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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
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- Primary Witness Text: A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. Poverty and sh...
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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
Proverbs 8's personified Wisdom — present at creation, delighting before God — is cited by early Church Fathers as a window into the eternal Son. The book's practical ethics (sexual integrity, speech, work, generosity) embody a worldview in which creation's design is the source of moral instruction.
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Proverbs 13:1
Hebrew
בֵּן חָכָם מוּסַר אָב וְלֵץ לֹא־שָׁמַע גְּעָרָֽה׃ven-chakham-mvsar-'av-veletz-lo'-shama'-ge'arah
KJV: A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
AKJV: A wise son hears his father’s instruction: but a scorner hears not rebuke.
ASV: A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction;
YLT: A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.
Exposition: Proverbs 13:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:2
Hebrew
מִפְּרִי פִי־אִישׁ יֹאכַל טוֹב וְנֶפֶשׁ בֹּגְדִים חָמָֽס׃miferiy-fiy-'iysh-yo'khal-tvov-venefesh-vogediym-chamas
KJV: A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
AKJV: A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
ASV: A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth;
YLT: From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous--violence.
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Proverbs 13:2
Proverbs 13:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:3
Hebrew
נֹצֵר פִּיו שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ פֹּשֵׂק שְׂפָתָיו מְחִתָּה־לֽוֹ׃notzer-fiyv-shomer-nafeshvo-fosheq-shefatayv-mechitah-lvo
KJV: He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
AKJV: He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
ASV: He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life;
YLT: Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!
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Proverbs 13:3
Verse 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life - How often have the foolish, headstrong, and wicked, forfeited their lives by the treasonable or blasphemous words they have spoken! The government of the tongue is a rare but useful talent. But he that openeth wide his lips - He that puts no bounds to his loquacity, speaks on every subject, and gives his judgment and opinion on every matter. It has often been remarked that God has, given us two Eyes, that we may See much; two Ears, that we may Hear much; but has given us but One tongue, and that fenced in with teeth, to indicate that though we hear and see much, we should speak but little.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:4
Hebrew
מִתְאַוָּה וָאַיִן נַפְשׁוֹ עָצֵל וְנֶפֶשׁ חָרֻצִים תְּדֻשָּֽׁן׃mite'avah-va'ayin-nafeshvo-'atzel-venefesh-charutziym-tedushan
KJV: The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
AKJV: The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
ASV: The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing;
YLT: The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
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Verse 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing - We often hear many religious people expressing a desire to have more of the Divine life, and yet never get forward in it. How is this? The reason is, they desire, but do not stir themselves up to lay hold upon the Lord. They are always learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. They seek to enter in at the strait gate, but are not able, because they do not strive.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:5
Hebrew
דְּבַר־שֶׁקֶר יִשְׂנָא צַדִּיק וְרָשָׁע יַבְאִישׁ וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃devar-sheqer-yishena'-tzadiyq-verasha'-yave'iysh-veyachefiyr
KJV: A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
AKJV: A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.
ASV: A righteous man hateth lying;
YLT: A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 13:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 13:5
Proverbs 13:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:6
Hebrew
צְדָקָה תִּצֹּר תָּם־דָּרֶךְ וְרִשְׁעָה תְּסַלֵּף חַטָּֽאת׃tzedaqah-titzor-tam-darekhe-verishe'ah-tesalef-chata't
KJV: Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
AKJV: Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
ASV: Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way;
YLT: Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.
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Proverbs 13:6
Proverbs 13:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:7
Hebrew
יֵשׁ מִתְעַשֵּׁר וְאֵין כֹּל מִתְרוֹשֵׁשׁ וְהוֹן רָֽב׃yesh-mite'asher-ve'eyn-khol-mitervoshesh-vehvon-rav
KJV: There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
AKJV: There is that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
ASV: There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
YLT: There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth is abundant.
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Verse 7 There is that maketh himself rich - That labors hard to acquire money, yet hath nothing; his excessive covetousness not being satisfied with what he possesses, nor permitting him to enjoy with comfort what he has acquired. The fable of the dog in the manger will illustrate this. There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches - "As poor," said St. Paul, "yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things." The former is the rich poor man; the latter is the poor rich man. As the words are here in the hithpael conjugation, which implies reflex action, or the action performed on one's self, and often signifies feigning or pretending to be what one is not, or not to be what one is; the words may be understood of persons who feign or pretend to be either richer or poorer than they really are, to accomplish some particular purpose. "There is that feigneth himself to be rich, yet hath nothing; there is that feigneth himself to be poor, yet hath great riches." Both these characters frequently occur in life.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:8
Hebrew
כֹּפֶר נֶֽפֶשׁ־אִישׁ עָשְׁרוֹ וְרָשׁ לֹא־שָׁמַע גְּעָרָֽה׃khofer-nefesh-'iysh-'ashervo-verash-lo'-shama'-ge'arah
KJV: The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
AKJV: The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor hears not rebuke.
ASV: The ransom of a man’s life is his riches;
YLT: The ransom of a man's life are his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
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Verse 8 The ransom of a man's life - Those who have riches have often much trouble with them; as they had much trouble to get them, so they have much trouble to keep them. In despotic countries, a rich man is often accused of some capital crime, and to save his life, though he may be quite innocent, is obliged to give up his riches; but the poor, in such countries, are put to no trouble.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:9
Hebrew
אוֹר־צַדִּיקִים יִשְׂמָח וְנֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָֽךְ׃'vor-tzadiyqiym-yishemach-vener-resha'iym-yide'akhe
KJV: The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
AKJV: The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
ASV: The light of the righteous rejoiceth;
YLT: The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
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Verse 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth - They shall have that measure of prosperity which shall be best for them; but the wicked, howsoever prosperous for a time, shall be brought into desolation. Light and lamp in both cases may signify posterity. The righteous shall have a joyous posterity; but that of the wicked shall be cut off. So 1Kgs 11:36 : "And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light (נר ner, a lamp) always before me." 1Kgs 15:4 : "Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord give them a lamp, to set up his son after him." See also Psa 132:17, and several other places.
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- 1Kgs 11:36
- 1Kgs 15:4
Exposition: Proverbs 13:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:10
Hebrew
רַק־בְּזָדוֹן יִתֵּן מַצָּה וְאֶת־נוֹעָצִים חָכְמָֽה׃raq-vezadvon-yiten-matzah-ve'et-nvo'atziym-chakhemah
KJV: Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
AKJV: Only by pride comes contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
ASV: By pride cometh only contention;
YLT: A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.
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Proverbs 13:10
Verse 10 By pride cometh contention - Perhaps there is not a quarrel among individuals in private life, nor a war among nations, that does not proceed from pride and ambition. Neither man nor nation will be content to be less than another; and to acquire the wished-for superiority all is thrown into general confusion, both in public and private life. It was to destroy this spirit of pride, that Jesus was manifested in the extreme of humility and humiliation among men. The salvation of Christ is a deliverance from pride, and a being clothed with humility. As far as we are humble, so far we are saved.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:11
Hebrew
הוֹן מֵהֶבֶל יִמְעָט וְקֹבֵץ עַל־יָד יַרְבֶּֽה׃hvon-mehevel-yime'at-veqovetz-'al-yad-yareveh
KJV: Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
AKJV: Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.
ASV: Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
YLT: Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
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Proverbs 13:11
Verse 11 Wealth gotten by vanity - Wealth that is not the result of honest industry and hard labor is seldom permanent. All fortunes acquired by speculation, lucky hits, and ministering to the pride or luxury of others, etc., soon become dissipated. They are not gotten in the way of Providence, and have not God's blessing, and therefore are not permanent.
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- Providence
Exposition: Proverbs 13:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:12
Hebrew
תּוֹחֶלֶת מְמֻשָּׁכָה מַחֲלָה־לֵב וְעֵץ חַיִּים תַּאֲוָה בָאָֽה׃tvochelet-memushakhah-machalah-lev-ve'etz-chayiym-ta'avah-va'ah
KJV: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
AKJV: Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
ASV: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;
YLT: Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.
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Verse 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick - When once a good is discovered, want of it felt, strong desire for the possession excited, and the promise of attainment made on grounds unsuspected, so that the reality of the thing and the certainity of the promise are manifest, hope posts forward to realize the blessing. Delay in the gratification pains the mind; the increase of the delay prostrates and sickens the heart; and if delay sickens the heart, ultimate disappointment kills it. But when the thing desired, hoped for, and expected comes, it is a tree of life, עץ חיים ets chaiyim, "the tree of lives;" it comforts and invigorates both body and soul. To the tree of lives, in the midst of the gardens of paradise, how frequent are the allusions in the writings of Solomon, and in other parts of the Holy Scriptures! What deep, and perhaps yet unknown, mysteries were in this tree!
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:13
Hebrew
בָּז לְדָבָר יֵחָבֶל לוֹ וִירֵא מִצְוָה הוּא יְשֻׁלָּֽם׃vaz-ledavar-yechavel-lvo-viyre'-mitzevah-hv'-yeshulam
KJV: Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
AKJV: Whoever despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
ASV: Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself;
YLT: Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.
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Proverbs 13:13
Verse 13 Whoso despiseth the word - The revelation which God has in his mercy given to man - shall be destroyed; for there is no other way of salvation but that which it points out. But he that feareth the commandment - That respects it so as to obey it, walking as this revelation directs - shall be rewarded; shall find it to be his highest interest, and shall be in peace or safety, as the Hebrew word ישלם may be translated.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:14
Hebrew
תּוֹרַת חָכָם מְקוֹר חַיִּים לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃tvorat-chakham-meqvor-chayiym-lasvr-mimoqeshey-mavet
KJV: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
AKJV: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
ASV: The law of the wise is a fountain of life,
YLT: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
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Verse 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life - Perhaps it would be better to translate, "The law is to the wise man a fountain of life." It is the same to him as the "vein of lives," מקור חיים mekor chaiyim, the great aorta which transmits the blood from the heart to every part of the body. There seems to be here an allusion to the garden of paradise, to the tree of lives, to the tempter, to the baleful issue of that temptation, and to the death entailed on man by his unwisely breaking the law of his God.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:15
Hebrew
שֵֽׂכֶל־טוֹב יִתֶּן־חֵן וְדֶרֶךְ בֹּגְדִים אֵיתָֽן׃shekhel-tvov-yiten-chen-vederekhe-vogediym-'eytan
KJV: Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
AKJV: Good understanding gives favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.
ASV: Good understanding giveth favor;
YLT: Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.
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Proverbs 13:15
Proverbs 13:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 13:15
Exposition: Proverbs 13:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:16
Hebrew
כָּל־עָרוּם יַעֲשֶׂה בְדָעַת וּכְסִיל יִפְרֹשׂ אִוֶּֽלֶת׃khal-'arvm-ya'asheh-veda'at-vkhesiyl-yiferosh-'ivelet
KJV: Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
AKJV: Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly.
ASV: Every prudent man worketh with knowledge;
YLT: Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.
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Proverbs 13:16
Verse 16 The way of transgressors is hard - Never was a truer saying; most sinners have more pain and difficulty to get their souls damned, than the righteous have, with all their cross-bearings, to get to the kingdom of heaven.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:17
Hebrew
מַלְאָךְ רָשָׁע יִפֹּל בְּרָע וְצִיר אֱמוּנִים מַרְפֵּֽא׃male'akhe-rasha'-yifol-vera'-vetziyr-'emvniym-marefe'
KJV: A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
AKJV: A wicked messenger falls into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
ASV: A wicked messenger falleth into evil;
YLT: A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.
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Verse 17 A wicked messenger - The Septuagint: basileuv yrasuev, a bold king; instead of מלאך malach, a messenger, they had read מלך melech, a king: but they are singular in this rendering; none of the other versions have it so. He that betrays the counsels of his government, or the interests of his country, will sooner or later fall into mischief; but he that faithfully and loyally fulfils his mission, shall produce honor and safety to the commonwealth.
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Proverbs 13:17
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- Septuagint
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- The Septuagint
Exposition: Proverbs 13:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:18
Hebrew
רֵישׁ וְקָלוֹן פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר וְשׁוֹמֵר תּוֹכַחַת יְכֻבָּֽד׃reysh-veqalvon-fvore'a-mvsar-veshvomer-tvokhachat-yekhuvad
KJV: Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
AKJV: Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honored.
ASV: Poverty and shameshall be tohim that refuseth correction;
YLT: Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.
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Proverbs 13:18
Proverbs 13:18 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 13:18
Exposition: Proverbs 13:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:19
Hebrew
תַּאֲוָה נִהְיָה תֶּעֱרַב לְנָפֶשׁ וְתוֹעֲבַת כְּסִילִים סוּר מֵרָֽע׃ta'avah-niheyah-te'erav-lenafesh-vetvo'avat-khesiyliym-svr-mera'
KJV: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
AKJV: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
ASV: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul;
YLT: A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools is : Turn from evil.
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Proverbs 13:19
Proverbs 13:19 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 13:19
Exposition: Proverbs 13:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:20
Hebrew
הלוך הוֹלֵךְ אֶת־חֲכָמִים וחכם יֶחְכָּם וְרֹעֶה כְסִילִים יֵרֽוֹעַ׃hlvkh-hvolekhe-'et-chakhamiym-vchkhm-yechekham-vero'eh-khesiyliym-yervo'a
KJV: He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
AKJV: He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
ASV: Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise;
YLT: Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
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Verse 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise - To walk with a person implies love and attachment; and it is impossible not to imitate those we love. So we say, "Show me his company, and I'll tell you the man." Let me know the company he keeps, and I shall easily guess his moral character.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:21
Hebrew
חַטָּאִים תְּרַדֵּף רָעָה וְאֶת־צַדִּיקִים יְשַׁלֶּם־טֽוֹב׃chata'iym-teradef-ra'ah-ve'et-tzadiyqiym-yeshalem-tvov
KJV: Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
AKJV: Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
ASV: Evil pursueth sinners;
YLT: Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 13:21Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 13:21
Proverbs 13:21 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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- Proverbs 13:21
Exposition: Proverbs 13:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:22
Hebrew
טוֹב יַנְחִיל בְּנֵֽי־בָנִים וְצָפוּן לַצַּדִּיק חֵיל חוֹטֵֽא׃tvov-yanechiyl-veney-vaniym-vetzafvn-latzadiyq-cheyl-chvote'
KJV: A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
AKJV: A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
ASV: A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children;
YLT: A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous is the sinner's wealth.
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Verse 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance - He files many a prayer in heaven in their behalf, and his good example and advices are remembered and quoted from generation to generation. Besides, whatever property he left was honestly acquired, and well-gotten goods are permanent. The general experience of men shows this to be a common case; and that property ill-gotten seldom reaches to the third generation. This even the heathens observed. Hence: De male quaesitis non gaudet tertius haeres. "The third generation shall not possess the goods that have been unjustly acquired."
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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- Ray
- Besides
- Hence
Exposition: Proverbs 13:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:23
Hebrew
רָב־אֹכֶל נִיר רָאשִׁים וְיֵשׁ נִסְפֶּה בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּֽט׃rav-'okhel-niyr-ra'shiym-veyesh-nisefeh-velo'-mishefat
KJV: Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
AKJV: Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
ASV: Much foodis inthe tillage of the poor;
YLT: Abundance of food--the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
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Verse 23 That is destroyed for want of judgment - O, how much of the poverty of the poor arises from their own want of management! They have little or no economy, and no foresight. When they get any thing, they speedily spend it; and a feast and a famine make the chief varieties of their life.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:24
Hebrew
חוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ שׂוֹנֵא בְנוֹ וְאֹהֲבוֹ שִֽׁחֲרוֹ מוּסָֽר׃chvoshekhe-shivetvo-shvone'-venvo-ve'ohavvo-shicharvo-mvsar
KJV: He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
AKJV: He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him betimes.
ASV: He that spareth his rod hateth his son;
YLT: Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
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Verse 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son - That is, if he hated him, he could not do him a greater disservice than not to correct him when his obstinacy or disobedience requires it. We have met with this subject already, and it is a favourite with Solomon. See Psa 34:10 (note) and Psa 37:3 (note). The Rev. Mr. Holden makes some sensible observations on this passage: "By the neglect of early correction the desires (passions) obtain ascendancy; the temper becomes irascible, peevish, querulous. Pride is nourished, humility destroyed, and by the habit of indulgence the mind is incapacitated to bear with firmness and equanimity the cares and sorrows, the checks and disappointments, which flesh is heir to."
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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- Solomon
- The Rev
- Mr
Exposition: Proverbs 13:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 13:25
Hebrew
צַדִּיק אֹכֵל לְשֹׂבַע נַפְשׁוֹ וּבֶטֶן רְשָׁעִים תֶּחְסָֽר׃tzadiyq-'okhel-leshova'-nafeshvo-vveten-resha'iym-techesar
KJV: The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
AKJV: The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
ASV: The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul;
YLT: The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!
Commentary WitnessProverbs 13:25Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 13:25
Verse 25 To the satisfying of his soul - His desires are all moderate; he is contented with his circumstances, and is pleased with the lot which God is pleased to send. The wicked, though he use all shifts and expedients to acquire earthly good, not sticking even at rapine and wrong, is frequently in real want, and always dissatisfied with his portion. A contented mind is a continual feast. At such feasts he eats not.
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Exposition: Proverbs 13:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Proverbs 13:1
- Proverbs 13:2
- Proverbs 13:3
- Proverbs 13:4
- Proverbs 13:5
- Proverbs 13:6
- Proverbs 13:7
- Proverbs 13:8
- 1Kgs 11:36
- 1Kgs 15:4
- Proverbs 13:9
- Proverbs 13:10
- Proverbs 13:11
- Proverbs 13:12
- Proverbs 13:13
- Proverbs 13:14
- Proverbs 13:15
- Proverbs 13:16
- Proverbs 13:17
- Proverbs 13:18
- Proverbs 13:19
- Proverbs 13:20
- Proverbs 13:21
- Proverbs 13:22
- Proverbs 13:23
- Proverbs 13:24
- Proverbs 13:25
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
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- Eyes
- Ears
- Lord
- St
- Paul
- Jesus
- Providence
- Solomon
- Septuagint
- Ray
- The Septuagint
- Besides
- Hence
- The Rev
- Mr
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Commentary Witness
Proverbs 13:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 13:1
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness