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Verse Proverbs 19:24. _A SLOTHFUL_ MAN _HIDETH HIS HAND IN_ HIS
_BOSOM_] Is too lazy to feed himself, If he dip his hand _once_ in the
dish, he is too lazy to put it in a _second_ time. It is a strang...
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HIDETH HIS HAND IN HIS BOSOM - Better, dippeth his hand in the dish
(compare 2 Kings 21:13). The scene brought before us is that of an
Eastern feast. There are no knives, or forks, or spoons. Every gu...
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III. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON
CHAPTER 19:20-29
Beginning with the twentieth verse of chapter 19 the personal address
begins again and we read repeatedly the phrase “My son” up to the
twenty-fif...
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CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who
is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about
frett...
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PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the
attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral
government of the world which we find in Job.
PROVERBS 19:1. FOO...
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BOSOM. bowl or wide dish. 2 Kings 21:13. Compare Matthew 26:23....
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_hideth his hand in his bosom_ Rather, BURIETH HIS HAND IN THE DISH
(R.V.), after the Oriental fashion of eating. See Proverbs 26:15,
where this clause occurs again. Comp. Matthew 26:23. The Heb. word...
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A SLOTHFUL MAN— This verse contains a most elegant but hyperbolical
description of a man who has given himself up to sloth; who refuses to
do things as easy pulling his hand out of his bosom, and as n...
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TEXT Proverbs 19:21-29
21.
There are many devices in a man's heart;
But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
22.
That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness;
And a poor man is bet...
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A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as
bring it to his mouth again.
A SLOTHFUL (MAN) HIDETH HIS HAND IN (HIS) BOSOM. So the Septuagint,
Syriac, and Arabic. The Hebrew...
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1. FOOL] read, 'rich' (Proverbs 28:6)....
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RV 'The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,' etc.: the allusion is
to the large dish in the centre into which all dip (Mark 14:20)....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 19
V1 A man may be poor but he still remains honest.
He is better than the fool, whose words are false....
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Solomon uses humour here. This is a very lazy man. He is too lazy,
even to eat. This means the same as verse 15. A lazy man refuses to
work, so he will earn nothing. Because he earns nothing, he will...
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A SLOTHFUL MAN HIDETH HIS HAND IN HIS BOSOM. — Better, in the _dish_
that stood in the middle of the table at an Oriental dinner, into
which the guests dipped their hands to take out the food for
them...
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טָ֘מַ֤ן עָצֵ֣ל יָ֭דֹו בַּ †
צַּלָּ֑חַת גַּם...
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CHAPTER 20
HUMAN FREEDOM
"The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth
against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3
THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb in
th...
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CHAPTER 29
AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT
"He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13
"Happy is the man that feareth...
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Verse Proverbs 19:7. This is the only case in this first collection of
proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely
that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been lost...
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A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a
wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the inheritance of
fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. Slothfulness...
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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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A SLOTHFUL [MAN] HIDETH HIS HAND IN [HIS] BOSOM,.... In cold weather
to keep it warm, and at other times, as unwilling to use it in labour;
it is the proper posture and just attitude of a slothful man...
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A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much
as bring it to his mouth again.
Ver. 24. _A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom._] The Latins
say, He wraps it in his cloak...
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_A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom_ Either to keep it warm
in cold weather, or to give it rest, being unwilling to fatigue it
with the labour of any action; _and will not bring it to his mou...
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V. 24. A SLOTHFUL MAN HIDETH HIS HAND IN HIS BOSOM, rather, he plunges
it into the wide dish which contained the principal food of the
family, AND WILL NOT SO MUCH AS BRING IT TO HIS MOUTH AGAIN, too...
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HIDETH HIS HAND IN HIS BOSOM; either to keep it warm in cold weather;
or to give it rest, being loth to oppress it with the labour of any
action. It is a sarcastical hyperbole. WILL NOT SO MUCH AS BRI...
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Proverbs 19:24 lazy H6102 buries H2934 (H8804) hand H3027 bowl H6747
bring H7725 mouth H6310 again H7725 ...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: If we keep God's Word, God's Word will keep us from all
things that are really hurtful. Those who despise the ways of His W...
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Proverbs 19:1. _Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,_ in
simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse,
and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of me...
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_A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom._
A PROTEST AGAINST LAZINESS
Most critics substitute the word “dish” for “bosom” here: “A
slothful man hideth his hand in his dish.” This certainly makes...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 19:22. THE DESIRE OF A MAN, &c. Rather “_A man’s delight_
(or glory) _is his beneficence_, or _A man’s kindness is what makes
him desirable_, or _is a desirable adornment_....
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 19:1
BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor"
is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifie
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Better is the poor that walks in his integrity [or in honesty], than
he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be
without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with...
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Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 15:19; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 24:30;...
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Bring it — To feed himself; he expects that the meat should drop
into his mouth....