Proverbs 20:15

Rubies. — See above on Proverbs 3:15.

Lips of knowledge. — See above on Proverbs 18:4.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A precious jewel - literally, “A vessel of preciousness,” i. e., most precious of all are “the lips of knowledge.”
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self chara...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. There is gold - Gold is valuable, silver is valuable, and...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the l...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Read, 'There is gold and abundance of corals and precious vessels—wise lips are all these.'
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balan...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sobriety; Industry; Honesty Proverbs 20:1-15 Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains an influence over men by fai...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies ,.... A man may have a large quantity of either, or of both of thorn, as some men have; for there is much o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel. Ver. 15. There is gold and a multitude of rubies. ] Qu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is gold , &c. Namely, in the world, in divers persons' hands, by whom it is much prized; but the lips of knowledge Wise speeches, procee...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. The lips of knowledge (a good under...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There is gold, to wit, in the world, in divers men's hands, by whom it is highly prized. But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel; but wise...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:15 . Here Miller reads, There is gold , etc., in the lips of knowledge . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:14...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with...
The Biblical Illustrator

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies. On the moral end of business Let me define my meaning in the use of this phrase--“the moral end of bu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 15. There is gold and a multitude of rubies, or pearls, such trinkets are found in abundance in the world; but the lips of knowledge are a prec...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 12:9-11 ; Ephesians 4:29 ; Job 28:12-19 ; Proverbs 10:20 ; Proverbs 10:21 ; Proverbs 15:23 ; Proverbs 15:7 ; Proverbs 16:16 ; P...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The lips — But wise speeches are of far greater worth.

¹⁵ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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