Proverbs 15:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. ”

Proverbs 15:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverbs 15:11 ) is noteworthy as showing an extended con...
Proverbs 15:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

understanding. Hebrew. binah ( Proverbs 1:2 ). Same word as in Proverbs 15:21 , but not in Proverbs 15:32 . seeketh knowledge. Illustrations: Solomon ( 1 Kings 3:5-10 ; 1 Kings 19:8 ); Quee...
Proverbs 15:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 15:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge. "The heart," because suc...
Proverbs 15:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Proverbs 15:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A m...
Proverbs 15:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Kind Words and Glad Hearts Proverbs 15:1-17 A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of the upright -these keywords touch one of the greate...
Proverbs 15:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to...
Proverbs 15:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual fea...
Proverbs 15:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge ,.... He that has in his heart an understanding of divine and spiritual things, of the Gospel and of the truths of it, will seek earnestly...
Proverbs 15:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. Ver. 14. The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge. ] As a hungry man se...
Proverbs 15:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; &c. “When the mind of a man is inwardly satisfied, and full of joy, it does good to his body too, as appears in his cheerful countenance: but when g...
Proverbs 15:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. Here are two things to be wondered at:-- 1. A wise man not satisfied wit...
Proverbs 15:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their hearts are set upon wickedness, which is meat and drink to them.
Proverbs 15:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Man Of Understanding Overcomes Adverse Circumstances And Enjoys A Life Of Pleasantness Whilst The Fool Continually Experiences Trouble ( Proverbs 15:14-21 ). This subsection is in an inclusio...
Proverbs 15:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:14 . Mouth , or “the countenance.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:13 A CHEERFUL FACE AND A BROKEN SPIRIT I. The outer man is to a large extent an index of the...
Proverbs 15:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, sa...
Proverbs 15:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and...
Proverbs 15:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 14. The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge, for he is anxious always to increase in true wisdom, as it applies to the various situations in life; but the mouth of fools feed...
Proverbs 15:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 3:6-12 ; 2 Peter 3:18 ; Acts 17:11 ; Hosea 12:1 ; Isaiah 30:10 ; Isaiah 44:20 ; Proverbs 1:5 ; Proverbs 12:23 ; Proverbs 9:9 ; Psalms 119:100 ; Psalms 119:97
Proverbs 15:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Foolishness — Wickedness is meat and drink to them.

Proverbs 15:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 15:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 15:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 15:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 15:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 15:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 15:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 15:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 15:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 15:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 15:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 15:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 15:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes