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GRIEVETH HIM - Better, wearieth him....
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CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD
Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different
words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which
signifies weakness....
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THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets
dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually
corrupt and defective.
PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of s...
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HIDETH. burieth.
BOSOM. dish, as in 2 Kings 21:13; 2 Kings 19:24.
IT GRIEVETH HIM. It is hard for him, or he is too lazy....
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his _bosom_ Rather, THE DISH, as in Proverbs 19:24, where see note.
_grieveth_ Rather, WEARIETH. It is too much trouble to him....
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TEXT Proverbs 26:9-19
9.
As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10.
As an archer that woundeth all,
So is he that hireth a fool and he that...
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The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring
it again to his mouth.
THE SLOTHFUL HIDETH HIS HAND IN HIS BOSOM; IT GRIEVETH HIM TO BRING
IT AGAIN TO HIS MOUTH (note ). He won...
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FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS
1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 26
V1 Snow should not fall in summer.
Rain should not fall during the harvest....
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Now, the lazy man has a meal. He is lazy. But he knows how to take
things. And lazy people often take things from other people. For
example, a lazy person might ask for a gift.
But the lazy person do...
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THE SLOTHFUL HIDETH HIS HAND IN HIS BOSOM. — See above on Proverbs
19:24....
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טָ֘מַ֤ן עָצֵ֣ל יָ֭דֹו בַּ †
צַּלָּ֑חַת נִ֝לְאָ֗ה...
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CHAPTER 27
THE FOOL
"As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for
a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the
back of fools. Answer not a fool accord...
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Verse Proverbs 26:2. Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is
unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm.
Verses Proverbs 26:3. In this group of proverbs the fool is the
subject. The...
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The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and
rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool
returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?...
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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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THE SLOTHFUL HIDETH HIS HAND IN [HIS] BOSOM,.... To keep it warm;
Jarchi's note is,
"he puts his hand in a hot basin, because of the cold.''
The word c for "bosom" does sometimes signify a "pot" or...
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The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring
it again to his mouth.
Ver. 15. _The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom._] _See Trapp on
"_ Pro 19:24 _"_...
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_The slothful man saith_, &c. “In this and the following verses,
three degrees of sloth are represented; the first, when a man is loath
to stir out of doors about his business in the field, Proverbs 2...
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The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom, rather, he dips it into the
large bowl on the table with the intention of getting food for
himself; IT GRIEVETH HIM TO BRING IT AGAIN TO HIS MOUTH, he is
act...
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CONCERNING FOOLS AND SLUGGARDS...
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THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the
work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to
the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred....
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IT GRIEVETH HIM:
Or, he is weary...
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He will not take the least pains for the most necessary things....
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two
ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and
hear mor...
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Proverbs 26:1. _As snow in summer,_ which beats down the fruits; _and
as rain in harvest,_ which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is
honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wast...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:13 These proverbs focus on the
SLUGGARD. He looks ridiculous in his laziness (vv. Proverbs 26:13)
even while considering himse
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 26:15. IN HIS BOSOM. Rather, IN THE DISH, as in chap.
Proverbs 19:24.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 26:12_
SELF-CONCEIT AND INDOLENCE
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 26:1
Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception,
perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....
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Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening.
The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to
any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...
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Proverbs 19:24...