keepeth. guardeth.
die. die prematurely.
Keepeth his own soul - i. e., His life in the truest and highest sense.
Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government...
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. He that keepeth the commandment (namely, of G...
1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).
He that despiseth his ways — i.e. , takes no heed to them, whether they please God or not. Shall die. — Physically (comp. Exodus 12:15 ; 1 Co...
CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a...
Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that th...
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers:...
He that keepeth the commandment ,.... Either of parents, as children ought to do; or of masters, as servants should; or of kings and princes, as is...
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die. Ver. 16. He that keepeth the commandment keepeth...
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. Here is, 1. The happiness of th...
The commandment; the commands of God, called by way of eminence the commandment, as the word is oft used emphatically for the word of God, as hath...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:16 . Miller reads this verse “ He that guards the commandment guards himself; in scattering his ways he dies .” (See...
Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and wh...
But he that despiseth his ways shall die. The folly of despising our own ways I. The sinner’s fall and ruin. “He shall die.” There is a death t...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs...
v. 16. He that keepeth the commandment, namely, that of God's Law, keepeth his own soul, for such conduct is conducive to spiritual life; but he...
1 Corinthians 7:19 ; 1 John 2:3 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 3:22 ; 1 John 5:3 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 8:5 ; Ezekiel 33:5 ; Jeremiah 7:...
His ways — The commands of God.
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.