Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Proverbs 27:12-13
Of the former of these verses, see on Proverbs 22:3, and of the latter, on Proverbs 20:16.
Of the former of these verses, see on Proverbs 22:3, and of the latter, on Proverbs 20:16.
Verse Proverbs 27:12. _A PRUDENT_ MAN _FORESEETH THE EVIL_] The very same as Proverbs 22:3....
Compare the marginal reference....
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...
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...
ARE PUNISHED. pay the penalty....
See Proverbs 22:3 and notes....
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...
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Note, ....
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...
See Proverbs 22:3....
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....
A PRUDENT MAN FORESEETH THE EVIL. — See above on Proverbs 22:3....
עָר֤וּם רָאָ֣ה רָעָ֣ה נִסְתָּ֑ר פְּ֝תָאיִ֗ם עָבְר֥וּ...
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...
“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...
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...
(e) A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished. (e) See Proverbs 22:3...
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment tha...
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...
A PRUDENT [MAN] FORESEETH THE EVIL,.... Proverbs 22:3; or "seeth the evil" f; the evil of sin, as it is contrary to the nature, will, and law and abominable in his sight; and not only the evil of gro...
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished. Ver. 12. _A prudent man foreseeth the evil._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 22:3 _"_...
WISDOM AND HUMILITY GO HAND IN HAND...
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, he is able to judge the signs of the times, AND HIDETH HIMSELF; BUT THE SIMPLE PASS ON AND ARE PUNISHED, they come to harm because they take no steps to avoid it. cf...
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...
This was delivered PROVERBS 22:3, and is here repeated to enforce the foregoing exhortation, by representing the great advantage of wisdom....
Proverbs 27:12 prudent H6175 foresees H7200 (H8804) evil H7451 hides H5641 (H8738) simple H6612 on H5674 ...
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...
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...
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...
_A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished._ EYES AND NO EYES The distinction is not between “goodness” and “wickedness,” but between strength and...
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...
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 ...
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...
2 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:7; Exodus 9:20; Exodus 9:21; Hebrews 11:7;...
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...