Proverbs 21:8

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or, “Perverse is the way of a sin burdened man.”
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which cou...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The way, &c. Render, "The way of. man laden with guilt is unsteady". Some codices, with Aramaean and Syriac, read "of. man who is an alien"....
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The way of man is froward and strange— The true rendering is this, The way of the strange man is froward, but as for the pure his work is right....
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. The way of man (is) froward and strange - rather, 'The way of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The way of man is froward and strange. — The words may also mean “Tortuous is the way of a man who is laden with sin.” (Comp. Proverbs 2:15 .)
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrif...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The way of man [is] froward and strange ,.... Not the way of any and every man; not the way of righteous and good men, of believers in Christ; who k...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right. Ver. 8. The way of man is froward and strange. ] And therefor...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them The injury which they do to others shall, either by God or men, be returned upon their own heads; bec...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. This shows that as men are so is their way. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The way of man; the course of his life. Of man ; of every man; of man by nature and in his corrupt estate; of a wicked or impure man, to whom the...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:8 TWO WAYS I. The way of fallen man . It is a froward or refractory way in relation to God. When we look at man...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right. Pure I. The nature of the man of God. It is pure. It is a grand...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 8. The way of man is froward and strange, literally, "Twisted is the way of the guilt-laden," for the vicious man has only wickedness in mind;...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:3 ; 1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 3:3 ; 1 Peter 1:22 ; 1 Peter 1:23 ; Acts 15:9 ; Daniel 12:10 ; Ecclesiastes 7:29 ; Ecclesiastes 9:3...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The way — Of every man by nature. Strange — Estranged from God. Right — But he whose heart is pure, his conversation is agreeable to it.

⁸ The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:8

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

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

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

Proverbs 21:8