“ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.f ”
Feed - The Hebrew word, like ποιμαίνειν poimainein , includes the idea of guiding as well as nourishing; doing a shepherd’s work in both. For want of wisdom - Some prefer, through him w...
The lips of the righteous (i) feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom. (i) For they speak truth and edify many by exhortations, admonition and counsel.
Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the...
feed . shepherd: i.e. instruct. Illustrations: Job ( Proverbs 4:3 ; Proverbs 4:4 ; Proverbs 29:21 ; Proverbs 29:22 ); David ( Psalms 78:70-72 ); Peter ( Acts 4:1-4 ); Philip ( Acts 8:5-8 ); Paul...
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
The lips of the righteous feed many— i.e. Instruct many: and so it is rendered in several of the versions.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. "Feed" with instruction, guidance, and consolatio...
Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or expla...
The lips of the righteous feed many — i.e., sustain them by words of counsel, encouragement, and comfort, giving to each one his “meat in due season “( Matthew 24:45 ). Fools. — Headstrong, ob...
CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and exter...
the Blessing of the Lord Maketh Rich Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19 . Yet the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the...
Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indee...
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred with lying l...
The lips of the righteous feed many ,.... Not their bodies; words are but wind, and will not feed; it is not enough to say to the distressed, "be ye warmed and filled", and give nothing; unless this...
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. Ver. 21. The lips of the righteous feed many. ] A great housekeeper he is, hath his doors ever open, and, though himself be...
The tongue of the just is as choice silver Of great worth and use, bringing credit to himself, and great benefit to others; the heart of the wicked is little worth And consequently his tongue, wh...
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. We are here ta...
Feed many, by their wise and pious discourses, counsels, and comforts, which are so many evidences of their wisdom. Die for want of wisdom; they have not wisdom to feed or preserve themselves, mu...
A Collection Of Solomon's Proverbs ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 10:19-21 SPEECH AND SILENCE I. The wisdom of not always using the tongue when we might . “He that refraineth his lips is wise.” The reputation of a...
Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have ha...
EXPOSITION Verse 1-22:16 Part III . FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS . Verse 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with t...
v. 21. The lips of the righteous feed many, the counsel of their wholesome instruction serving as nourishment for heart and intellect; but fools die for want of wisdom, bringing misfortune and de...
1 Peter 5:2 ; Ecclesiastes 12:10 ; Ecclesiastes 12:9 ; Hosea 4:6 ; Jeremiah 15:16 ; Jeremiah 3:15 ; Job 23:12 ; Job 29:21 ; Job 29:22 ; Job 4:3 ; Job 4:4 ; John 21:15-17 ; John 3:19 ; J...
Feed — By their wise discourses and counsels. Die — They have not wisdom to preserve themselves, much less to feed others.