Proverbs 14:35; Proverbs 22:11; Psalms 101:5-7
Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture...
kings. Some codices, with Septuagint, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "a king". they love, &c, or, kings love the words of uprightness.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. Righteous lips (are) the delight of kings. Good kings delight...
1-9. God's control of human life.
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 balanc...
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mer...
Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is depend...
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine s...
Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings ,.... Such that speak truth and righteousness, and advise to the administration of justice and judgment, a...
Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. Ver. 13. Righteous lips are the delight of kings, ] i.e., O...
Righteous lips are the delight of kings All wise and good kings do, and all kings should, delight in employing such counsellors, judges, and office...
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. Here is a further character of good kings, that...
All wise and good kings do, and all kings should, delight in employing such counsellors, judges, and officers under them, as are just and faithful in...
The Responsibility And Authority Of A King ( Proverbs 16:12-15 ). It is no coincidence that this subsection with its fourfold mention of the king...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 16:10 . A Divine sentence , literally “divination,” i.e., “an oracle ” or “ a decision .” “His mouth transgresseth not...
Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must b...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized...
v. 13. Righteous lips are the delight of kings, true sovereigns are pleased to have men among their counselors who will frankly state the truth in...
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.