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CHAPTER XXVI
_Honour is not seemly in a fool. The correction and treatment_
_suitable to such. Of the slothful man. Of him who interferes_
_with matters which do not concern him. Contentions to be_...
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In Palestine there is commonly hardly any rain from the early showers
of spring to October. Hence, “rain in harvest” became sometimes
(see the marginal reference) a supernatural sign, sometimes, as he...
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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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SNOW IN SUMMER... RAIN. These are as rare and as exceptional as honour
is to. fool.
A FOOL. Hebrew. _kesil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7....
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_rain in harvest_ "For six months in the year no rain falls [in
Palestine], and the harvests are gathered in without any of the
anxiety with which we are so familiar lest the work be interrupted by
un...
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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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As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly
for a fool.
AS SNOW IN SUMMER, AND AS RAIN IN HARVEST (ARE UNSEASONABLE AND
INJURIOUS TO CROPS); SO HONOUR ... FOR A FOOL. God so...
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26:1 fool. (d-15) _ Kesil_ . so in all this passage, vers. 1 to 12.
see ch. 1.7....
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The Palestinian seasons were more regular than ours (1 Samuel 12:17)....
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FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS
1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
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We all know the seasons in our own countries. We know when to expect
rain or snow. We know what should happen.
And we know the reaction that an evil man deserves. A fool is an evil
man who hates wisd...
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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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XXVI.
(1) AS RAIN IN HARVEST. — This was very unusual in Palestine (comp.
1 Samuel 12:17, _sqq._)_,_ and of course very unsuitable for carrying
on the work of harvest.
SO HONOUR IS NOT SEEMLY FOR A F...
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כַּ † שֶּׁ֤לֶג ׀ בַּ † קַּ֗יִץ וְ...
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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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_Glory and power. A fool in a high office will endanger himself and
the public; (Calmet) while the virtuous, seeing that merit is not
regarded, will not push themselves forward. (\'c6schines.)_...
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CONTENTS.
Under various similitudes, the Proverbs are continued to shew the
wisdom of the wise, and the sad conduct of foolish men.
Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour...
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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 SNOW IN SUMMER, AND AS RAIN IN HARVEST,.... Which were very
undesirable and unseasonable, yea, very hurtful to the fruits of the
earth; and a great obstruction to the labourers in the harvest, and...
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_As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly
for a fool._
Ver. 1. _So honour is not seemly for a fool._] Honour is the reward
of virtue; dignity should wait upon desert. _Sed d...
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_As snow in summer_, &c. Unseasonable and unbecoming; _so honour is
not seemly for a fool_ Because he neither deserves it, nor knows how
to use it, and his folly is both increased and manifested by it...
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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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PROVERBS CHAPTER 26 Rules how to carry it towards fools, PROVERBS
26:1. The slothful man described, PROVERBS 26:13. The character of a
contentious man, and of a busybody, and tale-bearer, Proverbs 26:...
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Proverbs 26:1 snow H7950 summer H7019 rain H4306 harvest H7105 honor
H3519 fitting H5000 fool H3684
in summer -...
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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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_As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly
for a fool _
HONOUR PAID TO THE WICKED UNSEEMLY AND PERNICIOUS
The respect which man pays his fellow is often grounded on reasons...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 26:1_
A GIFT WRONGLY BESTOWED
I. TO HONOUR SOME MEN IS BOTH SEEMLY AND RIGHT. The snow and the rain
come from heaven by Divine command, and are indispensable to the
beaut...
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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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1 Samuel 12:17; 1 Samuel 12:18; Ecclesiastes 10:5; Esther 3:1;...