“ The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safetyf is of the LORD. ”
Two companion proverbs. Nothing avails against, nothing without, God. The horse is the type of warlike strength, used chiefly or exclusively in battle. 1Ki 4:26 ; 1 Kings 10:26-28 , may be thou...
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...
safety, &c. . to Jehovah [belongeth] the salvation.
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. The horse is prepared against the day of battle - Horses were not used among the Jews before the time of Solomon. There...
The horse is prepared against the day of battle— Solomon mentions the horse, instead of all warlike preparations, because it was the chief, and all nations placed much of their confidence in the...
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety (so the Chaldaic, Syriac, Vulgate: but margin, etc., 'v...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
The horse is prepared against the day of battle. — These had been imported largely from Egypt in Solomon’s time, though this was in direct contravention of the Law ( 1 Kings 4:26 , and Deuteronomy...
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...
The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle ,.... The horse is a warlike creature, and was much used formerly, as now, in war; these are prepared against the day of battle, to mount the cavalr...
The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD. Ver. 31. The horse is prepared against the day, &c. ] A very serviceable creature, and in battle full of terror;...
The horse is prepared , &c. Under which particular all warlike preparations are comprehended; but safety is of the Lord The success of the battle depends not upon any human strength or art, bu...
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the L ORD . 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the L ORD . The designing busy pa...
The horse; under which particular all warlike provisions are comprehended. Safety is of the Lord; the success of the battle depends not upon any human strength or art, but merely upon God's provi...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:30-31 COUNSEL AGAINST THE LORD I. Only those plans succeed which harmonise with the will of God . This is of course true only in regard to the ultimate and final...
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. 31. The horse is prepared against the day of battle, that is, men may make all arrangements and preparations for war, deeming the victory as good as gained; but safety is of the Lord, it is in...
Ecclesiastes 9:11 ; Isaiah 31:1 ; Psalms 144:10 ; Psalms 147:10 ; Psalms 20:7 ; Psalms 3:3 ; Psalms 3:8 ; Psalms 33:17 ; Psalms 33:18 ; Psalms 68:20
The horse — Under which all war — like provisions are comprehended.