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DECEITFUL - Better, abundant. Very lavish is the enemy of the kisses
that cover perfidy, but lavish of them only. His courtesy goes no
deeper....
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V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON
In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have
noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the
phrases “My son” and the persona...
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A collection of aphorisms on various subjects.
PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that
vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his
anger.
Proverbs 27:4 a...
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FAITHFUL, &C. Illustrations: Nehemiah (Nehemiah 5:7. Compare Nehemiah
6:2); Jehu (2 Chronicles 19:2).
DECEITFUL. Hebrew. _'athar =_ effusive (i.e. abundant) and empty (as
vapour). See note on...
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_deceitful_ This rendering follows the _fraudulenta_of the Vulgate;
whereas _earnest_(A.V. marg.) may be due to the ἑκούσια of the
LXX. The alternative rendering of A.V. marg., _frequent_, or, as it i...
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CHAPTER 27
TEXT Proverbs 27:1-9
1.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
For thou knowest now what a day may bring forth.
2.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not th...
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful.
FAITHFUL (MARKS OF TRUE KINDNESS, AND FOR ONE'S TRUE GOOD, PSALMS
141:5 ) ARE THE WOUNDS OF (I:E., INFLICTED BY) A FRI...
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27:6 friend; (b-7) As ch. 18.24. strictly, 'one who loves.'...
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SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE
4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6).
5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his
faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 27
V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow.
You do not know what will happen tomorrow....
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A word of correction might be unpleasant. You do not want your friend
to see your error. And you may not want your friend to talk about such
matters. But he warns you because you are wrong. He speaks...
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FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND — _i.e.,_ the “open rebuke”
of the previous verse, the “smiting” and “reproof” of Psalms
142:5.
THE KISSES OF AN ENEMY ARE DECEITFUL. — Rather, _plentiful,_
shower...
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נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אֹוהֵ֑ב וְ֝
נַעְתָּרֹ֗ות נְשִׁיקֹ֥ות...
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CHAPTER 28
LIVING DAY BY DAY
"Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will
bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1
"The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men
ar...
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“HEARTY COUNSEL”
Proverbs 27:1-22
The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs
27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29.
Friends, according to the original se...
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Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for
rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to
rebuke.
Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
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Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
[are] (c) deceitful.
(c) They are flattering and seem friendly....
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_Enemy. Joab slew Amasa, while he kissed him, 2 Kings xx. 9., and
Matthew xxvi. 48. True friendship is not attentive to outward
appearances._...
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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and
not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a
fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ange...
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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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FAITHFUL [ARE] THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND,.... That is, friendly reproofs;
which, though they may be severe, at least thought so, and may grieve
and wound, and cause pain and uneasiness for the present, y...
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Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
[are] deceitful.
Ver. 6. _Faithful are the wounds of a friend._] And are therefore to
be prayed for; "but the kisses of an enemy are...
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_Open rebuke is better than secret love_ “He that takes an ingenuous
liberty to tell others of their faults, and rebukes them freely, when
need requires, to their face, is a better friend, a more valu...
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HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the
outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered
are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
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DECEITFUL:
Or, earnest, or frequent...
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FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS; they proceed from an upright, and truly
loving, and faithful soul, and really promote the good of the person
reproved. _The wounds_; the sharpest reproofs, which for the prese...
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Proverbs 27:6 Faithful H539 (H8737) wounds H6482 friend H157 (H8802)
kisses H5390 enemy H8130 (H8802) deceitful...
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Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth._
Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do
when we come to any age, or what sh...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence
and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
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Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes
compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in
the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
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_Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful._
GOD’S FRIENDSHIP AND SATAN’S ENMITY
True friends are scarce. The old cynic who went about in broad
daylight with a lig...
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_Open rebuke is better than secret love._
CHARITABLE REPROOF
Self-love is so natural to us, that as it makes us apt to flatter
ourselves on all occasions, so it inclines us to accept too easily of
th...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:5 OPEN REBUKE gives a person the chance
to reflect on the course he or she is taking. HIDDEN LOVE sees
problems but does not try to help the person....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 27:5. SECRET LOVE. Zöckler and Hitzig understand this love
to be that “_which from false consideration dissembles, and does not
tell his friend of his faults when it should...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 27:1
These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in
subject.
PROVERBS 27:1
BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may
bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1).
Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New
Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...
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2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 20:9; Hebrews 12:10; Job 5:17
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MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE
Proverbs 27:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and
with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament
w...
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Wounds — The sharpest reproofs. Kisses — All the outward
profession of friendship....