Proverbs 14:16

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. T...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil. Hebrew. ra a'. See App-44. rageth . rusheth on. confident. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. A wise man feareth - He can never trust in himself, though he b...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. A wise (man) feareth, and departeth from evil - "feareth,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rageth] RV 'behaveth himself insolently'; will not be told, knows better than any one else.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A wise man feareth. — (Comp. Proverbs 3:7 .) The fool rageth. — Gives way to passionate excitement, and “is confident” in his own wisdom; he ha...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 14:7 . The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perc...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil ,.... He fears God, and is careful not to offend him; wherefore he departs from sin, stands at a dista...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. Ver. 16. A wise man feareth and departeth from evil. ] He tr...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil He trembles at God's judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened; and shuns sin, which is th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. Note, 1. Holy fear is an excellent guard up...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Feareth; trembleth at God's judgments, when they are either inflicted or threatened. From evil; from sin, which is the procuring cause of all cal...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

We Are To Follow The Ways Of The Wise And Shrewd, Not The Ways Of The Foolish ( Proverbs 14:7-16 ). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 14:16 . Rageth , “is presumptuous,” or “haughty.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 14:15-18 . REVELATIO...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 14:1 . Every wise woman buildeth her house, as Proverbs 9:1 , by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their fi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 16. A wise man feareth and departeth from evil, dreading its power and preferring to keep his distance; but the fool rageth, in carnal presump...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Feareth — Trembles at God's judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened. Rageth — Frets against God; or is enraged against his messenger...

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 14:16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 14:16