hell
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
( See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5).
Above ... beneath - The one path is all along upward, leading to the highest life. It rescues the “wise” from the other, which is all along downw...
Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverb...
above . upward. the wise . a skilful one. Hebrew. sakal. See note on Proverbs 1:2 .
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of life is above to the wise - There is a treble antithesis her...
The way of life is above to the wise— Or, The way of life to the wise is above.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of life (is) above to the wise, that he may depart from h...
1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Lit. 'The way of life upward is to the wise man': he escapes the premature death of the wicked.
The way of life is above to the wise. — These words sound like a faint echo of such passages as Philippians 3:20 ; Colossians 3:1-2 , though the...
CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause...
Words in Season Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed...
Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which i...
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way o...
The way of life [is] above to the wise ,.... Of "the way of life"; Proverbs 10:17 ; this is said to be "above", or it tends "to [what is] above"; i...
The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. Ver. 24. The way of life is above to the wise. ] He goes a higher...
The way of life is above to the wise The way which a wise man takes to preserve and obtain spiritual and eternal life, is to place his heart, treas...
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. The way of wisdom and holiness is here recommended...
The way of life is above to the wise; the way or course which a wise man taketh to preserve and obtain life, is to place his heart, and treasure, a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:24 . The way of life is above , etc., rather “An upward path of life,” etc. Hell , Sheôl, as in Proverbs 15:11 ....
Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to miscon...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured pers...
v. 24. The way of life is above to the wise, he directs his course upward, aiming at a higher degree of sanctification with every new day, his eye...
Colossians 3:1 ; Colossians 3:2 ; Jeremiah 21:8 ; John 14:6 ; Matthew 7:14 ; Philippians 3:20 ; Proverbs 2:18 ; Proverbs 23:14 ; Proverbs 5:...
The way — The way a wise man takes to obtain life, is to place his heart, and treasure, and conversation on things above.
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.