficult to find. There are certain mental capabilities which are the common inheritance of men in general, but it cannot be denied that there are men who, apart from all the differences made by circumstances and education, have capacities and abilities which far exceed those of ordinary men. A lot of people complain, "Oh, we don't have any friends." Proverbs 18 1 An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends; he defies all sound judgment. No war breaks out sooner, or lasts longer, than that among divines, or that about a sacrament; a sacrament of love, a communion, and yet the occasion, by accident, of much dissension.Trapp. That, of course, is Jesus Christ. If you say he spent the night in a den of lions you read the story superficially. While a man has wealth he is defended from many bodily ills and from many vexations of spirit. But the grave, sooner or later, receives them both. ], ". And he that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and a shame to him. ch. A. James, is the most precious thing in the world. He declares that the state of the inward manits rest or unrest, its gladness or its gloomdepends very much upon the use that is made of the tongue. They are often held in contempt even while living, and the reproaches of those who have been made to suffer by them are heaped upon their heads. And so it stops the contentions. Proverbs 14:23). The phrase may meanWhen the wicked cometh into intimacy, companionship, familiarity, then cometh contempt.He who admits the wicked to his intimacymakes him his associatemust share the infamy of his ill-chosen companion. Secularly, this is beyond a doubt; judicially, here is a great outrage; socially, a something very impolite; but religiously, a thing altogether a shame. Men born yesterday might certainly afford to listen. 4 Many words rush along like rivers in flood, Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God (Isaiah 1:10). ", Bible by Barker, 1615: "Fro the desire thereof he will separate himself to seeke it, and occupie himself in all wisdome." Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddleth with all wisdom. A man can rise above pain of body. I shall always endeavour to make choice of such a woman for my spouse who hath first made choice of Christ as a spouse for herself; that none may be made one flesh with me who is not made one spirit with Christ my Saviour. If one member of the body politic, by the position which he holds and the ability which he possesses, is able to exercise a very powerful influence in the kingdom for weal or for woe, men watch him narrowly and jealously to see how he uses his power, and if they are anxious for the well-being of the State they endeavour to restrain him when he is going wrong and stimulate him when he is using his influence for the right. The gift of one talent is more common than the gift of ten, yet both the ten and the one are gifts from the same hand. He spells out every letter, and putting it together, criesWho is a God like unto thee? (Micah 7:18.) March 11. And the need can be supplied even in this selfish world. His enemy now suggests that it is beyond his reach; that he has sinned too long and too much, against too much light and knowledge; how can he be saved? i "Et in omne solidum dentes destringei", Schultens. He strikes for what he desires. In every cause, the first information, if it have dwelt for a little in the judges mind, takes deep root, and colours and takes possession of it, insomuch that it will hardly be washed out unless either some clear falsehood be detected or some deceit in the statement thereof.Bacon. It matters not in what condition man is found, whether in riches or in poverty, whether ignorant and rude or highly civilized and educated, he needs the friendship of one or more of his fellow creatures. . "He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.". Proverbs 5:1-14 Commentary Proverbs 5 Commentary Proverbs 5:15-23 Commentary Proverbs 6 Commentary Proverbs 6:20-35 Commentary Proverbs 7:1-27 Commentary Proverbs 13 Commentary Proverbs 15 Commentary Proverbs 18:10 Commentary Proverbs 18:11 Commentary Proverbs 28:13 Commentary Proverbs 29:18 Commentary They cant understand it. There can be no doubt that each has its peculiar temptations (see chap. The man who hid the Lords talent was visited with a stern sentence as a positive transgressor (Matthew 25:25). If there is effort without wisdom to guide it there may be seeking without getting. The angels smile at the way the sinner cavils. Now the lost has done all the strong speaking as yet. This page provides a method to go directly to a commentary by a specific author. And what Cicero practised as the means of forensic success, requires, as the essayist urges, to be imitated by all who study any subject in order to arrive at the truth. And yet such is the field of wonder, that the contemplation of a single point overwhelmed the Apostle with adoring astonishment. What care, then, should we use to pluck from our hearts every root of bitterness, and to have them furnished with knowledge and prudence, that our discourse may be good, to the use of edifying!Lawson. Thither their eyes look, thither their hands are stretched, thither their hearts carry them. Chapter 18 of Proverbs is full of wisd. For Homiletics on Proverbs 18:12, see on chap. Through desire (through self-willed and self-seeking desire of wisdom)wisdom, Heb. Proverbs 18:1. The nearest translation to the words is perhaps the following: "He who is separated shall seek the desired thing, (i.e., the object of his desire,) and shall intermeddle (mingle himself) with all realities or all essential knowledge." Then your whole body also is full of light. 8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction. 18 The simple have folly as an adornment, but the shrewd wear knowledge as a crown. New International Version. Tails, we won't. The one he woundeth so, that his blow is neither heard, seen, nor felt. Blessed Are the Unoffendable. The very name that is cavilled at by the lost is the foundation of the Christians safety. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary. The spirit of a man That is, the rational soul; is the candle, &c. Is a clear and glorious light, set up in man for his information and direction. This word, falling from heaven on the busy life of man, is echoed back from every quarter in a universal acknowledgment of its justness. This scripture reveals a crook in the creature that God made upright. 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