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Proverbs 14:1-35
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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:1Proverbs 14:1 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryA woman who has no fear of God, who is wilful and wasteful, and indulges her ease, will as certainly ruin her family, as if she plucked her house down.Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:1Proverbs 14:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNote, 1. A good wife is a great blessing to a family. By a fruitful wife a family is multiplied and replenished with children, and so built up. But by a prudent wife, one that is pious, industrious, and considerate, the…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:1Proverbs 14:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryEvery wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἐστὶ σώζειν οἰκίαν. "A good…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:1-7Proverbs 14:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryTraits of wisdom and folly I. FEMININE WISDOM. (Proverbs 14:1.) 1. Its peculiar scope is the home. Women are physically and morally constructed with a view to the stationary life and settled pursuits of home. Its comfor…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:1Proverbs 14:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryWoman as a builder Where the light of revelation has shone, woman has had a position and a power, an honor and a happiness, such as she has not enjoyed elsewhere. Under the teaching of Christian truth she has been, or i…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 14:1A woman who has no fear of God, who is wilful and wasteful, and indulges her ease, will as certainly ruin her family, as if she plucked her house down.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 14:1Note, 1. A good wife is a great blessing to a family. By a fruitful wife a family is multiplied and replenished with children, and so built up. But by a prudent wife, one that is pious, industrious, and considerate, the…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:1-7Traits of wisdom and folly I. FEMININE WISDOM. (Proverbs 14:1.) 1. Its peculiar scope is the home. Women are physically and morally constructed with a view to the stationary life and settled pursuits of home. Its comfor…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἐστὶ σώζειν οἰκίαν. "A good…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:1Woman as a builder Where the light of revelation has shone, woman has had a position and a power, an honor and a happiness, such as she has not enjoyed elsewhere. Under the teaching of Christian truth she has been, or i…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 14:2Here are grace and sin in their true colours. Those that despise God's precepts and promises, despise God and all his power and mercy.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 14:2Here are, 1. Grace and sin in their true colours. Grace reigning is a reverence of God, and gives honour to him who is infinitely great and high, and to whom all honour is due, than which what is more becoming or should…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 14:2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord. So the Septuagint. He who lives an upright life does so because he fears the Lord; and his holy conversation is an evidence that he is influenced by religious motives…Joseph S. Exell and contributors