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Proverbs 19 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Proverbs 19, 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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Proverbs 19 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl H3684 4 fat, stupid
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh H5315 5 breathing creature, animal
רוּשׁ rûwsh H7326 3 be destitute
לוּץ lûwts H3887 3 make mouths at, scoff
כָּזָב kâzâb H3577 3 falsehood
עֵד ʻêd H5707 3 witness, testimony
טוֹב ṭôwb H2896 4 good

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 6 John Wesley 1

“If we keep God's word, God's word will keep us from every thing really hurtful. We abuse the doctrine of free grace, if we think that it does away the necessity and advantage of obedience. Those that live at random must die. This truth is clearly taught in words enough to alarm the stoutest sinner.”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 19:16–28 (Public Domain)

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