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Verse Proverbs 27:5. _OPEN REBUKE_ IS _BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE._]
_Plutarch_ gives an account of a man who, aiming a blow at his enemy's
life, cut open an imposthume, which by a salutary discharge sa...
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SECRET LOVE - Better, love that is hidden; i. e., love which never
shows itself in this one way of rebuking faults. Rebuke, whether from
friend or foe, is better than such love....
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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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_secret_ Better, with R.V., THAT IS HIDDEN; i.e. that does not
manifest itself in rebuke, when it is needed.
Maurer quotes aptly from Seneca, _Ep_. 25, and Plautus _Trinum_. Acts
1. Sc. ii., 57; and...
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OPEN REBUKE IS BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE— He who takes an ingenuous
liberty to tell others of their faults, and rebuke them freely when
need requires to their face, is a more valuable friend, though per...
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CHAPTER 27
TEXT Proverbs 27:1-9
1.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
For thou knowest now what a day may bring forth.
2.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not th...
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Open rebuke is better than secret love. OPEN REBUKE IS BETTER THAN
SECRET LOVE - is better than the love which is hidden in the heart,
and does not perform the outward offices of love, in aiding, ame...
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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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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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A word of correction might be unpleasant. You do not want your friend
to see your error. And you may not want your friend to talk about such
matters. But he warns you because you are wrong. He speaks...
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SECRET LOVE — i.e., that never discloses itself in acts of kindness,
not even in “open rebuke” when such is needed....
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טֹ֖ובָה תֹּוכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽ
אַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃...
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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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_Love. Which can be of no service to us, while reproof may cause us to
amend._...
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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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OPEN REBUKE [IS] BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE. This is to be understood,
not of rebuke publicly given; though Aben Ezra thinks public reproof
is meant, which, arising from love, is better than that which i...
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Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
Ver. 5. _Open rebuke is better than secret love._] For, after the
nature of pills, rebuke, though it be not toothsome, yet it is
wholesome, and a sure sign o...
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_Open rebuke is better than secret love_ “He that takes an ingenuous
liberty to tell others of their faults, and rebukes them freely, when
need requires, to their face, is a better friend, a more valu...
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EXALTATION OF SELF LEADS TO FOLLY...
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Open rebuke is better than secret love, that is, censure applied
openly and honorably is much to be preferred to such a pretense of
love as dissembles and refuses to rebuke a neighbor's fault where
pr...
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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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OPEN REBUKE, Heb. _which is manifested or discovered_, either,
1. Publicly and before others, when it is needful; in which case,
though it put a man to some shame, yet it doth him good. Or,
2. Privat...
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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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_Open rebuke is better than secret love._
CHARITABLE REPROOF
Self-love is so natural to us, that as it makes us apt to flatter
ourselves on all occasions, so it inclines us to accept too easily of
th...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:5 OPEN REBUKE gives a person the chance
to reflect on the course he or she is taking. HIDDEN LOVE sees
problems but does not try to help the person....
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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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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 Timothy 5:20; Galatians 2:14; Leviticus 19:17; Matthew 18:15;...
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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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Open — When it is needful, in which case, though it put a man to
some shame yet it doth him good. Better — More desirable and
beneficial. Secret love — Which does not shew itself by friendly
actions,...