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Selected Verse: Proverbs 14:15 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 14:15 |
King James |
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The simple . . . word--He is credulous, not from love, but heedlessness (Pro 13:16). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Simple - In the bad sense (compare Pro 1:22). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
15 The simple believeth every word;
But the prudent takes heed to his step.
We do not translate, "every thing," for "word" and faith are correlates, Psa 106:24, and פּתי is the non-self-dependent who lets himself be easily persuaded by the talk of another: he believes every word without proving it, whether it is well-meant, whether it is true, whether it is salutary and useful, so that he is thus, without having any firm principle, and without any judgment of his own, driven about hither and thither; the prudent, on the other hand, considers and marks his step, that he may not take a false step or go astray, he proves his way (8a), he takes no step without thought and consideration (בּין or הבין with ל, to consider or reflect upon anything, Psa 73:17, cf. Psa 33:15) - he makes sure steps with his feet (Heb 12:13), without permitting himself to waver and sway by every wind of doctrine (Eph 4:14). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The simple - A foolish man. Looketh - He orders his dealings in the world with due circumspection, not considering so much what other men say as what he ought to do. |
16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: