Proverbs 14:15

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 14:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Simple - In the bad sense (compare Proverbs 1:22 ).
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

word: or thing.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The simple believeth every word— Bochart observes well upon this verse, that as prudence, without simplicity, degenerates into craft; so simplicity...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. The simple believeth every word - whether, true or false, use...
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

'Quick believers need broad shoulders.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The simple. — See above on Proverbs 1:22 . Believeth every word. — And so, having no fixed principles by which to go, often takes a wrong step;...
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

The simple believeth every word ,.... Every thing that is said to him every story that is told him, and every promise that is made him; and so is ea...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going. Ver. 15. The simple believeth every word. ] You may draw him any...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The simple A foolish man; believeth every word Is easily deceived with the smooth words and fair pretences of false and deceitful men; but the p...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. Note, 1. It is folly to be credulous, to heed e...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The simple, either the harmless man, or rather a foolish man, because he is opposed to the prudent, believeth every word ; is easily deceived with...
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 Biblical Illustrator

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. Simplicity and prudence Such belief is not to the discredit of...
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. 15. The simple, the inexperienced, believeth every word, without examining its truth, be is driven to and fro without any judgment of his own;...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:1 ; Acts 13:7 ; Amos 5:13 ; Ephesians 4:14 ; Ephesians 5:17 ; Proverbs 22:3 ; Proverbs 27:12 ; Proverbs 4:26 ; Proverbs 14:8 ; Rom...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The simple — A foolish man. Looketh — He orders his dealings in the world with due circumspection, not considering so much what other men say as wh...

¹⁵ The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 14:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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