Proverbs 15:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. ”

• Proverbs 15:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Contrast the “studying” of the wise before he answers and the hasty babbling of the foolish. The teaching of our Lord Matthew 10:19 presents us with a different and higher precept, resting upon d...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - 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...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer - His tongue never runs before his wit, he never spea...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer (speaketh nothing without due premeditation:...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer — i.e. , aright, knowing how much good and evil is caused by words. (Comp. James 3:5 , sqq. )

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• Proverbs 15:28 - 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...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - 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...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - 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...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - 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...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer ,.... He thinks before he speaks, meditates what he shall say, what answer to give to men; whether in things civil, natural, or religious; and what to r...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. Ver. 28. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer. ] His tongue runs not before his wit, bu...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer He answers, or speaks, considerately and conscientiously, and therefore profitably, to the edification of the hearers; but the mouth of the wicked No...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.       Here is, 1. A good man proved to be a wise man by this, that he governs his ton...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Studieth to answer; he answers or speaks considerately and conscientiously, and therefore profitably, or to the use and edification of the hearers. The mouth, not the heart; for he is without hea...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:28 . Studieth , i.e. , “ considers .” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:28 STUDYING TO ANSWER I. Every righteous man is a student . The aim of study in any depa...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - 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...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - 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...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 28. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer, carefully considering and reflecting before giving an opinion or suggesting advice; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things, in a...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 3:23-28 ; 1 Peter 3:15 ; 2 Peter 2:18 ; Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 ; Ecclesiastes 5:2 ; Ecclesiastes 5:6 ; James 3:6-8 ; Matthew 12:34 ; Proverbs 10:19 ; Proverbs 13:16 ; Proverbs 29:11...

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• Proverbs 15:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Studieth — He speaks considerately. The mouth — Not the heart; for he rashly speaks what comes into his mouth, without the direction of his heart or conscience.

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