“ The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. ”
Above ... beneath - The one path is all along upward, leading to the highest life. It rescues the “wise” from the other, which is all along downward, ending in the gloom of Sheol.
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...
above . upward. the wise . a skilful one. Hebrew. sakal. See note on Proverbs 1:2 .
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of life is above to the wise - There is a treble antithesis here: 1. The way of the wise, and that of the fool....
The way of life is above to the wise— Or, The way of life to the wise is above.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of life (is) above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of the wise tends upwards tow...
1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
The way of life is above to the wise. — These words sound like a faint echo of such passages as Philippians 3:20 ; Colossians 3:1-2 , though the writer’s meaning may only have been that the wise...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The way of life [is] above to the wise ,.... Of "the way of life"; Proverbs 10:17 ; this is said to be "above", or it tends "to [what is] above"; it leads to heaven and happiness above; the life it...
The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. Ver. 24. The way of life is above to the wise. ] He goes a higher way than his neighbour, even in his common busines...
The way of life is above to the wise The way which a wise man takes to preserve and obtain spiritual and eternal life, is to place his heart, treasure, and conversation in things above; and to mana...
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of wisdom and holiness is here recommended to us, 1. As very safe and comfortable: It is the...
The way of life is above to the wise; the way or course which a wise man taketh to preserve and obtain life, is to place his heart, and treasure, and conversation in things above, and to manage all...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:24 . The way of life is above , etc., rather “An upward path of life,” etc. Hell , Sheôl, as in Proverbs 15:11 . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:24 THE UPWARD...
hell Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
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...
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...
v. 24. The way of life is above to the wise, he directs his course upward, aiming at a higher degree of sanctification with every new day, his eye set on the reward held out by the mercy of God, t...
Colossians 3:1 ; Colossians 3:2 ; Jeremiah 21:8 ; John 14:6 ; Matthew 7:14 ; Philippians 3:20 ; Proverbs 2:18 ; Proverbs 23:14 ; Proverbs 5:5 ; Proverbs 6:23 ; Proverbs 7:27 ; Proverbs 9:...
The way — The way a wise man takes to obtain life, is to place his heart, and treasure, and conversation on things above.