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Verse Proverbs 26:25. _WHEN HE SPEAKETH FAIR_] For there are such
hypocrites and false friends in the world.
_BELIEVE HIM NOT_] Let all his professions go for nothing.
FOR THERE ARE _SEVEN ABOMINATI...
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SEVEN ABOMINATIONS - Compare Proverbs 26:16 note. Here “seven”
retains, perhaps, its significance as the symbol of completeness. Evil
has, as it were, gone through all its work, and holds its accursed...
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CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD
Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different
words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which
signifies weakness....
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THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets
dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually
corrupt and defective.
PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of s...
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SPEAKETH FAIR. maketh his voice gracious....
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THERE ARE SEVEN ABOMINATIONS IN HIS HEART— i.e. A great variety of
base and wicked designs....
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TEXT Proverbs 26:20-28
20.
For lack of wood the fire goeth out;
And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
21.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to...
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FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS
1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 26
V1 Snow should not fall in summer.
Rain should not fall during the harvest....
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Here is an evil man who speaks clever words. And some people think
that his words are wonderful. They do not realise that his plans are
evil. They do not know his evil ideas. And if they trust him, th...
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SEVEN ABOMINATIONS. — See above on Proverbs 26:16, and comp.
“seven spirits” (Matthew 12:45) and “seven devils” (Mark
16:9)....
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כִּֽי ־יְחַנֵּ֣ן קֹ֖ולֹו אַל
־תַּֽאֲמֶן ־בֹּ֑ו...
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CHAPTER 27
THE FOOL
"As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for
a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the
back of fools. Answer not a fool accord...
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Verse Proverbs 26:2. Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is
unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm.
Verses Proverbs 26:3. In this group of proverbs the fool is the
subject. The...
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When he speaketh kindly, believe him not: for [there are] (l) seven
abominations in his heart.
(l) Meaning many: he uses a certain number for the uncertain....
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The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and
rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool
returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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WHEN HE SPEAKETH FAIR, BELIEVE HIM NOT,.... Gives good words, flatters
with his lips, pretends great kindness and favour, expresses himself
in a very gracious and amiable manner, in order to gain atte...
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_When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven
abominations in his heart._
Ver. 25. _When he speaketh fair, believe him not._] Nηφε και
μεμνησο απιστειν. Take heed whom you trust; "be...
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_He that hateth dissembleth with his lips_ Hebrew, ינכר, _carries
himself like another man_, that is, pretends love and kindness; _and
layeth up deceit within him_ Means, by counterfeiting kindness, o...
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when he speaketh fair, making his voice and speech pleasant, BELIEVE
HIM NOT; FOR THERE ARE SEVEN ABOMINATIONS IN HIS HEART, hateful and
loathsome plans and projects engage his attention, Matthew 12:4...
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CONCERNING BUSYBODIES...
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THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the
work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to
the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred....
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SPEAKETH FAIR:
_ Heb._ maketh his voice gracious...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Proverbs 26:25 speaks H6963 kindly H2603 (H8762) believe H539 (H8686)
seven H7651 abominations H8441 heart H3820
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two
ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and
hear mor...
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Proverbs 26:1. _As snow in summer,_ which beats down the fruits; _and
as rain in harvest,_ which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is
honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wast...
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_He that hateth dissembleth with his lips._
CLANDESTINE HATRED
I. It is often greatly disguised. “Burning lips and a wicked heart
are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
II. It is excessivel...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:23 These verses concern the liar. He
artfully disguises his lies, and one should take care not to be fooled
by him (vv. Proverbs 26:23). Eventually his lies will
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 26:23. BURNING LIPS—_i.e._, “lips whence come ardent
expressions of friendship.” SILVER DROSS. Impure silver not freed
from the dross.
PROVERBS 26:24. LAYETH UP, rather, “_...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 26:1
Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception,
perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening.
The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to
any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...
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Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 9:2; Micah 7:5; Matthew 24:23; Proverbs 6:16