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Better: “As a thorn which is lifted up in the hand of the
drunkard” etc. As such a weapon so used may do mischief to the man
himself or to others, so may the sharp, keen-edged proverb when used
by one...
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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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A DRUNKARD: i.e. insensible to. thorn....
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As _a thorn goeth up into the hand_ i.e. as a thorn or thornbush taken
up by a drunkard wounds himself.
This proverb carries the thought of Proverbs 26:7 a step further. A
parable, or proverb, in the...
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CHAPTER 26
TEXT Proverbs 26:1-9
1.
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
So honor is not seemly for a fool.
2.
As a sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying,
So the curse that...
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TEXT Proverbs 26:9-19
9.
As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10.
As an archer that woundeth all,
So is he that hireth a fool and he that...
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As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in
the mouth of fools.
AS A THORN GOETH UP INTO THE HAND OF A DRUNKARD, SO IS A PARABLE IN
THE MOUTH OF FOOLS - as he knows not how...
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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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This drunk carries a thorn bush. (A thorn bush is a weed with sharp
points.) The drunk will hurt himself. And he might hurt other people.
This fool speaks a proverb (wise words). But he is a fool. So...
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AS A THORN GOETH UP INTO THE HAND OF A DRUNKARD. — Rather, (_As_)_ a
thornbush_ (_which_)_ comes into the hand of a drunkard, so_ (_is_)_ a
parable_ (_which comes_)_ into the mouth of fools._ They kno...
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חֹ֭וחַ עָלָ֣ה בְ יַד ־שִׁכֹּ֑ור וּ֝
מָשָׁ֗ל
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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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[As] a thorn goeth (e) up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a
parable in the mouth of fools.
(e) By which he hurts both himself and others....
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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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[AS] A THORN GOETH UP INTO THE HAND OF A DRUNKARD,.... And he
perceives it not; or being in his hand he makes an ill use of it, and
hurts himself and others with it;
SO [IS] A PARABLE IN THE MOUTH OF...
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Proverbs 26:9 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so
[is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
Ver. 9. _As a thorn goeth up into the hand, &c._] He handleth it
hard, as if it were another...
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_As a thorn_, &c. “It is as dangerous for a fool to meddle with a
proverb as for a drunkard to handle a thorn, wherewith he hurts
himself: but the sharpest saying no more touches a fool with any
compu...
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As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, a branch of a
thorn-bush in the hands of such a person being a dangerous weapon,
since one never knows who will be injured in the inebriate's uncertain...
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CONCERNING FOOLS AND SLUGGARDS...
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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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_ As a thorn is in a drunkard's hand, _ which he cannot hold and
manage cautiously, but employeth to his own and others hurt, SO IS A
PARABLE IN THE MOUTH OF FOOLS; as improper and unprofitable, and,...
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Proverbs 26:9 thorn H2336 goes H5927 (H8804) hand H3027 drunkard H7910
proverb H4912 mouth H6310 fools H3684...
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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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_A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the
fool’s back._
ASPECTS OF A FOOL
Sin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the material, the
temporal for the eternal, the pure joys...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 26:3. To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned
respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembered that the
Eastern ass is often quite as spirited an...
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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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Proverbs 23:35...
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A thorn — As a thorn is in a drunkard's hand, which he cannot manage
cautiously, but employs to his own and others hurt. So — As
unprofitable, and, by accident, hurtful to himself and others....