Proverbs 16:32

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 16:32

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:32TAKING A CITY AND RULING THE SPIRITI. A man who takes a city may do a good work. When Soloman says that the man who rules his spirit does a better work than he who takes a city, he by no means implies that the taking of a city is a wrong action. In the records of God’s dealings with the nations of old, we find that He sometimes laid it as a duty upon His chosen servants to take a city. The overthrow of a city is sometimes necessary for the preservation of the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 16:1-33

Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33 , the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening.The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD ( Proverbs 16:1 ).God works in our lives even when we're not aware of it. If we're a child of God, God is continually working in our lives. It's amazing how many times we say things that we don't realize that at the time we are saying it, but actually it's a word from the Lord. It just comes up. God prepares your... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 16:1-33

Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed the Hebrews to cry, and instruction must prepare the soul of the ignorant for conversion. When the conscience is oppressed with sin, and the body groans with pain, then we pray in the Spirit, and the Lord graciously accords the answer of our tongue. The Versions vary the reading, but the above is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 16:32

Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. Christian heroismI. What is it to rule the spirit? Spirit is used sometimes for the thoughts of the mind, the passions of the heart, the emotions of sense, phantoms of imagination, and illusions of concupiscence. To rule the spirit is never to suffer one’s self to be prejudiced by false ideas, always to see things in their true point of view, to regulate our hatred and our... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 16:32

Proverbs 16:32 [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. Ver. 32. He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty. ] Unruly passions are those Turks, saith one, that we must constantly make war with. Those Spaniards, with whom, as another saith, whoever made peace, gained nothing but repentance. Pax erit infida, pax incerta, as Livy a saith of that which the Romans made with the Samnites; a peace worse than war, as... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 16:32

that is: Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 19:11, Psalms 103:8, Ephesians 5:1, James 1:19 and he: Proverbs 16:19, Proverbs 25:28, Romans 12:21, Revelation 3:21 Reciprocal: Judges 8:3 - Then 1 Samuel 25:13 - Gird ye Psalms 37:8 - Cease Proverbs 14:17 - that Proverbs 17:14 - leave Proverbs 17:27 - an excellent spirit Proverbs 18:19 - than Proverbs 20:3 - an Ecclesiastes 7:8 - the patient Ecclesiastes 7:9 - hasty Titus 1:7 - not soon read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 16:32

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.Is better — Of a more gallant and generous spirit, and more valiant and victorious. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 16:32

32. Slow to anger, etc. The high moral tone of this maxim has caused it to be much repeated in various languages. Its beauty and good sense are a sufficient comment. Compare Matthew 5:5; Proverbs 15:1. read more

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