Proverbs 15:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. ”

Proverbs 15:18 - 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 15:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

strife . contention, or discord.
Proverbs 15:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 15:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. A wrathful man stirreth up strife - even where there was perfect harmony. He gives occasion to, and takes up...
Proverbs 15:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Proverbs 15:18 - 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 15:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Words in Season Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of...
Proverbs 15:18 - 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 15:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...
Proverbs 15:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A wrathful man stirreth up strife ,.... A man of a wrathful disposition, of a furious spirit, of an angry temper; that is under the power and dominion of such a passion, and indulges it, and takes a...
Proverbs 15:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife. Ver. 18. A wrathful man stirreth up strife. ] Miscet lites, he mingleth strife with his meat, and feeds upon c...
Proverbs 15:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. Here is, 1. Passion the great make-bate. Thence come wars and fightings. Anger strikes the fi...
Proverbs 15:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Stirreth up strife, because he is very apt both to give and to take all occasions of contention.
Proverbs 15:18 - 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 15:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:17 . Dinner of herbs , literally “a traveller’s meal.” Proverbs 15:18 . Stirreth up , lit. “mixes,” implying the reciprocal idea of giving and taking offence (Faus...
Proverbs 15:18 - 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 15:18 - 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 15:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 18. A wrathful man, one unable to keep his temper, stirreth up strife, his way of acting is bound to result in quarrels; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife, himself refusing to be...
Proverbs 15:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:24-44 ; 2 Samuel 19:43 ; 2 Samuel 20:1 ; Acts 6:1-5 ; Ecclesiastes 10:4 ; Genesis 13:8 ; Genesis 13:9 ; James 1:19 ; James 1:20 ; James 3:14-16 ; Judges 8:1-3 ; Matthew 5:9 ;...

Proverbs 15:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 15:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 15:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 15:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 15:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 15:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 15:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 15:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 15:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 15:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 15:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 15:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 15:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge