Proverbs 18

Proverbs 18:4

Tongues - Using words as sharp and piercing as the sting of a serpent.

Proverbs 18:10

Mischief - The mischief which they design against me, shall fall upon themselves.

Proverbs 18:11

Coals - Divine vengeance, which is compared to coals of fire.

Proverbs 18:14

Dwell - Shall constantly enjoy thy gracious and powerful presence.

Proverbs 18:16

Dwell - Shall constantly enjoy thy gracious and powerful presence.

Proverbs 18:17

Dwell - Shall constantly enjoy thy gracious and powerful presence.

Proverbs 18:18

Dwell - Shall constantly enjoy thy gracious and powerful presence.

Proverbs 18:19

Incline not - Suffer it not to be inclined. Heart - Keep me not only from wicked speeches, but from all evil motions of my heart. Dainties - The pleasures or advantages which they gain by their wickedness.

Proverbs 18:20

Smite - By reproofs. Break - Not hurt, but heal and greatly refresh me. Calamities - In the calamities of those righteous persons who reproved him. When they came into such calamities as those wherein he was involved he would pity them and pray for them.

Proverbs 18:21

Judges - The chief of mine enemies. Overthrown - Or, cast down headlong by thine exemplary vengeance. Hear - Hearken unto my counsels and offers which now they despise.

Proverbs 18:22

Our bones - Our case is almost as hopeless as of those who are dead, and whose bones are scattered in several places.