Proverbs 14:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. ”

• Proverbs 14:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a politica...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  evil. Hebrew. ra a'. See App-44. rageth . rusheth on. confident. Hebrew. batah. App-69.

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. A wise man feareth - He can never trust in himself, though he be satisfied from himself. He knows that his suffie...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. A wise (man) feareth, and departeth from evil - "feareth," lest he may offend God, and, through distrust of...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A wise man feareth. — (Comp. Proverbs 3:7 .) The fool rageth. — Gives way to passionate excitement, and “is confident” in his own wisdom; he has no “quietness and confidence” ( Isaiah 30:15 ) i...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 14:7 . The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be aband...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. He that is soon angry dealeth fooli...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil ,.... He fears God, and is careful not to offend him; wherefore he departs from sin, stands at a distance from it, abstains from all appearance of it; b...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. Ver. 16. A wise man feareth and departeth from evil. ] He trembleth at the judgments while they hang in the th...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil He trembles at God's judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened; and shuns sin, which is the procuring cause of all calamities; but the fool...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.       Note, 1. Holy fear is an excellent guard upon every holy thing, and against every thing that...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Feareth; trembleth at God's judgments, when they are either inflicted or threatened. From evil; from sin, which is the procuring cause of all calamities. Rageth; fretteth against God, or is enr...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  We Are To Follow The Ways Of The Wise And Shrewd, Not The Ways Of The Foolish ( Proverbs 14:7-16 ). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understa...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 14:16 . Rageth , “is presumptuous,” or “haughty.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 14:15-18 . REVELATIONS OF CHARACTER I. Four marks of a foolish man ....

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 14:1 . Every wise woman buildeth her house, as Proverbs 9:1 , by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of k...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficia...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 16. A wise man feareth and departeth from evil, dreading its power and preferring to keep his distance; but the fool rageth, in carnal presumption and insolence, and is confident, foolishly...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 19:2 ; 1 Kings 20:10 ; 1 Kings 20:11 ; 1 Kings 20:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:22 ; Ecclesiastes 10:13 ; Genesis 33:9 ; Genesis 42:18 ; Job 31:21-23 ; John 9:40 ; Mark 6:17-19 ; Mark 6:...

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• Proverbs 14:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Feareth — Trembles at God's judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened. Rageth — Frets against God; or is enraged against his messengers. Confident — Secure and insensible of his danger...

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