Proverbs 20:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. ”

Proverbs 20:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A precious jewel - literally, “A vessel of preciousness,” i. e., most precious of all are “the lips of knowledge.”
Proverbs 20:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...
Proverbs 20:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. There is gold - Gold is valuable, silver is valuable, and so are jewels; but the teachings of sound knowled...
Proverbs 20:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge (discreet godly speech) (are) a p...
Proverbs 20:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Proverbs 20:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rubies. — See above on Proverbs 3:15 . Lips of knowledge. — See above on Proverbs 18:4 .
Proverbs 20:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...
Proverbs 20:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sobriety; Industry; Honesty Proverbs 20:1-15 Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains an influence over men by fair promises, but when once it is entrenched, it moc...
Proverbs 20:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...
Proverbs 20:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There i...
Proverbs 20:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies ,.... A man may have a large quantity of either, or of both of thorn, as some men have; for there is much of them in the world, not only in mines and quarrie...
Proverbs 20:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel. Ver. 15. There is gold and a multitude of rubies. ] Quintilian defines an orator, Vir bonus dicendi per...
Proverbs 20:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is gold , &c. Namely, in the world, in divers persons' hands, by whom it is much prized; but the lips of knowledge Wise speeches, proceeding from a well-informed and upright mind, are a...
Proverbs 20:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. The lips of knowledge (a good understanding to guide the lips and a good elocution to...
Proverbs 20:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There is gold, to wit, in the world, in divers men's hands, by whom it is highly prized. But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel; but wise speeches proceeding from an understanding or hone...
Proverbs 20:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:15 . Here Miller reads, There is gold , etc., in the lips of knowledge . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:14 BARGAINING This proverb refers— I. To a world-w...
Proverbs 20:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Proverbs 20:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies. On the moral end of business Let me define my meaning in the use of this phrase--“the moral end of business.” It is not the end for which property shou...
Proverbs 20:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...
Proverbs 20:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 15. There is gold and a multitude of rubies, or pearls, such trinkets are found in abundance in the world; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel, they are rare indeed in the world.
Proverbs 20:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 12:9-11 ; Ephesians 4:29 ; Job 28:12-19 ; Proverbs 10:20 ; Proverbs 10:21 ; Proverbs 15:23 ; Proverbs 15:7 ; Proverbs 16:16 ; Proverbs 16:21 ; Proverbs 16:24 ; Proverbs 25:12...
Proverbs 20:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The lips — But wise speeches are of far greater worth.

Proverbs 20:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 20:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 20:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 20:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 20:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 20:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 20:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 20:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes