Passage Research
Proverbs 21 — Sermon Preparation
Proverbs declaring that the king's heart is a stream in God's hand, that justice and righteousness surpass sacrifice, and that no wisdom succeeds against the LORD. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 21, 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
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 21 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 8 | wrong, bad |
| יָשָׁר | yâshâr | H3477 | 4 | straight |
| צַדִּיק | tsaddîyq | H6662 | 4 | just |
| שָׂכַל | sâkal | H7919 | 3 | be, make |
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 4 | road, trodden |
| חָכָם | châkâm | H2450 | 3 | wise |
| צְדָקָה | tsᵉdâqâh | H6666 | 3 | rightness, rectitude |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Of all wanderers in the ways of sin, those are in the most dangerous condition who turn aside into the ways of darkness. Yet there is hope even for them in the all-sufficient Saviour; but let them flee to him without delay.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 21:16–24 (Public Domain)
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