Proverbs 19:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. ”

• Proverbs 19:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Keepeth his own soul - i. e., His life in the truest and highest sense.

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. Proverbs 1...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  keepeth . guardeth. die . die prematurely.

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. He that keepeth the commandment (namely, of God) keepeth his own soul; (but) he that despiseth...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He that despiseth his ways — i.e. , takes no heed to them, whether they please God or not. Shall die. — Physically (comp. Exodus 12:15 ; 1 Corinthians 11:30 ), spiritually (comp. Luke 1:79 )...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been l...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. Slothfulness...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He that keepeth the commandment ,.... Either of parents, as children ought to do; or of masters, as servants should; or of kings and princes, as is the duty of subjects in all things lawful: or rath...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die. Ver. 16. He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul. ] This is the first fruit of shakin...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.       Here is, 1. The happiness of those that walk circumspectly. Those that make consc...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The commandment; the commands of God, called by way of eminence the commandment, as the word is oft used emphatically for the word of God, as hath been noted before. fore. His ways; either, 1. Hi...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:16 . Miller reads this verse “ He that guards the commandment guards himself; in scattering his ways he dies .” (See his comment.) Hitzig’s rendering of the last clau...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But he that despiseth his ways shall die. The folly of despising our own ways I. The sinner’s fall and ruin. “He shall die.” There is a death that is common to all mankind. That is the general...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs 19:22 , rash, which signifies "poor" in oppositi...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 16. He that keepeth the commandment, namely, that of God's Law, keepeth his own soul, for such conduct is conducive to spiritual life; but he that despiseth his ways, taking no heed to keep...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 7:19 ; 1 John 2:3 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 3:22 ; 1 John 5:3 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 8:5 ; Ezekiel 33:5 ; Jeremiah 7:23 ; John 14:15 ; John 14:21-23 ; John 15:10-14...

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• Proverbs 19:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  His ways — The commands of God.

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