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Proverbs 13 — Sermon Preparation
Proverbs on heeding parental instruction, the heartache of deferred hope, the benefit of walking with the wise, and the righteous leaving an inheritance. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 18
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 13 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 7 | breathing creature, animal |
| צַדִּיק | tsaddîyq | H6662 | 5 | just |
| רוּשׁ | rûwsh | H7326 | 3 | be destitute |
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 4 | wrong, bad |
| מוּסָר | mûwçâr | H4148 | 3 | chastisement, reproof |
| כְּסִיל | kᵉçîyl | H3684 | 3 | fat, stupid |
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2896 | 4 | good |
How preachers through history handled this text
18 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is the misery of the wicked, that even their sensual appetites are always craving. The righteous feeds on the word and ordinances, to the satisfying of his soul with the promises of the gospel, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Bread of life.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 13:25–30 (Public Domain)
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