Before that he served as director and teacher at Calvary Chapel Bible College, Germany, following more than 20 years of pastoral ministry. The tiller of the soil knows from experience that the useless weeds and noxious plants often seem to absorb all the nutriment from the earth, and so make it well-nigh impossible for the useful herb and sweet-scented flower to grow in the same field or garden. 17, Proverbs 17:15 and Proverbs 17:26. Wealth is a fortress with a most uncertain foundation. When God gives us a moment, He does not promise us another, as if to teach us highly to value and improve it, by the consideration, for aught we know, it may be the last. The two evils censured are. 1. Why? The favour of God is a fortune for a period which extends beyond that named in the marriage vow, it is a fortune which no creature can afford to despise, and a blessing which those who know Him prize before all things in earth or heaven. The waters in a shallow and stagnant pond give little or no refreshment to the thirsty traveller; they may even be the means of imparting disease to those who drink of them, or who live near them. The words bring out and contain the counsel.Wardlaw. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. So the casting of the lot. But. A wood gathers wood, like all vegetable or vital growths. They entail ignominy and reproach upon all they have to do with. I. Call upon the LORD in your troubles, and let Him rescue you ( Ps 18:1-6 ). Proverbs 20:27. Such a field is the tongue of man, with this difference, that a man is obliged to eat the fruit of it, although it should be worse than hemlock. His mouth is in his own destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul, for it is a law as old as the universe that with what measure ye meet it shall be measured to you again (Matthew 6:1-2). Self-conceitthe affectation of extraordinary acuteness. In my early childhood a fact regarding the relations of matter came under my observation which I now see has its analogue in the moral laws. and observes, that their Rabbins explain it of Lot separating from Abraham, following the desires of his heart: but R. Saadiah Gaon better interprets it of an apostate from religion; that objects to everything solid and substantial, in a wrangling and contentious manner; and "shows his teeth" i at it, as Schultens, from the use of the Arabic word, renders it. ", Bible by Barker, 1615: "Fro the desire thereof he will separate himself to seeke it, and occupie himself in all wisdome." It is not so with heavenly friendships. Twin-brothers are often so much alike that it is difficult for onlookers to distinguish one from the other. If it be not so, the fruit of a mans mouth will be like the roll given to the apocalyptic seer, in the mouth as sweet as honey, but afterwards bitter. (Revelation 10:10.) Let's cast lots for it. 20 Whoever gives thought to the word 2 p will discover good, and blessed is he q who trusts in the L ord. A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men ( Proverbs 18:15-16 ). Zockler translates, "He that separateth himself seeketh his own pleasure, against all counsel doth he rush on," and the renderings of Stuart, Miller, and Delitzsch are substantially the same, except that Delitzsch translates the latter clause"against all that is . How many do we find who will not change their sentiments about religion, or about persons and things, upon the clearest evidence, and give way to anger upon the least contradiction to their favourite notions, as if their dearest interests were attacked! The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe ( Proverbs 18:10 ). Proverbs 18. We talk about fetching up a lost hour, but the thing is impossible. Satisfied. She said, "The little girl next door said she came from Missouri and I just wondered where I came from. 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. 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. When a man enters into the marriage relation according to the Divine intentionmaking a woman his wife in the true sense of the wordhe not only adds to his own comfort and consults his own interest, but he does that which is pleasing to Godhe takes a step upon which he can fearlessly ask for the Divine blessing. And not less is economy of means. An unbearable wound of spirit can be the portion of those only who have no sense of the favour of God. Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 26:28). Life is full of changes and challenges. And if he desire to acquire what, after all, can alone make him a truly wise manan acquaintance with himself and with Godhe must have seasons of separation in which to listen to the voice of his own heart and to the voice of His maker. At the same time the Word of God appears to be more fully recognised as the arbiter of the Divine will. Perhaps it is more easy to abide by the decision of the lot than of the Word. Things go on as before; and still (to use rather a colloquial, but sufficiently expressive phrase), what is taken in by the door is thrown out by the window; and still the wonder continues how it goes! Men would justly say that the house or the picture had as yet no existence, and therefore could not be judged. here yields no satisfactory sense. 69.]. 3. Bereavement, the faithlessness of friends, disappointed hopes, often deeply wound the spirit, yet men bear these wounds and often are made better and stronger by them. It is not only a strong tower, but our only defence. A mans life is a limited inheritance, given to him by God, to use first of all for his own spiritual good, and he cannot afford to be robbed of any part of it. The results of both extravagance and sloth are the same. 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. And surely they had need to be firmly tied, because, being divided, they are so hardly joined. Nov 7, 2020. What the name of the Lord is to the righteous Proverbs 18:10, that wealth is to the rich. That is, the fool's lips enters into contention, and by his mouth, the strokes is really, is blows. Wounds. 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 1969, after graduating from Talbot Theological Seminary, John came to Grace Community Church. 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 spirit of a man will sustain his weakness; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Men who do not seek supernatural help sometimes do it. 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. 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. "[3] We shall paraphrase the apparent meaning here: "When any man wishes to separate himself from former friends, he will seek some pretext for doing so; but his behavior is altogether reprehensible. Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddleth with all wisdom. if there is the absence of all sober and considerate calculation, and, as a consequence, no due proportioning of outlay to income, but a reckless and wasteful expenditure, leaving an unlooked-for deficiencya woful amount minusat the years end? And sometimes it has been a nation that has contended with another, and then not one has fallen a victim, but hundreds on both sides. II. 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. The stronghold of the man who trusts in riches. Proverbs 11:2 and Proverbs 16:18. All spiritual communisms bless.Miller. We must walk with God in secret, or the enemy will walk with us, and our souls will die. But although they bade defiance to many an assault of men in battle-array, they have had to yield to a more subtle enemy. While a man has wealth he is defended from many bodily ills and from many vexations of spirit. Prudence, i.e., wisdom applied to practice, is an indispensable qualification for obtaining knowledge. Going beyond these to utterances which have a wider influence, the proverb is no less true. Translated this way, Proverbs 11:30 becomes a study in contrasts, with the second part of the verse antithetical to the first . Now Solomon has quite a bit to say about the slothful or the lazy person. She said, "Oh yes, Mommy." I'd never be able to see Begin if we didn't have a gift for him, for Israel. Proverbs 16:2. 3 Doing wrong leads to disgrace, and scandalous behavior brings contempt. 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. The languages of several countries are not so different as of the poor and rich man in one and the same country, and a stranger of another land is not such a foreigner as in the same land a poor man standing at the door of the rich. The power of words over the man who utters them. 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. The slothful man is a waster of Gods most precious gifts. All heresy has more or less originated in the self-conceit which leads men to separate themselves from the congregation of the Lord (Ezekiel 14:7; Hosea 9:10; Hebrews 10:25). 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." My old MS. Bible translates, Occasioun seeketh that wil go awei . When such expectations are disappointed, the wound in the spirit is proportionately deeper, and more difficult of healingthe breach wider, and harder of being made up. Because it is hard to break through. There is, in the original word, an implication of softness, simplicity, undesignedness, which only gives the secret weapon with which the wound is inflicted the greater keenness.Wardlaw. Time has crumbled their once mighty walls, and made them unfit for purposes of defence. 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). 1 Unfriendly people care only about themselves; they lash out at common sense. Or intense excitement of the mind renders them for a time at least oblivious of bodily sensations. 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. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find,He breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.. The name Jesus is our strong tower. General Reference . If the wise man sometimes spares his words, it is not for want of matter, but for greater edification. 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. 3 When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace. A reference to the Critical Notes will show that the word translated wounds may be rendered dainties, and it is because evil reports of others are so keenly relished by an unsanctified soul that the words of a tale-bearer are able to inflict such suffering and work so much ill in the world. You faith tested - Jesus sees. Grant that both are obscure. This page provides a method to go directly to a commentary by a specific author. This proverb treats of a twofold aspect of human life which furnishes a strong proof of the fallen condition of human nature. It is a vapid distinction to say a good wife, and the Bible many a time hurries on without any such distinction (comp. Proverbs. Who can translate all its outgoings? True friendship is not easily broken, nor does it make a distinction between the richer partner and the poorer partner. A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire. 4. I. There is. A wife is the holiest of all relations; in this world the most powerful for good. A good marriage is a means of grace, of course any relation that is near and potent is covered by the passage.Miller. 20 Even by their neighbors the poor are despised, but a rich person's friends are many. We should take great care . If the disputants are men of the same nation, their contention seems more unnatural than if they belonged to different races, but when sons of the same fathermen brought up at the knees of the same mother, are found in a state of enmity, we have a very strong proof that the race is not what its head was when he came fresh from the hand of his Creator. The gift of one talent is more common than the gift of ten, yet both the ten and the one are gifts from the same hand. We know there have been many noble exceptions to this rulethat there have been hundreds of poor men who have preferred starvation to a forfeiture of any part of their God-given inheritancebut the temptation of the poor man in this direction is often very strong by reason of his great necessity. 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. So is it with contention, or a dispute in words. And the fact that the lot was used by Israel at the command of God, and sanctioned by Him in the early history of the Christian Church, makes it certain that if used in a right spirit it might still be employed so as to be acceptable to Him. II. This is true in relation to any and every kind of evil to which men are exposed. 18:30-32; 33:11; 1 Tim. As brothers are the children of a common parent, so sloth and waste have their root in the common sin of ungodliness; men are spendthrifts or they are lazy, because they have no right sense of their obligations to God and to manbecause they do not look upon their life as a stewardship for which they must give an account (Romans 14:12), but as a gift which they are at liberty to spend as they please. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. 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. March 12. A communication has been established between the soul of a good man and the living Godhe holds constant communion with a source of spiritual life which can never fail, and consequently he can never be at a loss for subjects upon which to discoursehis mind is always filled with new thoughts of God, and new hopes of heaven upon which to meditate himself and which he can communicate to others. He flees to it for refuge as to a strong city; but it is so only "in his own conceit" or imagination. Their words are smoother than oil; yet are they drawn swords;envenomed fangs, of which the virus gets into our system ere we are aware, works its mischievous and morally deadly effects, and becomes incapable of extraction. 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. For he who knows only his own side of the case is convicted of knowing little of that; his reasons may be good and no one may have been able to refute them, but if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, what rational ground has he for preferring either opinion?Jacox. Proverbs 18:4. 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. The poor man has to entreat; sort of beg. But upon the moral quality of the fruit of his mouth will depend the length and depth of his satisfaction. 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. Now the lost has done all the strong speaking as yet. His attention soon flags; he gets sick of it; he seems as if he were listening when he is not, and with a yawn of exhaustion and misery he pronounces his verdict, and at times with great decision, for no other purpose than to get quit of the trouble. 1. Things don't always work out the way we want them to, and even if you're the most adaptable person in the world, life is going to throw you a few curveballs, and you're going to strike out once or twice. 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). In this proverb he indirectly condemns himself and warns others by his own example. Thus it was under the old dispensation. Proverbs 18:5-6; Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 18:17-21. For Homiletics on Proverbs 18:12, see on chap. Wherefore let reason and indifferency hear the differences that are between any, and if it can be done let them be reconciled. Proverbs 16:4 is . There are men whose love cannot be extinguished by coldness and distrust, but they are few and far between, and the wise mans words hold good as a general rule that a man that hath friends must show himself friendly. (The latter clause of this verse was treated in Homiletics on chap. This will be more certainly the case if it is a mans own cause that is under discussion, self-interest is then very likely to lead him to give a one-sided statement. Therefore St. Jerome affirms that Judas sinned more in despairing of his Masters pardon than in betraying Him; since nothing can be more derogatory to the goodness of God, which He hath granted by promise and oathtwo immutable witnessesto penitent sinners than to credit the father of lies before Him.T. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. ProverbsChapter 18. Like the apostles of old, he cannot but speak the things which he has seen and heard (Acts 4:20). In the hurry of this worlds atmosphere how little can we apprehend it! 2. Proverbs 18:1 - A man who isolates himself seeks his own desires; he rages against all wise judgment. 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. There have been, since, Christian men and women who resort to the same method of avoiding contention; and with the example of the Apostles before us, we can have no doubt that they are justified in so doing. 2 A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions. proverbs 18:1 studylight. There must be a withdrawal, to commune with thine own heart and to ask the questionsWhere art thou? How many illustrations of this last case we have in men who have been desperately wounded in battle, and yet have been so intensely absorbed in the terrible contest that they have seemed scarcely aware of it, and have kept their position until their strength has utterly failed. We know the viper. She said, "Well, honey, you go outside and play for a little while and then come on in and Mother will tell you." The practical lesson is, that in personal and domestic interests, diligence and economy should go together, and that the one without the other never can avail for either obtaining or securing even the comforts of life. When a brother is revolted away, it is from a city of strength; and contentions are like the bars of a citadel. The whole meaning is, that one brother revolted away from another, is revolted from a city of strength, that being what one is to all the rest. deliver us from this barren talk of the lips (chap. The subject of Proverbs 18:5 has been treated in the Homiletics on chap. Fausset remarks that the Hebrew word used for man is ish, a good man, not adam, the general term for man. Indolenceindisposition to be troubled. For those who know anything of the character of God, know that it was not a part of his original intention that men should be placed in such circumstances; and when they look abroad upon their fellow-creatures, they see that all the poverty of the poor can be traced to wrong-doing on the part of mento the sefishness of some, and to the indolence and vice of others. But the words are the stream which the deep waters send forth. The sentence means that when a man gets separated from his place in the universe he seeks, or has a pursuit, after his present bent or longing. . Wins souls can also mean "takes lives or destroys lives," as presented in the Holman Christian Standard Bible ("but violence takes lives") and the Christian Standard Bible ("a cunning person takes lives"). A sinner stands dead like a blasted oak, but a saint not only lives by growing, but grows by living.Miller. But yet where the spring of those waters is a well-spring of wisdom, though sometimes it send forth deep waters, yet it doth not always; for that were to overwhelm the hearers. I. 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. And there is an aspect in which we may view the slothful man in which we not only note the close resemblance he bears to his prodigal brother, but in which he is transformed into a prodigal himself. Time, says J. Stops the argument. He was fully conscious of the fact that a real partner of his lifeone woman to be a help-meet for him according to the Divine intentionwould have added much more to his real welfare than the thousand counterfeits to whom it was an insult to God to give the name of wives. . How full is Church history of this deplorable evil!and how many infidels and scorners has Church history by this means produced. In that there can be no partiality, and though itself cannot judge of right, yet He that guides it is the most righteous Judge of the world. 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. As expressing a need of human nature. He must work, he must work in harmony with certain fixed laws if he is to become possessor of the treasure. But the name of the Lord meets his eye. 9 The one who is too lazy to look for work. He looks forwardall is terror; backwardnothing but remorse; inwardall is darkness. He that answers a matter before he hears it, it's a folly and a shame ( Proverbs 18:13 ). But the grave, sooner or later, receives them both. The text and the marginal readings indicate the two chief constructions of this somewhat difficult verse. ), "Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day . No war breaks out sooner, or lasts longer, than that among divines, or that about a sacrament; a sacrament of love, a communion, and yet the occasion, by accident, of much dissension.Trapp. II. 4 Many words rush along like rivers in flood, I shall always endeavour to make choice of such a woman for my spouse who hath first made choice of Christ as a spouse for herself; that none may be made one flesh with me who is not made one spirit with Christ my Saviour. Some expositors, however, adhere to the old translation, and we therefore look at it. Asaphs steps had well-nigh slipped when he saw the prosperity of the wickedthat violence covered them as a garment, and that they set their mouth against the heavens; and yet that their strength was firm, and they had more than heart could wish (Psalms 73:2-8). Saul made himself appear just in his own cause. A fool has no delight in understanding: The wise man or woman has great satisfaction in knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Verse 1. March 11. II. Verse 9 . Such enmity Solomon compares to the bars of a castle. A man must exert himselfhe must seekand his exertions must be wisely directed if he is to possess that knowledge which is better than any material treasure because it enriches the better part of a man. Jarchi interprets this clause thus, "among wise men his reproach shall be made manifest;''. [Note: Toy, p. No physical force can break down enmity of hearteven God cannot reconcile men unto Himself by His physical omnipotence, but wins them by love. Proverbs 18:1. One greater than Solomon astonished the people by the clearness, no less than by the depth of the waters (Matthew 7:28-29). John Piper Oct 25, 2005. In the strife to appear well, in the time it takes, in the industries they scatter, in the hospitalities they provoke, and in the securityships they engender, broadening our socialities will try every one of us well. But the water from a well, or from a deep and flowing stream, is generally pure and wholesome to the taste, and refreshing to the land through which it flows. Human friendships cost. Take the sinner in his first awakening conviction. I. The spirit of a man, at least among those to whom Solomon wrote, had truth enough to save him if he would only listen. In other words, brothers are a shelter to brothers, and quarrels lock up that resort. Notice, that a brother is not only a commoner defence, but a citadel; and a bar to that keep shuts a man out of his best earthly dependence. 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