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FLATTERETH - literally, “The man who opens his lips,” who has no
reticence; such a man, with or without intending it, does the work of
a talebearer....
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CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT
Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found
mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if
applied to Solomon....
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PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs
20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self
characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought.
P...
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MEDDLE. mingle, mix thyself up. Not the same word as in Proverbs 20:3.
LIPS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the flattery
spoken by them....
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_flattereth_with] Rather, OPENETH WIDE, R.V.; dilatat labia sua,
Vulg.; has his mouth always open as a tattling gossip. Comp. the
prohibition of the Law, Leviticus 19:16, and St Paul's rebuke of
"tatt...
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TEXT Proverbs 20:11-20
11.
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,
Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Jehovah hath made even bot...
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He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore
meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
A TALEBEARER - Hebrew, raakiyl (H7400); a detractor; literally, a
trafficker, wh...
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1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man
sneer, quarrel and reel about....
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A 'chatterbox,' not a 'flatterer,' is meant....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts
at you.
If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
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You cannot trust this man. He gossips, so he will tell your secrets to
everyone.
We should not gossip. See James 4:11-12....
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FLATTERETH WITH HIS LIPS. — Rather, _is open with his lips,_ cannot
keep them shut....
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גֹּֽולֶה ־סֹּ֖וד הֹולֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּ
לְ פֹתֶ֥
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CHAPTER 21
IDLENESS
"After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in
the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4
WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is...
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“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN”
Proverbs 20:16-30
What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a
row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine
Nature ever bent...
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Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one
answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour.
Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
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_Lips. And speaketh much. These people are unworthy of our
friendship._...
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou
shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the
buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There is...
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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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HE THAT GOETH ABOUT [AS] A TALEBEARER REVEALETH SECRETS,.... Or, "he
that revealeth secrets goeth about as a talebearer"; a man that has
really got the secrets of others out of them respecting themsel...
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He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore
meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Ver. 9. _He that goeth about as a talebearer._] Therefore make not
such of thy co...
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V. 19. HE THAT GOETH ABOUT AS A TALEBEARER, making it his business to
carry gossip and slander, REVEALETH SECRETS; THEREFORE MEDDLE NOT WITH
HIM THAT FLATTERETH WITH HIS LIPS. cf Proverbs 11:13; Prove...
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FLATTERETH:
Or, enticeth...
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HE THAT GOETH ABOUT AS A TALE-BEARER REVEALETH SECRETS; he that
delighteth in and accustometh himself to the practice of spreading
tales or evil reports, will not forbear to publish the greatest
secre...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be
sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book
of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with
harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
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_Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips._
ON KEEPING AWAY PEOPLE WE DON’T WANT
Not all insects are welcome visitors to plants; there are unbidden
guests who do harm. To their visits there...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 20:18. The first clause may be read, _Establish thy purpose
by counsel_.
PROVERBS 20:19. “HIM THAT FLATTERETH.” Rather, _him that openeth
wide his lips, i.e._, the babbler....
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 20:1
WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from
the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing
what men do under its influence. Thus...
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Into chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1).
He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next
week,...
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Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 16:29; Proverbs 18:8;...