a. Friends who dearly love each other and are one in spirit sometimes find nothing between them but a few barsthe iron grating of a dungeon may be all that keeps them apart. Solomon is satisfied with one great difference,that while mans speech is deep, Gods speech is both deep and living. One has a vital source, the other is dead and stagnant. Home . Saints themselves are not entirely delivered from this selfish disposition, as we see in the behaviour of David to Mephibosheth, after he had pronounced a rash sentence in his case.Lawson. David said, "I will love thee, O LORD, my strength" ( Ps 18:1 ). Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee (Ezekiel 3:22). Many of those who fawned upon them and flattered them while they were prospering will be most ready to scorn and upbraid them, if the day of their retribution arrives before they quit this world. And he that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and a shame to him. Proverbs 18:16. The angels smile at the way the sinner cavils. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh,. Or, "a separated man seeketh desire" g; his own desire, will, and pleasure. And moral weeds seem to have a like capability of utilising everything that comes in their way to their own advancementthe unrighteous man makes a fortune, or a position, or a name for himself, while his godly neighbour is struggling for a bare subsistence. The original word here used is a brother revolting or departing by disloyalty; or else a brother offended by disloyal departing. Among all the gifts which an Almighty Father has given to His children, there is perhaps none, after his own gracious favour, which is so necessary to their welfare or is so productive of joy as this gift of friendship. The one has been compared to a man who dies by a rapid and violent disease, and the other by a slow and subtle consumption. And as it sways the affections and takes a mans will captive, it wields the power of life and death not over the body of the man but over the man himself. The one when he speaketh is not understood by the ear, the other when he speaketh is not understood by the heart: the words of the one are not apprehended, the wants of the other are not apprehended; the one is heard, but not conceived; the other is conceived, but not heard. Proverbs. The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. 2. When the eleven Apostles were awaiting the seal of their commission, they felt that they had no time to waste in contending who should fill up the empty place in their bandthey knew that, although they were brethren in Christ, they might differ in their opinions in the matterand they therefore wisely determined to decide it by referring to the lot. Rivers and wells that are fed from the mountain recesses which are filled with eternal snows never dry upthey are fed from a source that is never exhausted. Home; . It must be free to stretch out its roots and shoots on every side, and to appropriate to itself those elements in the earth and in the atmosphere which will make it strong and vigorous. The very name that is cavilled at by the lost is the foundation of the Christians safety. 19 n It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor. There is no anguish to that of the conscience: A wounded spirit who can bear? II. The significance of the whole is that a man of wide acquaintance is apt to break. 1. We should take great care . And, like their Divine Master, they know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary (Isaiah 50:4), and thus that which flows from their lips is as refreshing and healthful to weary and struggling men and women on the highway of life as the living, cooling watercourse is to the dusty and thirsty traveller. Hebrew, adam, the gift of a man, however humble and low (Fausset). A man who does it proclaims that he values very lightly the reputation of those concerned, and is often a robber of what is more to a man than his purse, viz. Some of the most criminal and violent people have thought themselves pure in their own eyes. The sources of the evil are various. 2. But it is not so easy to capture a human heartan angry brother must be subdued by different means, and by weapons which require more skilful handling. A. James, is the most precious thing in the world. Speech, even without any attempt at concealment, must be endlessly deep and wide as uttering all our being. And indeed, as they sound, they are commonly so pleasing, that they easily slip down into the heart, where they are readily entertained.Jermin. i. A man who gives judgment in a matter before he has heard all the facts of the case wrongs himself. Spiritual sickness varies (as some diseases do in the body according to the constitution of the sick) thereafter as the soul is that hath it, whether regenerate or reprobate. Of the false teachers who should arise in the latter days, it is saidby reason of them the way of truth shall be evil-spoken of. From few other sources, if from any, has there proceeded a greater profusion of unmerited reproach of the name and doctrine and kingdom of the Lord; or has the chair of the scorner drawn a greater number and variety of its sarcastic sneers and bitter revilings. A bed of down cannot do much for a man whose body is racked with painit can do nothing for him whose soul is bowed down by sorrow, or smitten with a fear of death. The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly ( Proverbs 18:23 ). Proverbs 14:23). Many have ruined their lives by not ruling their mouths. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of The Master's University and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry. A certain degree of solitude seems necessary to the full growth and spread of the highest mind; and therefore must a very extensive intercourse with men stifle many a holy germ, and scare away the gods, who shun the restless tumult of noisy companies, and the discussion of petty interests. And then, when we look around us into the infinitely extended field of the Revelation of God, what a world of heavenly wisdom is there to intermeddle with! Proverbs 15:18 Commentary; Proverbs 15:19 Commentary; Proverbs 15:20 Commentary; . There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. They may be dwelling under the same roof, and so have every opportunity of enjoying each others society and gladdening each others life. But in addition, most of the propositions that seem to be more remote may be brought under this general category of love to neighbours as the sum and basis of all social virtues; so especially the testimonies against wild, foolish talking (Proverbs 18:2; Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 18:13, comp. II. Breaking Down the Key Parts of Proverbs 18:21. If he would grow wise in the mysteries of the natural world he must oftentimes shut himself away from the haunts of men, and ponder the manifold phenomena which creation presents to him, and endeavour to unravel her secrets. The matter of fact is here statedand there are natural enough reasons to account for it. For as that which being whole is most strongly united, being broken is farthest from being made whole; and as a stick of hard wax, being broken, may more easily be conjoined than a stick of hard wood, so are the divisions of brethren more hardly composed than the contentions of others.Jermin. The original here is difficult, and differently understood. Such an approach runs counter to sound wisdom because we all need input from other people to make wise decisions. The tongue in its mighty influence is a king having the power of life and death. While a man has wealth he is defended from many bodily ills and from many vexations of spirit. 1. The righteous mans refuge, then, is a Living Personalitya Self-existent and Eternal King and Father, infinite in power, in wisdom, and in tenderness. Self-love is the twist in the heart within, and self-interest is the side to which the variation from righteousness steadily tends. The heart makes the lie, deceiving first the man himself, and thereafter his neighbours. Time has crumbled their once mighty walls, and made them unfit for purposes of defence. It will be seen from the Critical Notes that most modern critics translate the first clause of this verse very differently from the rendering in our Bibles. This fact has often tried the faith of righteous men. If our strength were as an army, and our lands not limited save with east and west, if our meat were manna, and our garments as the ephod of Aaron; yet the afflicted conscience would refuse to be cheered with all these comforts. None but foolish men and children ever play with fire, and when they do it they generally suffer themselves first, but they are often not the only sufferers. He declares that the state of the inward manits rest or unrest, its gladness or its gloomdepends very much upon the use that is made of the tongue. Proverbs 18:1. I. Wicked men do come into places of power and influence. The readings and expositions of this verse are many. I. This was not an untruth, and appearances were certainly very much against her innocent victim, but if Joseph had been allowed to tell his story too, the truth might have come to light. The first clause of this verse should be A man of many friends will prove himself base, or is so to his own destruction, i.e., he who professes to regard everybody as his friend will, in so doing, involve himself in trouble. He was David's rock, fortress, deliverer, God, strength, buckler, horn, and high tower ( Ps 18:2 ). God exalts those who willingly take the lowest place (10-12).Strength of mind and spirit is more important in the battle of life than strength of body. Our understanding of Proverbs 18:20 is, that as the outward wants of a man are satisfied by his daily acts, so he himself is, and that simply as his acts, or because of the intimate sympathy between the man and what he does. Polygamy was the rock upon which Solomon shipwrecked his social happiness and much more (1 Kings 11:3), and he seems here and elsewhere to warn his descendants not to follow in his footsteps in this respect and conform to the custom of the heathen monarchs by whom they were surrounded. There are several methods by which a city may be won. 8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction. The one he woundeth so, that his blow is neither heard, seen, nor felt. 18 The simple have folly as an adornment, but the shrewd wear knowledge as a crown. The name I AM, by which He revealed Himself to Israel (Exodus 3:14) set forth His eternal self-existence, but He has also revealed Himself by names which are used to express human relations, such as king, judge, husband, father. Now Solomon has quite a bit to say about the slothful or the lazy person. The selfish and morose man who will not deny himself for anothers good, or who cannot rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep, cannot expect others to deny themselves for him and to sympathise with his joy and sorrow. The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it. Words will bring a person good or ill, depending on what they mean and how they are spoken (19-21). Read Joo 15:7 bible commentary from Treasury of Scripture Knowledge by Samuel Bagster FREE on BiblePortal.com Life is a wide thing; and might, at least, be acted through, before in the darker points we insist upon a judgment Folly, and therefore, mischief; shame, and therefore, ill desert. The need of cross-examinationof another to come and search him. Questioning may not convict the first person of any mis-statement, but it may elicit other facts which give quite a different colouring to the whole. In the two clauses of the verse, on the principle of parallelism, there appears to be an inversion of the same sentiment; for, properly speaking, the words uttered are not the deep waters, but the stream that issues from them; and, on the other hand, the wellspring of wisdom is not the flowing brook, but the deep and copious fountain or reservoir from which it issues. We have provided this method as a convenience to our users. Those generally are so that are opinionative and conceited, and they thus make themselves ridiculous, and are vexatious to others. He does violence to his own understandingto those mental faculties which enable him to place things side by side and to compare them, and to sift and weigh evidence before he arrives at a conclusion. His burden of conscience is relieved. Since Scripture teaches that God is love (1 John 4:8, 16), that God loves all people (John 3:16) and thus does not willing afflict anyone (Lam. I. How many times we have run into it to find safety. Home; Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary; Proverbs; Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Proverbs 18. And in no case is this more true, than with regard to offices in the Church. None can pull out of His hands. He that is first in his own cause seems just; but his neighbor comes and searches him. than to o divide the spoil with the proud. But, alas, disputes often lead to far more serious consequences, and that life of man, which is at the best so limited, has been made much shorter by the sword of his fellow-man. Take the sinner in his first awakening conviction. It is commonly supposed that ministers cannot repent, although they do not claim, like the Pope, the gift of infallibility; and there is too much reason for the supposition, provided it be not restricted to that order of men; for the same pride that makes one set of men stubborn in their wrong opinions is to be found in other men, although it is not perhaps so much strengthened by particular circumstances, nor so visible in their conduct, because they meet not with the same temptations to discover it. Such a man often deeply wrongs others. They entail ignominy and reproach upon all they have to do with. And she said, "Well, now, honey, do you think you understand?" As in similar verses, Miller translates a wounded spirit: a spirit of upbraiaing. But it is pre-eminently the godly man who can sustain infirmity of body. 18. a maul] "i.e. It actually brought me before Begin last week. 3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. "[1] Hooke preferred this; "A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will be liable to reproach. 2. ", Bible by Barker, 1615: "Fro the desire thereof he will separate himself to seeke it, and occupie himself in all wisdome." He strikes for what he desires. ", Evidently the intent is, "He who separates himself [from other people]" does so because he wants his own way and does not want others to restrain him. Snow gathers snow as we roll it on the ground. and there is a friend [there is a special friend] who will stick closer than a brother ( Proverbs 18:24 ). Secularly, this is beyond a doubt; judicially, here is a great outrage; socially, a something very impolite; but religiously, a thing altogether a shame. Men born yesterday might certainly afford to listen. (1 Samuel 15:17-23.) II. ESV. (Romans 11:33). Mark the warrant of experience in this trustThey that know thy name shall put their trust in Thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee (Psalms 9:10). A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled ( Proverbs 18:20 ). One is the darkness of a pool, the other the breadth and gush of an overflowing water. Therefore we learn that we must not give a verdict for or against an accused person until both he and his accuser have been heard. The word also here used may seem to refer this verse to that which goeth before it; and then it is a further description of a talebearer. Verse 11. They bring contempt, not to themselves only, but to the places they fill, and the societies to which they become unitedto themselves, for the unworthy manner in which they fulfil the duties of the trust they have assumed, or have had committed to them; and to their places and societies, with which their names are associated. You if you're going to have friends, you've got to just be friendly. He hath but one grand policy to secure him against all dangers, and that is, to run to God.Trapp. Such a gift to a man is a gift for men. We think it treats of. Here the righteousthe man justified by the grace, and sanctified by the Spirit, of Godrunneth every day, every hour; realizing at once his fearful danger, and his perfect security.Bridges. Of such a man it may be said that his words are as deep waters and as a living spring. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. Proverbs 11:28. Proverbs 17:17-18, page 518.). Oct 25, 2005. So long as a man has this no pain of body or sorrow of soul can cast him down entirely, but without it he has little power to bear manfully the burdens of life, and a sense of the absence of it would be enough to crush him utterly although he had no other burdens to bear. Because it is the only thing that separates them. Whoso findeth a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD ( Proverbs 18:21-22 ). Verse 7. tushigyah, lit. Without itChristianthy soul can never prosper. I. He flees to it for refuge as to a strong city; but it is so only "in his own conceit" or imagination. Proverbs. The words of the wise bring refreshment, but those of a fool or a gossip bring destruction (4-8).Those who leave work undone are almost as bad as those who wreck what already has been done (9). NIV. Solomon delivers a warning against the vainglorious passion of aspiring to an universal acquaintance and an empty popularity, such as was courted by his brother Absalom, which will bring with it no support in adversity, but will ruin a man by pride and rashness and prodigal expenditure.Wordsworth. 5 It shows an unwillingness to make the small (and sometimes large) sacrifices to get along with others. FROM the value of friendship there is a natural and easy transition to the evil of isolation. The tongue of the tempter can drag its victims down, body and soul, to hell, while the tongue which is touched with a living coal from off the altar of God can be the means of persuading men to be reconciled to their Heavenly Father, and so of making them partakers of eternal life. Another passage may serve to confirm this view. We cannot conceive of even perfect creatures living such a lifewe know the angels and redeemed saints derive much of their bliss from the friendship of each other, and how much more does man in his present imperfect state need it. Very true. They that love it, i.e., make it a special object of gratification (Stuart). h "immiscet se omni negotio", Munster; "omnibus quae sunt immiscet se", Junius & Tremellius. True it is that there is much that is called friendship that is unworthy of the name, but as we do not reject the real coin because there are base imitations of it, so we must not permit the counterfeit of friendship to shake our confidence in the real thing. He has joy in being the originator of fresh and living thoughts, and in being able by clothing them in words to impart them to others. They keep no daily reckoningno accounts; and so their money is gone, they cant tell howthey had no idea they were living at such a rate!and even when they have made the discovery there is no improvement. And if they keep their power and influence throughout the term of their human probation, their names will be contemned by posterity, and in the day when everyone receives the things done in his body (2 Corinthians 5:10), they shall awake to shame and everlasting contempt (Daniel 12:2). This is a beautiful fact. For such ought to be the command of love between brethren, that he that breaks it is a disloyal rebel unto it. So ought every man to watch and guard his own tongue; seeing that life and death are in its power, he ought to bring all his words to the bar of conscience and try them there, severely condemning them if they have not been such as would minister life to the hearers, and remembering that his Master has said, By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned (Matthew 12:37). The one speaks as if he had hardly breath to bring forth his words, the other speaketh with such a strong breath that the harshness of it giveth an ill scent a great way off.Jermin. The two evils censured are. How often may it be seen, that with means of a very limited and stinted amount, there is more of spiritual prosperity in one instance, than is discoverable in another, with means the most varied and abundant. It is an outline which God has given to him to be filled up in a certain timespiritual and mental capacities and abilities are bestowed upon him which he is expected so to use as to form a godly noble character, and he cannot afford to waste any of the life given him for this purpose in contention with his brother man, thereby arousing the devil within himself and in him with whom he disputes. This is, I think, quite an important proverb, the next one. and yet, when the harvest is come, he may take his choice whether he will eat of the product or not. 2. They cant understand it. It is said to be the candle of the Lord, because it comes from God in a more immediate manner than the body, Ecclesiastes 12:7; and because it is in God's stead, to observe and judge all our actions. We follow the authorised version. The Vulgate, Septuagint, and Arabic, read as follows: "He who wishes to break with his friend, and seeks occasions or pretenses, shall at all times be worthy of blame.". He finds that he can make little progress in the investigation of Divine and natural things, if he have much to do with secular or trifling matters: he therefore separates himself as well from unprofitable pursuits as from frivolous company, and then enters into the spirit of his pursuit; is not satisfied with superficial observances, but examines the substance and essence, as far as possible, of those things which have been the objects of his desire. So she sent the little girl out and she got into this psyche books on how to explain the facts of life to your child and all and boned them all up. his good name. There is, probably, no part of this earthteeming although it is with riches enough to satisfy the needs of every living thingin which those are not to be found who have to struggle hard for their daily bread, and who even then come off with but a scanty share. 18 Loners who care only for themselves. (See Comments). He came at the appointed time, laid the foundations according to the specifications, and proceeded with his building, course upon course, according to the approved methods of his craft. If the wise man sometimes spares his words, it is not for want of matter, but for greater edification. If they would but appear in their true character;would they but show their fangs, and make us feel them, we should be put upon our guard. 4 The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. And surely, if thou be courageously patient, whatsoever thou mayest lose yet thou enjoyest that which thou hast; or, if thou hast nothing, yet thou shalt enjoy thyself, thou shalt enjoy the comfort of thy own spirit. This word, falling from heaven on the busy life of man, is echoed back from every quarter in a universal acknowledgment of its justness. This scripture reveals a crook in the creature that God made upright. and do not forsake your mother's teaching. But at other times it is as a flowing brook, more shallow for capacity, but more forcible also in the stream of it, and either by persuasive exhortation carrying on the hearers to a pursuit of virtue and godliness, or else by a dissuasive reproof carrying them away from the practice of wickedness, and in both washing away the stains of their sinful lives. That great abilities are gifts from God. What care, then, should we use to pluck from our hearts every root of bitterness, and to have them furnished with knowledge and prudence, that our discourse may be good, to the use of edifying!Lawson. Or intense excitement of the mind renders them for a time at least oblivious of bodily sensations. 17, Proverbs 17:15 and Proverbs 17:26. If we convict a man of prodigality for wasting gold, what shall we say of him who wastes what no gold can buy? Thus, as might be expected, there are the same appearances of bareness, and cheerlessness, and want, in the dwelling of the thriftless as in that of the slothful. 1. God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him Learn more about Desiring God A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. Where others toil with philosophic force,Its nimble nonsense takes a shorter course;Flings at your head conviction in the lump,And gains remote conclusions at a jump.. In every cause, the first information, if it have dwelt for a little in the judges mind, takes deep root, and colours and takes possession of it, insomuch that it will hardly be washed out unless either some clear falsehood be detected or some deceit in the statement thereof.Bacon. Their day of power is short-lived. An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels. Many of the ancient fortresses that are scattered over our land were once deemed impregnable refuges. 2 Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions. A quarrelsome, passionate man is a fool, and he is also a cruel man, but he is not so cruel as the talebearer. Translated this way, Proverbs 11:30 becomes a study in contrasts, with the second part of the verse antithetical to the first . Proverbs 5:1-14 Commentary Proverbs 5 Commentary Proverbs 5:15-23 Commentary Proverbs 6 Commentary Proverbs 6:20-35 Commentary Proverbs 7:1-27 Commentary Proverbs 13 Commentary Proverbs 15 Commentary Proverbs 18:10 Commentary Proverbs 18:11 Commentary Proverbs 28:13 Commentary Proverbs 29:18 Commentary Leviticus 19; Proverbs 29; Matthew 13:24-58. The evidence of one person alone must not be too much depended on. To this tower the wicked are sometimes driven in distress, then seeking help here, when it is nowhere else to be found. He rescues the righteous like this: "Then the earth shook and trembled . Poverty seems as universal as disease and death, and must be referred to the same source. [Note: Waltke, The Book . When men take a pride in separating themselves from the sentiments and society of others, in contradicting all that has been said before them and advancing new notions of their own, which, though ever so absurd, they are wedded to, it is to gratify a desire or lust of vain-glory, and they are seekers and meddlers with that which does not belong to them. (1) that of those who think they are born for themselves, and that others ought to be ministers of their self-seeking desires; (2) that of those who intermeddle with what does not concern them. Through desire (through self-willed and self-seeking desire of wisdom)wisdom, Heb. It makes no difference in the end whether a man gets nothing, or spends all that he gets, he can come to poverty by either road. Each last strong speech comes out victorious. 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