Proverbs 18:18

1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 6:63; 1 Samuel 10:21-27; 1 Samuel 14:42; Joshua 14:2; Nehemiah 11:1; Proverbs 16:33

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Proverbs 16:33 note. A tacit appeal to the Divine Judge gave a fairer prospect of a just decision than corruption Proverbs 18:16 or has...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The lot (l) causeth contentions to cease, and (m) parteth between the mighty. (l) If a controversy cannot otherwise be decided, it is best to cast l...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liabl...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. The lot causeth contentions to cease - See note on Proverbs 16:33 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. M...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and oppo...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The lot causeth contentions to cease, as being the judgment of God ( Proverbs 16:33 ). And parteth between the mighty, who would otherwise settl...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Pro...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The lot causeth contentions to cease ,.... When a case cannot be determined among parties at variance in a private way, nor in a court of judicature...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. Ver. 18. The lot causeth contentions to cease. ] As it did in Joshua 14:2 ,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The lot causeth contentions to cease By determining the matters in difference; and parteth between the mighty Maketh a partition, and giveth to e...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. Note, 1. Contentions commonly happen among the mighty, that...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Causeth contentions to cease, by determining the matters in difference. Parteth; maketh a partition, giveth to every one what is right or meet, b...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Tongue Affects Man In Many Ways, Making Him Strong And Wise, And Giving Him Life, Or Causing Him Great Grief, Finally Resulting In Death ( Prove...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:18 THE USE OF THE LOT We have before had the lot as a symbol of human freedom and Divine preordination (chap. P...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 18. The lot, as used by the Jews according to law, causeth contentions to cease, for the Lord Himself guided the result, and parteth between th...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Parteth — Gives to every one what is right or meet.

¹⁸ The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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 18:18