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Proverbs 15

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Introduction

1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is chokmah . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .

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Verse 4

15:4 Gentleness (g-1) Or 'Benignity;' as 'sound,' ch. 14.30. breaking (h-14) Or 'disturbance.'

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Verse 11

15:11 destruction (i-3) Abaddon . Revelation 9:11 .

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Verse 19

15:19 plain. (a-20) Or 'raised up as a causeway.' see ch. 16.17. As 'cast up.' Isaiah 57:14 .

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Verse 21

15:21 sense; (b-10) Strictly, 'heart.' see chs. 6.32; 11.12. walk. (c-18) Or 'walketh straight forwards,' or 'uprightly.'

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Verse 26

15:26 [man] (d-6) Or 'Evil thoughts.'

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Verse 32

15:32 sense. (b-15) Strictly, 'heart.' see chs. 6.32; 11.12.

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Verse 33

15:33 discipline (e-7) Or 'instruction,' as ver. 32. see Note, ch. 1.2.

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Darby, John. "Commentary on Proverbs 15". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dsn/proverbs-15.html. 1857-67.

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