2 Samuel 20:16-22; Ecclesiastes 7:19; Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
Even in war, counsel does more than brute strength. So of the warfare which is carried on in the inner battlefield of the soul. There also wisdom i...
A (k) wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of its confidence. (k) Wisdom overcomes strength and confidence in wo...
Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which cou...
casteth down. Illustrations: Joshua ( Joshua 6:3-21 ; Joshua 8:4-8 ); wise woman ( 2 Samuel 20:16-22 . Compare Ecclesiastes 9:13-15 ).
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty - Wis...
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. A wise (man) scaleth the city of the migh...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Strength of the confidence thereof ] the stronghold in which it trusted.
CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint t...
Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, the...
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down...
A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty ,.... Which makes good what is elsewhere said, that "wisdom is better than strength", Ecclesiastes 9:16...
A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. Ver. 22. A wise man scaleth the city of the...
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty Wisdom and policy are ofttimes more considerable and powerful than strength; and casteth down the streng...
22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. Note, 1. Those that have po...
A wise man sealeth the city of the mighty; wisdom and policy is ofttimes more considerable and powerful than strength. The strength of the confide...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:22 A WISE MAN AND A MIGHTY CITY I. The city of the mighty will not easily yield to conquerors . When a fortress...
Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used...
v. 22. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, for a wise man will find and suggest ways of taking even a strong fortress, defended by numerous...
The strength — The strongest sorts to which the citizens trust.
22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.