Passage Research
Proverbs 16 — Sermon Preparation
Proverbs on divine sovereignty over human plans, the king's heart directed by God, and the famous warning that pride goes before destruction. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 16, 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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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 16 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 8 | road, trodden |
| שָׂפָה | sâphâh | H8193 | 6 | lip, language |
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2896 | 6 | good |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 5 | heart, feelings |
| רַע | raʻ | H7451 | 5 | bad, evil |
| רוּחַ | rûwach | H7307 | 4 | wind, breath |
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpâṭ | H4941 | 4 | verdict, sentence |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“All the disposal of Providence concerning our affairs, we must look upon to be the determining what we referred to God; and we must be reconciled to them accordingly. Blessed are those that give themselves up to the will of God; for he knows what is good for them.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 16:33 (Public Domain)
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