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Compare Proverbs 17:21. Here is added a reference to the sorrow which
the folly of a child brings especially to the mother....
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CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS
Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a
few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the
LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
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PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to
a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes
(Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
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TEXT Proverbs 17:20-28
20.
He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good;
And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow;
And the fa...
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A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that
bare him.
A FOOLISH SON (IS) A GRIEF TO HIS FATHER, AND BITTERNESS TO HER THAT
BARE HIM. The mother, as having to a greater degre...
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1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the
festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was
accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
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This son refuses to learn to be wise. So, the son acts foolishly. He
upsets his parents. And they suffer because of him.
V26 Do not punish an innocent man!
Do not whip honest officials!
V27 A man w...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 17
V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place.
But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there
are arguments....
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כַּ֣עַס לְ֭ אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וּ֝
מֶ֗מֶר
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CHAPTER 18
FRIENDSHIP
"A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for
adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of
the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to h...
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Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this
proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that
of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
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A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the
presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. He that ha...
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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 FOOLISH SON [IS] A GRIEF TO HIS FATHER,.... Because of his folly and
wickedness, and the ruin he is bringing himself to;
AND BITTERNESS TO HER THAT BARE HIM; a cause of bitterness of soul to
his mo...
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_A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that
bare him._
Ver. 25. _A foolish son is a grief to his father._] _See Trapp on "_
Pro 10:1 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Pro 15:20 _"_...
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_A foolish son_, &c. This was said before, Proverbs 15:20, and
elsewhere; but he here repeats it, as a point of great moment and
constant use, and as a powerful motive to oblige both children to
condu...
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V. 25. A FOOLISH SON IS A GRIEF TO HIS FATHER, causing him sorrow and
mourning, AND BITTERNESS TO HER THAT BARE HIM, by the vexation which
he causes....
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This he said before, PROVERBS 15:20, and elsewhere; but he here
repeats it as a point of great moment and constant use, and as a
powerful motive to oblige both children to carry themselves wisely and...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is
silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech.
KEY W...
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Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See
Proverbs 15:17.
Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or
crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:23 Verses Proverbs 17:23 and Proverbs
17:26 speak of justice being thwa
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:25 The picture of a FOOLISH SON
grieving the mother WHO BORE HIM expands on v. Proverbs 17:21 (see a
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 17:1
(Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
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Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of
sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1).
Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in
that economy the of the Judai...
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2 Samuel 13:1; Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Proverbs 10:1;...