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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. See also: Proverbs 10:12 Proverbs 25:15 Proverbs 15:18The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly. See also: Proverbs 12:23 Proverbs 15:28 Proverbs 13:16The LORD’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good. See also: Hebrews 4:13 Jeremiah 16:17 Jeremiah 23:24A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit. See also: Proverbs 16:24 Proverbs 12:18 Proverbs 18:8A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence. See also: Proverbs 15:31-32 Proverbs 13:18 Proverbs 13:1In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble. See also: Proverbs 8:21 Proverbs 10:22 Proverbs 21:20The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools. See also: Matthew 12:34 Ephesians 4:29 James 3:6The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. See also: Proverbs 15:29 1 Chronicles 29:17 Proverbs 21:27The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who follows after righteousness. See also: 1 Timothy 6:11 Proverbs 21:21 Jeremiah 44:4There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way. Whoever hates reproof shall die. See also: Proverbs 12:1 Proverbs 10:17 Proverbs 13:1Sheol and Abaddon are before the LORD— how much more then the hearts of the children of men! See also: Psalms 44:21 Hebrews 4:13 Psalms 139:8A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise. See also: Amos 5:10 Job 21:14 Proverbs 9:7-8A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit. See also: Proverbs 17:22 John 14:1 Proverbs 18:14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. See also: Proverbs 9:9 Isaiah 30:10 Proverbs 18:15All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast. See also: 2 Corinthians 6:10 Romans 12:12 Proverbs 15:13Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble. See also: Proverbs 16:8 Psalms 37:16 Ecclesiastes 5:10-12Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred. See also: Proverbs 17:1 Proverbs 21:19 Philippians 2:1A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife. See also: Proverbs 15:1 Proverbs 26:21 Proverbs 29:22The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway. See also: Proverbs 22:5 Isaiah 35:8 Proverbs 22:13A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother. See also: Proverbs 29:3 Proverbs 10:1 Proverbs 23:15-16Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight. See also: Ephesians 5:15 Proverbs 10:23 Proverbs 14:16Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established. See also: Proverbs 11:14 Proverbs 20:18 Ecclesiastes 8:6Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time! See also: Isaiah 50:4 Proverbs 25:11-12 Ephesians 4:29The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol. See also: Colossians 3:1-2 Psalms 16:11 Matthew 7:14The LORD will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact. See also: Psalms 146:9 Psalms 68:5-6 Proverbs 23:10The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing. See also: Proverbs 6:16-19 Jeremiah 4:14 Proverbs 15:23He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live. See also: Exodus 23:8 Proverbs 1:19 Jeremiah 17:11The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil. See also: 1 Peter 3:15 Proverbs 29:11 Ecclesiastes 5:2The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. See also: John 9:31 Psalms 145:18-19 Proverbs 15:8The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones. See also: Luke 2:10-19 Isaiah 58:11 Revelation 22:5The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise. See also: Proverbs 15:5 Proverbs 25:12 Proverbs 19:20He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding. See also: Proverbs 1:24-33 Revelation 3:19 Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility. See also: 1 Peter 5:5 Proverbs 1:7 Proverbs 18:12

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)21 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Proverbs 15:1

Ver. 1. Fury. This was seen in Nabal and Roboam, while Gideon and Abigail shewed the good effects of a mild answer. Jud. viii. 1. and 1 K. x. 25. and 3 K.

xii. 11.

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Proverbs 15:2

Ver. 2. Knowledge. It requires to be proposed in a proper manner.

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Proverbs 15:4

Ver. 4. Life. This comparison was become proverbial for something very excellent.

Immoderate. Heb. "perverse." C. --- Evil discourse kills the souls both of those who speak, and of those who pay attention to it. H.

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Proverbs 15:5

Ver. 5. In abundant, &c. Is omitted in Heb. Chal. and many Greek and Latin copies. The same idea is expressed in the following verse.

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Proverbs 15:7

Ver. 7. Unlike. The wise, or themselves. Heb. and Sept. "inconstant."

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Proverbs 15:8

Ver. 8. Wicked. Still unconverted. Eccli. xxxiv. 23. When they repent, and offer sacrifice with sincerity, they will obtain mercy. The Donatists abused this text, to prove that baptism conferred by wicked ministers was unavailing. But S.

Aug. shewed them, that Christ was the principal agent, and conferred grace, even though the minister might draw down judgments on his own head. Con.

Parm. ii. 6. --- Even pagans confessed, that sacrifices, without virtue, could afford no benefit. "God was more pleased with the prayers of the Lacedemonians, than with all the sacrifices of the Greeks," say the idolatrous priests in Plato, Alcib. ii. Seneca de Ben. i. 5.

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Proverbs 15:10

Ver. 10. Instruction. Heb. "a heavy punishment." H. --- The mind which gives way to vice, must have embraced some false doctrine.

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Proverbs 15:11

Ver. 11. Before. Naked. The state of the damned is known to God. C. ix. 18. C.

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Proverbs 15:13

Ver. 13. Down. Compunction is salutary, but worldly grief blameable. C. xxv. 20.

and 2 Cor. vii.

10. S. Greg. past. ii. 10.

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Proverbs 15:15

Ver. 15. Feast. Those who repine at their condition are miserable; while the poor may be delivered from many cares. C. ---

O vitæ tuta facultas

Pauperis angustique laris. Luc. Phar. v.

--- Under affliction every thing displeases; but all delights the cheerful temper.

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Proverbs 15:16

Ver. 16. Content. Sept. "fear." Heb. "with trouble," which is preferable. 1 Tim. vi.

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Proverbs 15:17

Ver. 17. Calf. Or feast after sacrifice. 1 K. xvii. 19. Lu. xv. 23.

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Proverbs 15:19

Ver. 19. Thorns. All seems to them impossible. C. --- In agriculture, however, (H.) "in domestic affairs, negligence is attended with more labour than diligence." Colum. xii. 2.

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Proverbs 15:21

Ver. 21. Fool. He thinks himself the most happy of mortals. C. --- Sept. "the ways of the fools are senseless." H.

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Proverbs 15:22

Ver. 22. Counsel. Heb. "secrecy." --- Established. We put in execution without fear, what has been resolved maturely. C.

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Proverbs 15:24

Ver. 24. Above. Lit. "upon the learned." H. --- One path leads to the realms above. C. --- The wise must be intent on God. M.

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Proverbs 15:26

Ver. 26. Shall by, &c. is not added in Heb. &c. nor in several Latin MSS.

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Proverbs 15:27

Ver. 27. Troubleth. With all sorts of temporal misfortunes. A judge who receives bribes, is accursed. Ex. xxiii. 8. --- By, &c. is not here in Heb. but c.. xvi. 6. S.

Cyprian (3 Test.) found it in his copy. --- Faith, or fidelity and truth, as it is elsewhere expressed. C. iii. 3. These virtues move God to pardon.

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Proverbs 15:28

Ver. 28. Studieth. And speaks deliberately. Sept. Rom. is more embarrassed in the rest of this, and the nine first verses of the following chapter, than the Complut. edition.

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Proverbs 15:30

Ver. 30. Fat. And contributes to health. By less noble motives, the mind is gradually raised to the more excellent.

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Proverbs 15:33

Ver. 33. Lesson. Or "what teacheth." Humility, or docility, as those who acknowledge no master will never be wise. Matt. xxiii. 12. C.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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