The bite of a viper is not so deadly as the wound of these talebearers stories and insinuations. The nearest translation to the words is perhaps the following: "He who is separated shall seek the desired thing, (i.e., the object of his desire,) and shall intermeddle (mingle himself) with all realities or all essential knowledge." 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). and a chain to adorn your neck. It must be plumb, rejoined the builder, somewhat piqued, for I have laid every stone by the plumb-line. Suiting the action to the word he grasped the rule, laid it along his work, and triumphantly pointed to the lead vibrating and settling down precisely on the cut that marks the middle. If there is to be a genuine friendship there must be mutual confidence and a mutual recognition of excellencies, for if the trust and admiration is on one side only the fire will soon burn out for want of fuel. is the same one who wastes his life away. So the Jewish commentators generally. A sense of the favour of God and a peaceful conscience will prevent men from being overwhelmed by even very keen mental sorrow. Verses 1-2. That is, the fool's lips enters into contention, and by his mouth, the strokes is really, is blows. Suppose your eyes are good. 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. The tongue, according as it is used, deals forth life or death; for speech is the picture of the mind (comp. But the name of the Lord meets his eye. I. Through desire, etc. It would be a difficult matter, and perhaps an impossible one, to enumerate all the respective moral advantages of poverty and riches, and strike the true balance between them. Because it is hard to break through. We think it treats of. And not less is economy of means. 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. In the field of the world, the tares grow as well as the wheat (Matthew 13:26), and often they seem for a time to be more flourishing. According to Mr. Stuart Mill, it might be plausibly maintained that in almost every one of the leading controversies, past or present, in social philosophy, both sides were right in what they affirmed, though wrong in what they denied; and that if either could have been made to take the others views in addition to his own, little more would have been needed to make its doctrine correct. Nicodemus did well to start the seasonable query, Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what he doth? Festus did well to protest that it was not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die before that he which was accused had the accusers face to face, and had licence to answer for himself concerning the charge laid against him. A man of friends is apt to be broken all to pieces. In the hurry of this worlds atmosphere how little can we apprehend it! Solomon here sets forth. 2. i. Proverbs Proverbs 1 The Beginning of Knowledge (Proverbs 9:1-12) 1These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, 2for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight, 3and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity. John Piper Oct 25, 2005. He that was pleased to make the Sabbath of rest, is also pleased with those who make a Sabbath of peace. The good things of his lips are the natural outcome of the good treasure of his heart, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh (Matthew 12:24-25). She said, "Oh yes, Mommy." 3. The name Jesus is our strong tower. Proverbs 13:8, page 302), but the evil of the text is a very real and common one. And yet, if you have a strong spirit, how it can bear the infirmities, the weaknesses, the sicknesses. Home; Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary; Proverbs; Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Proverbs 18. We ought to submit to mystery in God, for the tide of His utterance is to flow on for ever.Miller. II. The significance of the whole is that a man of wide acquaintance is apt to break. 9 The one who is too lazy to look for work. He spells out every letter, and putting it together, criesWho is a God like unto thee? (Micah 7:18.) 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. This is that fearful consequent which treads upon the heels of presumption. Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh,. Or, "a separated man seeketh desire" g; his own desire, will, and pleasure. The slothful man is a waster of Gods most precious gifts. Friends, Proverbs 18:21 as we have seen above, i a nutshell is a warning to us to be extremely careful what we store in our hearts. The former jumped to a conclusion from over-eagerness; this comes soon to a close from sheer sluggishness of mind. 1. May our waters be deep, flowing from thine own inner sanctuary, refreshing and fertilising the Church of God!Bridges. Seeing, then, what issues of life and death are dependent upon this king, it is manifest that men should keep him in absolute control; if so much depends upon his action he ought to be under the strictest supervision. Time, says J. The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. We have before given a definition of prudence as wisdom applied to practice; a prudent man is likewise defined as one cautious to avoid harm. Taking in both definitions, the text suggests. 18 Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. Miller. Whoso findeth a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD ( Proverbs 18:21-22 ). The bars strike against each other, but neither being more brittle than its antagonist, no progress is made. tushigyah, lit. He is morose and supercilious. and yet, when the harvest is come, he may take his choice whether he will eat of the product or not. But the grave, sooner or later, receives them both. Verse 8. They may be dwelling under the same roof, and so have every opportunity of enjoying each others society and gladdening each others life. The spirit of a man may control his sickness, but a spirit of upbraiding, who can carry that? To give all up, and simply lie back and murmur, is bad even for worldly disorders; but Solomon derives out of it a much more profound spiritual sense. 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. Run therefore to God by praying, not fainting. David Guzik is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara, California. The power of words over the man who utters them. If a young artist has a sketch given to him by his master which he is to fill up in a given time, he cannot afford to spend the moments in disputing with his fellow-pupils about their respective rights to certain brushes and colours; while he is contending the hours are going, and when the master calls for the picture he will have none to show. 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). But there are troubles far heavier than any of these, from which riches afford no protection. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, Although it tends to his own personal exaltation and benefit, it is not bestowed for that purpose only or chiefly. As the lot was had recourse to when causes were such as admitted not of determination otherwise, there seems to be a natural enough relation of suggestion between this verse and the preceding. Findeth implies the rarity of the thing obtained (Ecclesiastes 7:27-28), and the need of circumspection in the search. Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. So the man whose words are listened to and waited for by other menwhether he be the skilful barrister, or the powerful statesman, or the preacher of the Gospel, has a satisfaction in being able so to put forth his conceptions as to give to his fellow-men new ideasto show them things in a light in which they might never have seen them but for this power which he possesses. Surely then if we have any desire, we shall separate ourselves from the cloudy atmosphere around us, that we may have fellowship with these happy investigators of the Divine mysteries.Bridges. Same idea. They become uneasy, fretted, and fidgetty; and are ever anxious to catch at any occasion for cutting the matter short and being done with it. A lot of people complain, "Oh, we don't have any friends." unfriendliness and unreasonableness are inseparable." The very name that is cavilled at by the lost is the foundation of the Christians safety. Proverbs 16:2. Proverbs 17:17-18, page 518.). 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. a. The man of business or science is filled with his great object; and through desire he separates himself from all lets and hindrances, that he may intermeddle with its whole range. A man's gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before great men. One is the darkness of a pool, the other the breadth and gush of an overflowing water. The vast importance of our words may be learned from James 3; and our blessed Lord says expressly (Matthew 12:36, etc. She said, "Well, honey, you go outside and play for a little while and then come on in and Mother will tell you." III. It may seem a very insignificant deed to strike a flint and steel together so as to produce a single spark, but one spark may produce a terrible and destructive fire. I'd never be able to see Begin if we didn't have a gift for him, for Israel. What doest thou here? Much is there to be inquired into and pondered. Proverbs 4:3). Such a gift to a man is a gift for men. and it is equally true that no man is possessed of true wisdom who has not some knowledge of God as He has revealed Himself in the written Word, and solitude is very favourable to a growth in Divine knowledge. That all sorrow of heart does not crush a man. Jeroboamthe second; who died in the fifteenth year of Uzziah's forty-one years' reign.From his time forth all Israel's kings worshipped false gods: Zachariah (2 Kings 15:9), Menahem (2 Kings 15:18), Pekahiah (2 Kings 15:18- :), Pekah (2 Kings 15:28), Hoshea (2 Kings 17:2).As Israel was most flourishing externally under Jeroboam . The other he woundeth so, that though his blow be heard, seen, and felt, yet it is not perceived: in both they go down into the heart, as revealing the heart of the one, and as removing the heart of the other from him. Or the words may be translated, the words of a talebearer are as smoothing words: for he frameth his own words to as much softness, as those which he reporteth he maketh to be hard. 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. 10 The character of God is a tower of strength, for the lovers of God delight to run into his heart. Thus sense of danger, knowledge of the way, confidence in the strength of the towerall gives a spring of life and earnestness to run into it. They cant understand it. We talk about fetching up a lost hour, but the thing is impossible. And as the ear is one of the great inlets to instruction, it may here, with propriety, be considered as comprehending all the ways in which knowledge may be acquired.Wardlaw. 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 ). A man's gift [given in love or courtesy] makes room for him And brings him before great men. I. He that hath commanded to cease from labour, hath much more commanded to cease from strife. Blind passion is not to make the selection at random.Fausset. Words will bring a person good or ill, depending on what they mean and how they are spoken (19-21). We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God's purpose prevails. Many a time too has this been exemplified.Wardlaw. The rule was examined, and the discovery was made that the old man, with his defective eyesight, had drawn the cord through the wrong slit at the top of the instrument, and then from some cause which I cannot explain, using only one side of it, had never detected his mistake. It is on some such principle that people err in preparing a representation of their own case. Some of the most criminal and violent people have thought themselves pure in their own eyes. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes ( Proverbs 18:1-6 ). Time has crumbled their once mighty walls, and made them unfit for purposes of defence. The last requires more self-denial, humility, and patience, and therefore is more practically useful.Bridges. 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. Proverbs 18:16. Adams. Takeagainthe child of Godfeeble, distressed, assaulted. 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 1. A. James, is the most precious thing in the world. 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. CRITICAL NOTES. Proverbs 18:1.Through desire, etc.The readings and expositions of this verse are many. Jobs incautious self-defence was laid open by Elihus probing application. View all of our resources on the biblical book of Proverbs. (1 Samuel 15:17-23.) We follow the authorised version. 2:4; 2 Pet 3:9), we should seek for a different interpretation. But the righteous in any distress runneth presently unto it. This proverb is similar in context to Psalm 1:1-3: "Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. Disease and death cannot be turned aside with moneya troubled soul cannot be comforted with gold. 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). Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 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. It is not only a strong tower, but our only defence. i. Proverbs 18:10-11. When a settler in a forest rubs two dry sticks together the act seems a trifling one, but the friction in time develops the latent heat of the wood, and there is enough fire brought into activity to lay low many a mighty forest tree. The favour of a good king is in itself a fortune which few men would despise. O what an amount of scorn and reproach has been brought upon the sacred office of the ministry by the intrusion, under numberless pretexts, and from numberless causes, of wicked, worldly, ungodly men into its holy functions! 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. 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. Proverbs 18:1. I. They become unreasonable in discussion and blind to the viewpoints of others. They use their privileges on no principle of economy. 3 When wickedness arrives, shame's not far behind; contempt for life is contemptible. * a 2 Let someone else * praise you, and not your own mouth; Others, * and not your own lips. But they who have already found it are so affected with the worth of it, so directed by the light of it, as that they still seek more, still get more.Jermin. Actually, he's saying that by giving gifts you can open a lot of doors. Proverbs 2:7), yielding the sense the lost man sits careless to what is stable. He does not regard it. The spirit of a man will sustain his weakness; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Verse Proverbs 18:1. For Homiletics on Proverbs 18:12, see on chap. Without itChristianthy soul can never prosper. They are often held in contempt even while living, and the reproaches of those who have been made to suffer by them are heaped upon their heads. 20 Even by their neighbors the poor are despised, but a rich person's friends are many. 2. 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. There is a bias in the heart, the fountain of impulse, and the resulting life-course turns deceitfully aside. It is to a man of this stagnant and lazy temperament an exertion quite unbearable to keep his mind so long on the stretch as to listen even to a statement, and still more to an argument or pleading, that cannot be finished in a breath and done with. Monogamy brings a double portiona good thing and the Divine favour. Everything here calls for our deepest, closest thoughts. General Reference . Ignominy, rather, shameful deeds., This verse also, as will be seen from a reference to the Critical Notes, and also from the Comments, is susceptible of several interpretations. 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 what Cicero practised as the means of forensic success, requires, as the essayist urges, to be imitated by all who study any subject in order to arrive at the truth. 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. The tongue in its mighty influence is a king having the power of life and death. Verse 9 . And when we think not only of the wounds thus inflicted, and the lives thus cut off, but of the wounded hearts and darkened lives of those who mourn them, we must allow that any means of ending contention is better than permitting it to work its deadly work. A mans gifts. Some men spend days of solitude in patient investigation for no other purpose than to make a name for themselves. Proverbs 17:19) with God which has been so long discussedis what ruins all. II. a hammer, a variation of mall, from malleus The Hebrew and English alike occur in Proverbs 25:18 only. 2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding. and before honor is humility ( Proverbs 18:12 ). This is a great vindication of the providence of God with respect to those evils and calamities that are in the world. Of what use is industry if its proceeds are not prudently managed when they come in?if husband, or wife, or both, be destitute of discretion, improvident and thriftless? And he that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and a shame to him. Infirmity, i.e., sickness, disease of body. On this subject see also Homiletics on chap. He flees to it for refuge as to a strong city; but it is so only "in his own conceit" or imagination. Men have been, and still are, able to find among their fellows those who are worthy of the name of friend. His soul is set free, and he enjoys his safety. Because it is the only thing that separates them. [Note: Waltke, The Book . An industrious old man, by trade a mason, was engaged to build a certain piece of wall at so much per yard. Secularly, a wife is the highest treasure. The original word here used is a brother revolting or departing by disloyalty; or else a brother offended by disloyal departing. "[1] Hooke preferred this; "A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will be liable to reproach. A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men. Or intense excitement of the mind renders them for a time at least oblivious of bodily sensations. This one thingsaith the man of GodI do (Philip. In this proverb he indirectly condemns himself and warns others by his own example. Proverbs 18:1 He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment. 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. Hebrew, adam, the gift of a man, however humble and low (Fausset). Some take it as a rebuke to an affected singularity. Through desire (through self-willed and self-seeking desire of wisdom)wisdom, Heb. The angels smile at the way the sinner cavils. Proverbes 18:1 Interlinaire Proverbes 18:1 Multilingue Proverbios 18:1 Espagnol Proverbes 18:1 Franais Sprueche 18:1 Allemand Proverbes 18:1 Chinois Proverbs 18:1 Anglais Bible Apps Bible Hub Version Louis Segond 1910 La Bible David Martin 1744 Darby Bible courtesy of CCEL.org. The stream is ready to flow, and sometimes can scarcely be restrained. For he is commonly a fellow slothful in his work, being busy in his words, and he is indeed brother to him that is a great waster, spoiling his own estate by his slothfulness, and by the mischief which his talebearing falleth upon him; and spoiling him to whom he talketh by the ill mind which he putteth into him.Jermin. Herod feasts in the palace, while John the Baptist is beheaded in the dungeon. 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. II. I. I. The two evils censured are. Some translate it words of sport (Stuart and Zockler); others, with Delitzsch, dainty morsels; others, whispers, soft breezes., MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.Proverbs 18:6-8. Many have ruined their lives by not ruling their mouths. He separates himself from all outward hindrances, vain company, trifling amusements or studies, needless engagements, that he may seek and intermeddle with all wisdom. She said, "The little girl next door said she came from Missouri and I just wondered where I came from. His enemy now suggests that it is beyond his reach; that he has sinned too long and too much, against too much light and knowledge; how can he be saved? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God (Isaiah 1:10). No physical force can break down enmity of hearteven God cannot reconcile men unto Himself by His physical omnipotence, but wins them by love. Many men seek secular knowledge for the sole purpose of acquiring fame by the acquisition. No blessing is more valuable than a rich indwelling of the word, ready to be brought out on all suitable occasions of instruction. 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! 1. Those who are truly wise seek wisdom for its own sake. Beginning with the familiar intercourse of every-day life, how true it is that the utterance of kindly words of sympathy, and advice and warning, have a tendency to make sunshine in the heart of him who utters them, while censorious, hasty, harsh words embitter and darken the spirit of their author. (JB) The man who holds aloof seeks every pretext to bare his teeth; he defies all sound judgment. 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. 17, Proverbs 17:15 and Proverbs 17:26. But observe:. Deeply does the Christian minister feel the responsibility of this holy separation, that he may give himself wholly to his office (1 Timothy 4:15; 2 Timothy 2:4). Ahab and Jezebel dwell in Samaria, and Elijah is compelled to flee into the desert. Solomon again and again reverts to the mighty influences for good and evil which flow from the use of the tonguethat little member upon which such great issues often depend. And then called the little girl in and sat her down and started through and explained to her the whole process of life and procreation and everything else. But upon the moral quality of the fruit of his mouth will depend the length and depth of his satisfaction. He runs to it, as to a strong tower. Verse 1. Our translation seems to take it as an excitement to diligence in the pursuit of wisdom. 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. 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. A wood gathers wood, like all vegetable or vital growths. Verse 1. 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. It is upon them that are contentious, and will not obey the truth, (Romans 2:8)that truth being in all of them through the invisible things which are seen by the things that are made (Romans 1:20)that the apostle denounces tribulation and wrath, indignation and anguish. Not that men can save themselves, but that they would save themselves under Gods influences if they did not contend with Him; that it is rebellion that turns the scale (Psalms 68:6); that there is light enough in every man to draw him to saving light if he would only follow it; and that on this very account it is the great sorrow of the sinner that he has this spirit of upbraiding, which, in the spiritual world, no moral malady can carry.Miller. A man may, in various ways, make his lips the instrument of either want on the one hand, or plenty on the other.Wardlaw. Time for the story of the birds and the bees and all." 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. And yet such is the field of wonder, that the contemplation of a single point overwhelmed the Apostle with adoring astonishment. 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. Hence. Proverbs 18:8. Can't agree on something, we'll flip a coin. marg. Both may bear the image and superscription of the king, but the one is an insult to the name it bears while the other has a right to be imprinted with the royal name. Pro 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom. We must try to fathom the profound meaning which is hidden under this simple but striking proverb. If there is effort without wisdom to guide it there may be seeking without getting. This is true of the Pharisees among the Jews, who had their name from separating themselves from all others, having an high opinion of their own Wisdom and sanctify; and also of the Gnostics among the Christians, who boasted of their knowledge, and separated themselves from the Christian assemblies; and were sensual, not having the Spirit, being vainly puffed up with their fleshly mind; [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom; the man who is desirous of being truly wise and knowing grasps at all wisdom, every branch of useful knowledge; would gladly learn something of every art and science worthy of regard; and he makes use of all means of improving himself therein; and covets the company and conversation of men of wisdom and knowledge, that he may attain to more; he intermingles himself with men of wisdom, as Aben Ezra interprets it, and walks and converses with them. A strong spirit, how it can bear the infirmities, the sicknesses Commentary 18... 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