Passage Research
Proverbs 15 — Sermon Preparation
A chapter opening with the saying that a gentle answer turns away wrath, covering the power of words, God's all-seeing eye, and the value of a meal eaten in love. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 15, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 15 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 9 | heart, feelings |
| חָכָם | châkâm | H2450 | 5 | wise |
| תּוֹכֵחָה | tôwkêchâh | H8433 | 4 | chastisement, correction |
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2896 | 6 | good |
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 5 | wrong, bad |
| מוּסָר | mûwçâr | H4148 | 4 | chastisement, reproof |
| כְּסִיל | kᵉçîyl | H3684 | 4 | fat, stupid |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Those who have no heart to their work, pretend that they cannot do their work without hardship and danger. And thus many live always in doubt about their state, because always in neglect of some duty.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 15:19–32 (Public Domain)
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