Passage Research
Proverbs 20 — Sermon Preparation
Proverbs covering wine's deceptive power, the contrasting glories of youth's strength and old age's gray hair, and the call to wait on the LORD for vindication. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 30
- verses
- 226 / 164
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רַע | raʻ | H7451 | 5 | bad, evil |
| אֶבֶן | ʼeben | H68 | 4 | stone |
| אָדָם | ʼâdâm | H120 | 4 | ruddy, human being |
| חֶסֶד | cheçed | H2617 | 3 | kindness, piety |
| עָרַב | ʻârab | H6148 | 2 | braid, intermix |
| חֶדֶר | cheder | H2315 | 2 | apartment |
| זָרָה | zârâh | H2219 | 2 | toss, diffuse |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“He that prefers true knowledge to riches, follows the ways of religion and happiness. If we really believed this truth, the word of God would be valued as it deserves, and the world would lose its tempting influence.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 20:15 (Public Domain)
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