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Proverbs 15:1-33 open_in_new
1. Grievous] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
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Proverbs 15:3 open_in_new
Beholding] RV 'keeping watch upon,' as watching over a city (Isaiah 52:8), or the prophets over the people (Ezekiel 3:17).
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Proverbs 15:4 open_in_new
Read, 'a soothing tongue.. a wound in the spirit.'
7. Doeth not so] RM 'is not steadfast.'
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Proverbs 15:8 open_in_new
A costly offering from the one is unacceptable: the mere prayer of the other is accepted (Mark 12:42).
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Proverbs 15:11 open_in_new
Hell and destruction] RV 'Sheol and Abaddon.' The latter means 'place of destruction': cp. Proverbs 27:20; Job 26:6; Job 28:22; Job 31:12; Psalms 88:11. At Revelation 9:11; Abaddon is the Angel of Destruction. Subsequently it became the name for the lowest part of Gehenna.
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Proverbs 15:15 open_in_new
'Cheerful,' not merry: it is not the word rendered 'merry' inv. 13.
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Proverbs 15:16 open_in_new
Religion delivers from harassing care.
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Proverbs 15:17 open_in_new
A stalled ox] is one kept up and fattened for slaughter.
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Proverbs 15:19 open_in_new
The one sees imaginary hindrances: the other's course is a well-made level road.
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Proverbs 15:21 open_in_new
RV 'maketh straight his going': i.e. acts straightforwardly.
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Proverbs 15:23 open_in_new
Well-considered and opportune speech brings joy.
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Proverbs 15:24 open_in_new
Lit. 'The way of life upward is to the wise man': he escapes the premature death of the wicked.
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Proverbs 15:26 open_in_new
RV 'pleasant words are pure' (in God's eyes).
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Proverbs 15:27 open_in_new
Bribery is one of the greatest curses of the East (Exodus 18:21; Ezekiel 22:12; Sir 17:7).
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Proverbs 15:30 open_in_new
The light of the eyes] i.e. good fortune.
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Proverbs 15:31 open_in_new
He who does not wish to learn will be neither welcome nor happy among the wise.