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The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. See also: Proverbs 19:21Proverbs 16:9Luke 21:14-15All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives. See also: Proverbs 21:21 Samuel 16:7Luke 16:15Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed. See also: Psalms 37:4-5Proverbs 3:6Psalms 55:22The LORD has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil. See also: 2 Peter 2:9Isaiah 43:21Romans 9:22Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; they shall certainly not be unpunished. See also: Proverbs 6:16-17Proverbs 8:13Proverbs 11:21By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. See also: Proverbs 14:16Job 28:282 Corinthians 7:1When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. See also: Romans 8:311 John 3:222 Chronicles 17:10Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. See also: Proverbs 15:16Psalms 37:161 Timothy 6:6-9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps. See also: Proverbs 19:21Psalms 37:23Proverbs 16:1Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth. See also: Isaiah 32:1-2Genesis 44:15Genesis 44:5Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work. See also: Proverbs 11:1Proverbs 20:10Proverbs 20:23It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness. See also: Proverbs 25:5Proverbs 29:14Luke 12:48Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth. See also: Proverbs 14:35Psalms 101:5-7Proverbs 22:11The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. See also: Proverbs 20:2Proverbs 19:12Ecclesiastes 10:4In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain. See also: Psalms 72:6Job 29:23-24Acts 2:28How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. See also: Proverbs 8:10-11Matthew 16:26Proverbs 8:19The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul. See also: Isaiah 35:8Proverbs 10:9Proverbs 19:16Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall. See also: Proverbs 11:2Isaiah 2:11-12Proverbs 18:12It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud. See also: Matthew 5:3Isaiah 57:15Psalms 138:6He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in the LORD is blessed. See also: Jeremiah 17:7-8Isaiah 26:3-4Isaiah 30:18The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction. See also: Proverbs 16:23-24Proverbs 15:7Isaiah 50:4Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly. See also: Proverbs 13:14John 5:24Matthew 15:14The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. See also: Proverbs 15:28Matthew 12:34-35Proverbs 22:17-18Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. See also: Proverbs 12:18Proverbs 24:13-14Proverbs 4:22There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. See also: Proverbs 14:12Proverbs 12:152 Corinthians 13:5The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on. See also: Ecclesiastes 6:7Proverbs 14:232 Thessalonians 3:8-12A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire. See also: James 3:6Proverbs 6:14Psalms 17:14-15A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends. See also: Proverbs 17:9Romans 1:29James 3:14-16A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good. See also: Proverbs 2:12-15Proverbs 12:262 Peter 3:17One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil. See also: Matthew 13:15Proverbs 6:12-14Proverbs 16:27Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness. See also: Proverbs 20:29Leviticus 19:32Proverbs 3:1-2One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city. See also: James 1:19Proverbs 25:28Proverbs 15:18The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. See also: Proverbs 18:18Jonah 1:7Acts 1:26
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)22 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 16:1
Ver. 1. It is the part of man, &c. That is, a man should prepare in his heart and soul what he is to say; but after all, it must be the Lord that must govern his tongue, to speak to the purpose. Not that we can think any thing of good without God's grace: but after that we have (with God's grace) thought and prepared within our souls what we would speak; if God does not govern our tongue, we shall not succeed in what we speak. Ch. --- He well put into our mouths what we have to say to persecutors. Lu. xxi. 14. He often causes us to utter the reverse of what we intended,, as Balaam did. Num. xxiii. M. --- The fairest prospects miscarry without God's blessing. The enemies of grace would infer from this text, that the beginning of salvation depends on free-will.
But S. Aug. (con. 2. epist. Pelag. ii. 8.) has solidly refuted them, and Solomon does not mean that man acts alone. C. viii. 35. Sept. Jo. xv. 5. and 2 Cor. iii. 5.
"Man," says S. Aug. "does no good things, which God does not cause him to perform." C. --- The Scripture cannot contradict itself. A fresh grace is requisite to execute what God has enabled us to devise, v. 9. W.
↑ 1Proverbs 16:2
Ver. 2. Open. Or approved. M. --- Heb. "pure in his own eyes." He sees not his own defects. C.
xxi. 2. Job xxviii. 23. C.
↑ 2Proverbs 16:3
Ver. 3. Open. Heb. "roll on," and refer all to God's glory. M. Ps. xxxvi. 5.
↑ 3Proverbs 16:4
Ver. 4. Day. His obduracy is of his own choice, and must serve to set the divine justice in the clearest light. Eccli. xxxii. 14. Ex. ix. 16. Others hence infer that predestination is gratuitous, and reprobation in consequence of sin. It seems rather that temporal goods and evils are here meant. C.
↑ 4Proverbs 16:5
Ver. 5. Hand. And he seems to be very quiet. C. xi. 21. Sept. "but he who putteth his hand in hands unjustly, to make a contract, is," &c. --- The, &c. is taken from the Rom. Sept. and occurs before. C. xv. 27.
↑ 5Proverbs 16:6
Ver. 6. Mercy to the distressed. C. iii. 3. and xiv. 22.
↑ 6Proverbs 16:7
Ver. 7. Peace. Thus Jacob, Joseph, Daniel, &c. were admired by their former enemies.
↑ 7Proverbs 16:10
Ver. 10. Judgment. Or "let it not err," as people look upon the decisions of kings as so many oracles. We ought to act in this manner, as long as they are not visibly unjust. God gave a principal spirit (Ps. l. 14.) to Saul, David, Solomon, and to the judges whom he appointed, 1 K. x.
9. Deut. xxxiv. 9. Judg. iii. 10. C. --- Solomon was thus enabled to decide difficult cases. M.
Job xxix. 7.
↑ 10Proverbs 16:11
Ver. 11. Bag. Many read sæculi, "of the world." So Ven. Bede, &c. All God's appointments are perfectly just. C. xi. 21. It was the custom for people to carry balances to weigh money, before it was coined. C.
↑ 11Proverbs 16:13
Ver. 13. Loved. Yet none are more exposed to flattery and deceit than kings.
Senec. ep. xxi.
↑ 13Proverbs 16:15
Ver. 15. Life. A mild government resembles a serene sky. Sen. Clem. Job xxix.
23.
↑ 15Proverbs 16:16
Ver. 16. Get. Sept. "the nests of wisdom...and the nests of prudence;" or Churches of Christ, or places of education, may be intended. C.
↑ 16Proverbs 16:18
Ver. 18. Fall. Our first parents had given way to pride, before they sinned publicly. S. Aug. de Civ. Dei. xiv. 13.
↑ 18Proverbs 16:21
Ver. 21. Shall. Heb. "adds learning," both to himself and to others. Those who are wise and eloquent, must be preferred before those who have only the former qualification. C.
↑ 21Proverbs 16:23
Ver. 23. Heart. Or knowledge. H. --- Wisdom gives beauty to eloquence.
↑ 23Proverbs 16:26
Ver. 26. Mouth. The want of food. Eccle. vi. 7.
↑ 26Proverbs 16:27
Ver. 27. Diggeth. Earnestly pursues. --- Fire. Jam. iii. 16. C.
↑ 27Proverbs 16:28
Ver. 28. Words. Prot. "a whisperer separateth chief friends."
↑ 28Proverbs 16:30
Ver. 30. Lips. These motions indicate fury and pensiveness.
↑ 30Proverbs 16:31
Ver. 31. Justice. To the just longevity is promised. C.
↑ 31Proverbs 16:32
Ver. 32. Valiant. Sept. Alex. adds, "and a prudent man than a great farmer."
Georgiou. H. ---
Cities. To govern the passions is more difficult. S. Greg. Past. iii. p. Adm. x. S.
Tho. ii. 2. q.
128. a. 6.
Latius regnes avidum domando
Spiritum, quam si Lybiam, &c. Hor. ii. Od. 2.
↑ 32Proverbs 16:33
Ver. 33. Lord. So the apostles had recourse to them, (Acts i. 26.) as the Cophts and Nestorians still do when there is a dispute about the election of a patriarch. Renaudot iv. Perpet. i. 7. and 9.
--- This mode may settle disputes. C. xviii. 18. But we must not have recourse to it, except where the Church permits, lest we become the dupes of an idle curiosity. C. --- Nothing happens by chance. S. Aug. de Civ. Dei. v. 9. --- Sept.
"all things come into the breast of the unjust; but all just things proceed from the Lord." H.
↑ 33License: 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