“ The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. ”
Or, “Perverse is the way of a sin burdened man.”
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...
The way, &c. Render, "The way of. man laden with guilt is unsteady". Some codices, with Aramaean and Syriac, read "of. man who is an alien". pure . upright.
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
The way of man is froward and strange— The true rendering is this, The way of the strange man is froward, but as for the pure his work is right. Grey.
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. The way of man (is) froward and strange - rather, 'The way of a man (that is) froward (is) also strange.' The He...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
The way of man is froward and strange. — The words may also mean “Tortuous is the way of a man who is laden with sin.” (Comp. Proverbs 2:15 .)
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...
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plow...
The way of man [is] froward and strange ,.... Not the way of any and every man; not the way of righteous and good men, of believers in Christ; who know him, the way, and walk in him and after him, a...
The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right. Ver. 8. The way of man is froward and strange. ] And therefore strange, because froward, various, and voluble,...
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them The injury which they do to others shall, either by God or men, be returned upon their own heads; because they refuse to do judgment They wilfully and...
8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. This shows that as men are so is their way. 1. Evil men have evil ways. If the man be froward,...
The way of man; the course of his life. Of man ; of every man; of man by nature and in his corrupt estate; of a wicked or impure man, to whom the pure is opposed in the next clause. Strange; est...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:8 TWO WAYS I. The way of fallen man . It is a froward or refractory way in relation to God. When we look at man’s ways and compare them with the ways of all the...
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...
The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right. Pure I. The nature of the man of God. It is pure. It is a grand thing to be clean in character. Take care that you...
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. 8. The way of man is froward and strange, literally, "Twisted is the way of the guilt-laden," for the vicious man has only wickedness in mind; but as for the pure, one who is clean in his cond...
1 Corinthians 3:3 ; 1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 3:3 ; 1 Peter 1:22 ; 1 Peter 1:23 ; Acts 15:9 ; Daniel 12:10 ; Ecclesiastes 7:29 ; Ecclesiastes 9:3 ; Ephesians 2:2 ; Ephesians 2:3 ; Genesis 6:12...
The way — Of every man by nature. Strange — Estranged from God. Right — But he whose heart is pure, his conversation is agreeable to it.