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The craving of wanderers for news from the home that they have left is
as a consuming thirst, the news that quenches it as a refreshing
fountain....
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IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH
CHAPTER 25
Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the
guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...
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FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance
to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and
synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets.
PROVERBS...
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GOOD NEWS, &C. Illustrations: Jacob (Genesis 45:25); Paul (Colossians
1:3; Colossians 1:4.Ephesians 1:15;...
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As _cold waters_, &c. Comp.
"quale per æstum
Dulcis aquæ saliente sitim restinguere rivo."
Virg. _Ecl_. 25:46, 47.
_good news_, &c. Comp. Proverbs 15:30, and for illustration, "The
heart of Jacob t...
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TEXT Proverbs 25:20-28
20.
As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon
soda,
So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart,
21.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread t...
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As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
(AS) COLD WATERS TO (LITERALLY, UPON; CF. ) A THIRSTY SOUL, SO (IS)
GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY - (cf. .) Such were "the good...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 25
MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS)
(PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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We wait for news about our friends and relatives. They may be distant,
but we still care about them. And we are glad to hear their good news.
We ourselves may have many troubles. But their good news c...
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GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY. — This is suggestive of the little
communication which in old times took place between distant countries....
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מַ֣יִם קָ֭רִים עַל ־נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה
וּ שְׁמו
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CHAPTER 26
THE KING
"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is
to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable...
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SELF-CONTROL AND KINDLINESS
Proverbs 25:15-28
In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the
varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is
a man hard as a b...
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We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon.
These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous
collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...
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_Tidings. Hebrew and Septuagint. The Vulgate seems rather to speak of
a "good messenger." Homer said that a good messenger honoured the
business most. (Pindar, Pyth. viii.) (Calmet)_...
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The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue. It is better to dwell in the corner of the
housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. As cold
waters...
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_THE REFRESHMENT OF GOOD NEWS_
‘As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.’
Proverbs 25:25
I. HEAVEN IS THE ‘FAR COUNTRY’ TO US POOR CHILDREN OF THE EARTH
TO-DAY.—(1) It...
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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] COLD WATERS TO A THIRSTY SOUL,.... Water is naturally cold; and
is by classic writers expressed by "cold" itself c, and is very
refreshing to one athirst through heat: or, "to a weary soul" d; to...
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Pro. 25:25. Good news from our friends at a distance, who have been
gone long from us. Heaven is a far country - a far country especially
to sinners, who have gone far off from God to the very borders...
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_As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country_
“Good and certain news, especially from a far country, (from whence
it is hard to have any true intelligence,) is as grateful to...
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As cold waters to a thirsty soul, producing the same feeling of
refreshment, SO IS GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY, that concerning an
absent friend or relative....
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TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the
basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to
recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
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Because it comes thither more rarely and difficultly after it hath
been long expected and earnestly desired; all which circumstances make
it more acceptable....
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Proverbs 25:25 cold H7119 water H4325 weary H5889 soul H5315 good
H2896 news H8052 far H4801 country H776...
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Proverbs 25:25
I. Heaven is the "far country" to us poor children of the earth today.
(1) It is a far country possibly as measured by distance. (2) It is a
far country more especially from the fact th...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The
way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...
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Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a
thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...
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_As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country._
GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY
We live in a little world. It is simply that we are a part of it that
it seems to us so great. By...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:25_
COLD WATER AND GOOD NEWS
I. TWO BLESSINGS OFTEN ARDENTLY LONGED FOR. In these days of travel,
many more can enter into the spirit of this analogy than in the days...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-29:27
PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by
"the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest
blessing to the king and his subjects...
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Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he
became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by
Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a
per...
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1 Timothy 1:15; 2 Samuel 23:15; Exodus 17:2; Exodus 17:3; Exodus 17:6;...
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So — Because it comes more rarely and difficultly, after it hath
been long expected....