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Verse Proverbs 26:20. _WHERE NO WOOD IS_, THERE _THE FIRE GOETH OUT_]
The tale-_receiver_ and the tale-_bearer_ are the agents of discord.
If none received the slander in the _first_ instance, it cou...
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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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_talebearer_ Rather, WHISPERER, as the word is rendered in Proverbs
16:28. The Vulg. has _susurro_here and in Proverbs 26:22 below, but
_verbosus_in Proverbs 16:28, and _bilinguis_in...
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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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Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
WHERE NO WOOD IS, (THERE) THE FIRE GOETH OUT; SO WHERE (THERE IS) NO
TALEBEARER, THE STRIFE CEASETH...
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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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A fire will not burn without fuel. When someone gossips, their words
are like fuel. And an argument is like fire. So, if people do not
gossip, they avoid arguments. We should learn to be careful with...
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בְּ אֶ֣פֶס עֵ֭צִים תִּכְבֶּה ־אֵ֑שׁ
וּ בְ
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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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_Faileth. Hebrew, Symmachus, Calmet, "aboundeth, the fire is bright,
or flourisheth" (Septuagint) (Haydock)_...
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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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WHERE NO WOOD IS, [THERE] THE FIRE GOETH OUT,.... Or "woods" h; where
there is a large quantity of wood or fuel, the fire is kept up; but
where there is little, scarce any or none at all, it goes out...
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Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Ver. 20. _Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out._] _Lignis ignis
conservatur._ So is strife b...
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_Where no wood is, the fire goeth out:_ &c. As the fire will soon be
extinguished if you take away the fuel that feeds it; _so, where there
is no tale-bearer_ To carry such reports from one to another...
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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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WHERE NO WOOD IS:
_ Heb._ without wood
TALEBEARER:
Or, whisperer
CEASETH:
_ Heb._ is silent...
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TALE-BEARER, to carry such reports from one to another as may provoke
them to mutual rage and strife....
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Proverbs 26:20 no H657 wood H6086 fire H784 out H3518 (H8799)
talebearer H5372 strife H4066 ceases H8367 ...
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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 passeth by, and meddleth with strife._
MISCHIEVOUS CITIZENS
I. The meddler (Proverbs 26:17).
1. His conduct defined.
2. His mischief indicated. Renders himself liable to the anger of one,...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:17 These proverbs describe a person who
uses his WORDS carelessly.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 26:17. MEDDLETH, rather, “_is excited_.”
PROVERBS 26:21. COALS TO BURNING COALS—_i.e., “black coals to
burning_,” etc.
PROVERBS 26:22. A repetition of
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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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James 3:6; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 22:10; Proverbs 26:22...