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Verse Proverbs 27:10. _THINE OWN FRIEND_] A well and long tried friend
is invaluable. Him that has been a friend to thy _family_ never
_forget_, and never _neglect_. And, in the time of adversity, rat...
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“Better is a neighbor” who is really “near” in heart and
spirit, than a brother who though closer by blood, is “far off” in
feeling....
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V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON
In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have
noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the
phrases “My son” and the persona...
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A collection of aphorisms on various subjects.
PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that
vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his
anger.
Proverbs 27:4 a...
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THY FATHER'S FRIEND. Illustrations: Hiram (1 Kings 5:1. Compare
Proverbs 27:12); Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 9:6; 2 Samuel 9:7. Compare...
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The aim of this proverb is not of course to depreciate natural
affection, but to warn against pressing unduly the claims of kinship
and blood relationship, on which, with the sanction of the Law of
Mo...
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TEXT Proverbs 27:10-18
10.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to
thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far...
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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go
into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a
neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
THINE OWN FRIE...
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SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE
4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6).
5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his
faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
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Some young people will not ask older people to help them. But often, a
family friend is more willing to help than your own friends. Your
father’s friend used to help your father, and perhaps your
fath...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 27
V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow.
You do not know what will happen tomorrow....
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BETTER IS A NEIGHBOUR THAT IS NEAR. — See above on Proverbs 17:17;
Proverbs 18:24. “Near” and “far off” — _i.e._, in feeling....
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רֵֽעֲךָ֙ _וְ_†_רֵ֪עַ_† אָבִ֡יךָ אַֽל
־תַּעֲזֹ֗ב וּ...
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CHAPTER 28
LIVING DAY BY DAY
"Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will
bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1
"The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men
ar...
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“HEARTY COUNSEL”
Proverbs 27:1-22
The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs
27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29.
Friends, according to the original se...
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Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for
rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to
rebuke.
Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
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Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into
thy brother's (d) house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is]
a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
(d) Do n...
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_Affliction. He will be less compassionate than a tried friend. ---
Better, &c. This daily experience evinces. "Those who purchase land,
should consider if there be plenty of water, and a neighbour....
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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and
not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a
fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ange...
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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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THINE OWN FRIEND, AND THY FATHER'S FRIEND FORSAKE NOT,.... Who have
been long tried and proved, and found faithful; these should be kept
to and valued, and not new ones sought; which to do is oftentim...
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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go
into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is]
a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
Ver. 10. T...
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_Thine own friend, and thy father's friend_ Of whose friendship thou
hast had long experience; _forsake not_ But betake thyself to him,
when thou art in distress, rather than to thy natural brother or...
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EXALTATION OF SELF LEADS TO FOLLY...
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Thine own friend and thy father's friend forsake not, for they are
reliable, having been found tried and true; NEITHER GO INTO THY
BROTHER'S HOUSE IN THE DAY OF THY CALAMITY, since a relationship by
b...
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HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the
outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered
are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
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THY FATHER'S FRIEND, of whose friendship thou hast had long
experience. NEITHER GO INTO THY BROTHER'S HOUSE, to wit, for comfort
and relief, and so as to forsake or neglect thy friend for him. BETTER...
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Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth._
Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do
when we come to any age, or what sh...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence
and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
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Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes
compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in
the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
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_Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off._
SOCIABILITY
This proverb points out that when assistance is needed the near
neighbour, though he may love less, is more useful than the br...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:7 Each of these four proverbs teaches
an element of wisdom that stands on its own, but they have additional
use when taken together. Verses Proverbs 27:7 and...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 27:5. SECRET LOVE. Zöckler and Hitzig understand this love
to be that “_which from false consideration dissembles, and does not
tell his friend of his faults when it should...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 27:8. PLACE, rather “_home_.”
Proverbs 27:9. This verse is obscurely rendered in the English
version. Delitzsch translates “_Oil and frankincense rejoice the
heart, and the...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 27:1
These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in
subject.
PROVERBS 27:1
BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may
bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1).
Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New
Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...
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1 Kings 12:6; 2 Chronicles 24:22; 2 Samuel 19:24; 2 Samuel 19:28;...
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MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE
Proverbs 27:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and
with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament
w...
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Neither go — For comfort and relief, so as to forsake thy friend for
him. A neighbour — The friend, who hath shewed himself to be a good
neighbour. Near — In affection....