Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Proverbs 17:8
He who gives a bribe regards it as a precious stone, a stone which brings favour; whithersoever he turns he prospers. Philip of Macedon boasted that he had taken more towns with silver than with iron.
He who gives a bribe regards it as a precious stone, a stone which brings favour; whithersoever he turns he prospers. Philip of Macedon boasted that he had taken more towns with silver than with iron.
Verse Proverbs 17:8. _A GIFT_ IS AS _A PRECIOUS STONE_] It both enriches and ornaments. In the latter clause there is an evident allusion to _cut stones_. Whithersoever you _turn them_, they _reflect...
A half-satirical description of the power of bribery in palaces and among judges. The precious stone (literally as in the margin) is probably a gem, thought of as a talisman, which, “wherever it turns...
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
HIM THAT HATH IT. its owner (the bribed, not the briber). PROSPERETH. it sparkles. And he loves to look at it and keep it. Compare "gift", Proverbs 17:23....
_him that hath it_ Lit. ITS LORD or POSSESSOR. This may mean either the giver, or the receiver of it. The former sense seems preferable. He who has a gift to bestow counts himself the possessor of tha...
A GIFT IS AS A PRECIOUS STONE, &C.— A gift is so tempting, that it can be no more refused than a precious jewel by him to whom it is presented, if he be not under the influences of Divine grace, and t...
CHAPTER 17 TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10 1. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. 2. A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that ca...
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. A GIFT (IS AS) A PRECIOUS STONE (LITERALLY, A STONE OF GRACE) IN THE EYES OF HIM THAT HATH IT...
17:8 stone (m-6) Lit. 'stone of favour.'...
Again, Solomon uses humour. He does not want us to give bribes (secret gifts). Solomon teaches that bribes are terrible. Bribes encourage people to do evil things. See Proverbs 15:27. A bribe (secret...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 17 V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place. But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there are arguments....
A GIFT IS AS A PRECIOUS STONE... — A description of the influence of bribery: — _A bribe is as a jewel in the eyes of him that receives it; whithersoever he turns he prospers_: all his energies are ca...
אֶֽבֶן ־חֵ֣ן הַ֭ שֹּׁחַד בְּ עֵינֵ֣י בְעָלָ֑י
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to h...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
A bribe [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: wherever it (c) turneth, it prospereth. (c) The reward has great force to gain the hearts of men....
_Expecteth heavenly things. Septuagint, "instruction is the reward of good deeds to those who use it."_...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
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 GIFT [IS AS] A PRECIOUS STONE IN THE EYES OF HIM THAT HATH IT,.... Or "is a stone of grace" h, the note of similitude being wanting. It is an ornament of grace, adorns the person that wears it, make...
A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. Ver. 8. _A gift is as a precious stone, &c._] Heb., As a stone of grace. Like that precious s...
_A gift is as a precious stone_, &c. “A gift is so tempting that it can no more be refused than a lovely jewel can, by him to whom it is presented; and such is its power, that it commonly prevails ove...
V. 8. A GIFT IS AS A PRECIOUS STONE, literally, "a stone of loveliness," of charming grace, IN THE EYES OF HIM THAT HATH IT, the reference apparently being to the case of one who is stimulated by the...
A PRECIOUS STONE: _ Heb._ a stone of grace...
AS A PRECIOUS STONE; pleasant and acceptable, and withal dazzleth his eyes. OF HIM THAT HATH IT, Heb. _of the lord_ or _owner of it_; either, 1. Of the giver; or rather, 2. Of the receiver of it, who...
Proverbs 17:8 present H7810 precious H2580 stone H68 eyes H5869 possessor H1167 turns H6437 (H8799) prospers H7919 ...
THE FOLLIES OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:8). The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and this now leads on to consideration of the activities of fools (kesil) (Proverbs 17:21 vi...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See Proverbs 15:17. Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:8 A BRIBE IS LIKE A MAGIC STONE... PROSPERS. The writer observes that those who offer bribes often get what they want, but he does not condone such actions (compare note o...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 17:8. A GIFT. Some expositors understand this in the sense of a bribe. Delitzsch translates the whole verse—“The gift of bribery appears a jewel to its receiver, whithersoeve...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
1 Samuel 25:35; 2 Samuel 16:1; Deuteronomy 16:19; Exodus 23:8;...
A precious stone — Pleasant and acceptable; and withal dazzles his eyes. Whithersoever — To whomsoever it is presented. But this, as also many of her proverbs, are to be understood of most men, not of...