“ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. ”
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...
keepeth . guardeth. mouth... tongue. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is uttered by them. troubles. Some codices, with five early printed editions, Aramaean, Sept...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Whoso keepeth his mouth - as the, well-guarded gates of the city. The "mouth" is the gate; the "soul," the city ( Prover...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, &c — See above on Proverbs 12:13 .
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...
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...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue ,.... Guards the one and bridles the other; is careful of what he says, that it is truth, and without dissimulation and guile; and is not injurious to the char...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Ver. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue. ] As he that keepeth his doors fast locked, preserveth himself from danger;...
23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Note, 1. It is our great concern to keep our souls from straits, being entangled in snares and perplexities,...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue from offensive and provoking speeches, keepeth his soul, his person, from troubles; which a licentious and abusive tongue frequently brings upon a man.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:22 A WISE MAN AND A MIGHTY CITY I. The city of the mighty will not easily yield to conquerors . When a fortress encloses within its walls many strong arms and st...
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...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. The Christian governing his tongue Instead of simply commanding with supreme authority that men should keep their mouths a...
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. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, that is, he who can control them properly, both in refraining from speech and in speaking at the right time and to some definite purpose, keepeth his...
James 1:26 ; James 3:2-13 ; Proverbs 10:19 ; Proverbs 12:13 ; Proverbs 13:3 ; Proverbs 17:27 ; Proverbs 17:28 ; Proverbs 18:21