Proverbs 19:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. ”

• Proverbs 19:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The non-wisdom which, having brought about disasters by its own perverseness, then turns round and “fretteth,” i. e., angrily complains against the Providence of God. Perverteth - Rather, “over...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - 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...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  foolishness. Hebrew. 'evil. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 19:1 ; Proverbs 19:10 ; Proverbs 19:13 ; Proverbs 1:29 . man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14. pe...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 799 THE SINFULNESS OF MURMURING AGAINST GOD Proverbs 19:3 . The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth against the Lord . THE wickedness of the heart is deep a...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. The foolishness of man - Most men complain of cross providences, because they get into straits and difficulties thr...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord. It is his own sinful fo...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The foolishness of man perverteth his way . — A man’s own self-will ( Proverbs 1:7 ) overturns his way. stops his progress, whether in temporal or spiritual matters, and then, instead of blaming him...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - 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...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - 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...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinn...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The foolishness of man perverteth his way ,.... The sinfulness of his heart and nature; the folly which is bound up in it causes him to go astray out of the way in which he should go, or makes thing...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. Ver. 3. The foolishness of a man perverteth his way. ] So that all goes cross with him, and God "walks contrary...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the L ORD .       We have here two instances of men's folly:-- 1. That they bring themselves into straits and tr...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Perverteth his way; either. 1. Enticeth him to sin. Or rather, 2. Crosseth and blasteth his designs and enterprises, and brings losses and miseries upon him. His heart fretteth against the Lor...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:2 . Sinneth, literally “goeth astray.” Delitzsch reads the last clause, “ He who hasteneth with the legs after it goeth astray .” Proverbs 19:3 . Perverteth, rat...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - 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...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord. The folly and sin of men in perverting their own way, and then fretting against God Men are apt to charge all...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - 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...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 3. The foolishness of man perverteth his way, he himself is to be blamed if he is thrown prostrate and brought to ruin; and his heart fretteth against the Lord, murmuring against Jehovah when...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 20:42 ; 1 Kings 20:43 ; 1 Samuel 13:13 ; 1 Samuel 15:23 ; 1 Samuel 22:13-23 ; 2 Chronicles 16:10 ; 2 Chronicles 16:9 ; 2 Kings 3:10 ; 2 Kings 3:9 ; 2 Kings 6:33 ; Acts 13:45 ; Act...

  Read the comments

• Proverbs 19:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Perverteth — Blasts his designs and enterprises. Fretteth — He ascribes his unhappiness not to his own sin, but to God and his providence.

  Read the comments