“ A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. ”
A (g) gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. (g) To do a pleasure to the angry man pacifies him.
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...
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. A gift in secret pacifieth anger. Strong as is the passion of anger, it will yield to the stronger passion, cupidity....
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
A gift in secret. — Comp. Abigail and David ( 1 Samuel 25:18 ).
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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...
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. When the scorner is p...
A gift in secret pacifieth anger ,.... Appeases an angry man; humbles and "brings [his anger] down" y, as Aben Ezra and Gersom observe the word signifies; which before rose very high, and showed its...
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. Ver. 14. A gift in secret pacifieth anger. ] That is, say some, Alms rightly performed Mat 6:1 pacifieth God's displeasure...
A gift Bestowed on a person offended and angry with us, as the following words show; in secret That is, given in secret, which makes it more acceptable; for gifts openly given savour of ostentati...
14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. Here is, 1. The power that is commonly found to be in gifts. Nothing is more violent than anger. O the...
A gift, to a person offended and angry with us, as the following words show. In secret; which makes it more acceptable; for gifts openly given savour of ostentation in the giver, and cause some s...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:14 THE PACIFICATION OF ANGER I. Human anger is an evil to be avoided . Even the anger of a righteous man exposes the object of it to danger. David had good reaso...
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...
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...
v. 14. A gift in secret pacifieth anger, a gift brought concealed in the bosom and presented at the proper moment; and a reward in the bosom, a gift of bribery, strong wrath, for the more liber...
1 Samuel 25:35 ; Genesis 32:20 ; Genesis 43:11 ; Matthew 6:3 ; Matthew 6:4 ; Proverbs 17:23 ; Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 18:16 ; Proverbs 19:6
In secret — Which makes it more acceptable. In the bosom — Secretly conveyed into the bosom.