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Proverbs 17:1-28
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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:1Proverbs 17:1 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThese words recommend family love and peace, as needful for the comfort of human life.Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:1Proverbs 17:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThese words recommend family-love and peace, as conducing very much to the comfort of human life. 1. Those that live in unity and quietness, not only free from jealousies and animosities, but vying in mutual endearments…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1Proverbs 17:1 · The Pulpit Commentary(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water before it was eaten. Thus Boaz bid Ruth "dip her morsel in the vine…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-9Proverbs 17:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryTraits of outward dad inward happiness. Happiness depends more on the inward state than on the outward condition Hence— I. CONTENTMENT AS AN ELEMENT OF HAPPINESS. (Proverbs 17:1.) The dry morsel, with rest and quiet in…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:1These words recommend family love and peace, as needful for the comfort of human life.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:1These words recommend family-love and peace, as conducing very much to the comfort of human life. 1. Those that live in unity and quietness, not only free from jealousies and animosities, but vying in mutual endearments…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-9Traits of outward dad inward happiness. Happiness depends more on the inward state than on the outward condition Hence— I. CONTENTMENT AS AN ELEMENT OF HAPPINESS. (Proverbs 17:1.) The dry morsel, with rest and quiet in…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water before it was eaten. Thus Boaz bid Ruth "dip her morsel in the vine…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:2The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to appear one of the family, than a profligate son.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:2Note, 1. True merit does not go by dignity. All agree that the son in the family is more worthy than the servant (John 8:35), and yet sometimes it so happens that the servant is wise, and a blessing and credit to the fa…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame. Here is intimated the supremacy of wisdom over folly and vice. The contrast is better emphasized by translating, A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rul…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:3God tries the heart by affliction. He thus has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer.Matthew Henry