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Verse Proverbs 18:24. _A MAN_ THAT HATH _FRIENDS MUST SHOW HIMSELF
FRIENDLY_] Love begets love; and love requires love as its recompense.
If a man do not maintain a friendly carriage, he cannot expect...
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Better, “A man of many companions is so to his own destruction, but
there is a friend (the true, loving friend) etc.” It is not the
multitude of so called friends that helps us. They may only embarras...
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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A MAN.. special various reading called _sevir_ reads _yesh,_ instead
of _ish_, which means "there is", or "there are "instead of "a man".
It occurs three times: here, 2 Samuel 14:19, and Micah 6:10.
F...
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_A man that hath friends_ Lit. A MAN OF FRIENDS, i.e. one who _makes
many friends_, R.V.; makes them too easily and indiscriminately.
_must shew himself friendly_ Rather, _doeth it_ TO HIS OWN
DESTRU...
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STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24
1.
How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
2.
How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
3.
What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14?
4.
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A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a
friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
A MAN (THAT HATH) FRIENDS (ASSOCIATES) MUST SHOW HIMSELF FRIENDLY
(SOCIAL): AND THERE...
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18:24 friends (e-5) Or 'companions,' 'associates,' Psalms 38:11 .
friend (f-14) Lit. 'lover,' as Psalms 38:11 . see ch. 14.20....
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RV 'He that maketh many friends _doeth it_ to his own destruction;
but'
'The friend thou hast, and his adoption tried,
Grapple him to thy soul with hooks of steel.
But do not dull thy palm with enter...
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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A MAN THAT HATH FRIENDS MUST SHEW HIMSELF FRIENDLY. — Rather, _a man
of many friends will suffer loss,_ for he will impoverish himself by
constant hospitality, and in trouble they will desert him (Psa...
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אִ֣ישׁ רֵ֭עִים לְ הִתְרֹעֵ֑עַ וְ
יֵ֥שׁ אֹ֝הֵ֗
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly: and there is a
friend [that] sticketh closer (q) than a brother.
(q) That is, often such are found who are more ready to do pleasure,
than he tha...
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_Brother. The ties of nature are not so strong as those of friendship.
(Calmet) --- Hebrew, "a man that hath friends must shew himself
friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a broth...
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REFLECTIONS.
Reader! what a blessed thing it is to sit down under the teaching of
the Holy Ghost; and while this book of God appears indeed truly
parables, and must continue so unexplained, until that...
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He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour
cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and
parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be won...
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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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A MAN [THAT HATH] FRIENDS MUST SHOW HIMSELF FRIENDLY,.... Friendship
ought to be mutual and reciprocal, as between David and Jonathan; a
man that receives friendship ought to return it, or otherwise h...
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A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a
friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
Ver. 24. _A man that hath friends, &c._] For _Cos amoris amor,_ Love
is the whetston...
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_A man that hath friends_ Hebrew, _a man of friends;_ either, 1st, Who
desires the friendship of others; or, 2d, Who professes friendship to
others; _must show himself friendly_ Must perform all kind...
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V. 24. A MAN THAT HATH FRIENDS MUST SHOW HIMSELF FRIENDLY, rather, a
man who has all the world for his friend will fail in true friendship,
for he will hardly stand up for well-defined principles; AND...
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A MAN THAT HATH FRIENDS, Heb. _a man of friends_; either,
1. Who desires the friendship of others. Or,
2. Who professeth friendship to others. THAT STICKETH CLOSER to him
that desires and needs his...
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Proverbs 18:24 man H376 friends H7453 friendly H7489 (H8710) is H3426
friend H157 (H8802) closer H1695 brother...
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Proverbs 18:24
When Christian people talk of a friend that sticketh closer than a
brother, there is commonly one Friend in their mind, the best Friend,
the most faithful, and sympathetic, and mighty,...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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_A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly._
DUTIES TO EQUALS, NEIGHBOURS, FRIENDS, HUSBAND, AND WIFE
The carriage of equals to one another should be friendly and equal on
both sides. Almos...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:24. The first clause of this verse should be “A man of
many friends will prove himself base, or is so to his own
destruction,” _i.e._, he who professes to regard everybod...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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1 Chronicles 12:38; 1 Samuel 19:4; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 30:26;...
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A man — Heb. A man of friends; who desires the friendship of others....