Proverbs 21:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. ”

Proverbs 21:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rivers of water - See the Psalms 1:3 note. As the cultivator directs the stream into the channels where it is most wanted, so Yahweh directs the thoughts of the true king, that his favors may f...
Proverbs 21:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (a) king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it wherever he will. (a) Though kings seem to have all things at commandment, they are not able to bring their...
Proverbs 21:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Prove...
Proverbs 21:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. the rivers of water. Hebrew. palgey mayim . the divisions of water [in. garden], from palag, to divide ( Genesis 10:25 ). The name given to the small chann...
Proverbs 21:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord - The Lord is the only ruler of princes. He a...
Proverbs 21:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord— The author of the Observations informs us, that in Judea their watering canals are artificially divided into several small streams, which render the c...
Proverbs 21:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. The king's heart (is) in the hand of the Lord, (as) the rivers of water: he turneth i...
Proverbs 21:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Proverbs 21:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXI. (1) As the rivers of water. — Channels for irrigation (comp. Psalms 1:3 ). He turns the heart of the king, whose favour is as the latter rain ( Proverbs 16:15 ) and dew ( Proverbs 19:12 ),...
Proverbs 21:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the prov...
Proverbs 21:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man t...
Proverbs 21:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. There can be no question but that all hearts, and all the ways of men are, like the current...
Proverbs 21:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

DOMINUS DIRIGIT COR ‘The King’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will.’ Proverbs 21:1 The analogy which Solomon saw between the king’s...
Proverbs 21:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The king's heart [is] in the hand of the Lord, [as] the rivers of water ,.... The heart of every king, and all that is in it, his thoughts, counsels, purposes, and designs; the hearts of bad kings,...
Proverbs 21:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Ver. 1. The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord.] Be kings never so absolute and un...
Proverbs 21:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king's heart His very inward purposes and inclinations, which seem to be most in a man's own power, and out of the reach of all other beings; and much more his tongue, and hand, and all his out...
Proverbs 21:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the L ORD , as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Note, 1. Even the hearts of men are in God's hand, and not only th...
Proverbs 21:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PROVERBS CHAPTER 21 The king's heart; his very inward purposes and inclinations, which seem to be most in a man's own power, and out of the reach of all others, and much more his tongue and hand, a...
Proverbs 21:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 21:1 . Rivers of water . Rather streams , the allusion being to the watercourses, which in hot countries intersect fields and gardens for the purpose of irrigation, in w...
Proverbs 21:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn fi...
Proverbs 21:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord. God and the human race In these verses we have God unfolded to us. I. As the controller of human hearts. Some suppose there is an allusion to th...
Proverbs 21:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the...
Proverbs 21:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. The king's heart is In the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water, the thoughts and plans of the mightiest rulers, sovereign as they may seem, are like ditches and canals in which men lead w...
Proverbs 21:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:10 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Ezra 7:27 ; Ezra 7:28 ; Isaiah 43:19 ; Isaiah 44:27 ; Nehemiah 1:11 ; Nehemiah 2:4 ; Proverbs 16:1 ; Proverbs 16:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 ; Psalms 105:25 ; Psalms 106...
Proverbs 21:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The kings — He names kings not to exclude other men, but because they are more arbitrary and uncontrollable than others. As rivers — Which husband — men draw by little channels into the adjacent gr...

Proverbs 21:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 21:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 21:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 21:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 21:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 21:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 21:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 21:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 21:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 21:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 21:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 21:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 21:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes