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MAUL - A heavy sledge hammer. The word is connected with
“malleus:” its diminutive “mallet” is still in use....
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IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH
CHAPTER 25
Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the
guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...
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FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance
to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and
synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets.
PROVERBS...
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MAUL. a mallet, or large wooden hammer, or club. From the Latin
_malleus._...
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_a maul_ "i.e. a hammer, a variation of mall, from _malleus_… The
Hebrew and English alike occur in Proverbs 25:18 only. But a
derivative from the same root, and differing only slightly in form, is
fo...
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TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19
11.
A word fitly spoken
Is like applies of gold in network of silver.
12.
As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear....
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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and
a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A MAUL - a heavy hammer or mace used in war (, note; 51:20; 2:1);
literally, that which scatters i...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 25
MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS)
(PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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There are many cruel people who want to attack their neighbour. They
could hurt their neighbour with a whip. Or they might use a sword.
But you can also hurt your neighbour if you lie about him. You...
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A MAUL — _i.e., hammer,_ connected with “malleus” and
“mallet.” A false witness is as mischievous as the most deadly
weapons....
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מֵפִ֣יץ וְ֭ חֶרֶב וְ חֵ֣ץ שָׁנ֑וּן
אִ֥ישׁ
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CHAPTER 26
THE KING
"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is
to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable...
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SELF-CONTROL AND KINDLINESS
Proverbs 25:15-28
In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the
varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is
a man hard as a b...
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We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon.
These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous
collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...
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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee. A man that beareth false witness against his
neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Confidence i...
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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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A MAN THAT BEARETH FALSE WITNESS AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOUR,.... In whose
house he has often been, and whom he has frequently visited; and,
observing what was done there, not only discovers and tells abroa...
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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul,
and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Ver. 18. _Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow_] A "maul,"
hammer, or club, to knock out his b...
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_A man that beareth false witness, &c., is a maul_ Or, _club_, by
which a man's fame and character are beaten down to the ground. _And a
sword, and a sharp arrow_ By his tongue he is as cruel and pern...
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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul and a
sword and a sharp arrow, since his words wound and crush with
unmerciful cruelty....
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TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the
basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to
recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
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Is as cruel and pernicious to him as any instrument of death. The
design of the proverb is to show the wickedness of slander, and that a
false witness is in some respect as bad as a murderer....
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Proverbs 25:18 man H376 bears H6030 (H8802) false H8267 witness H5707
neighbor H7453 club H4650 sword H2719 shar
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The
way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...
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Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a
thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...
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_Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house._
BAD NEIGHBOURS
Here are four kinds.
I. The intrusive. It is pleasant to be visited by a neighbour whose
interest is genuine. Two evils accrue to thos...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 25:17. WITHHOLD. Rather “_Make rare_.”
PROVERBS 25:18. A MAUL. An instrument or weapon shod with iron,
probably a war-club.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:17
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-29:27
PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by
"the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest
blessing to the king and his subjects...
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Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he
became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by
Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a
per...
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James 3:6; Jeremiah 9:3; Jeremiah 9:8; Proverbs 12:18; Psalms 120:3;...
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A sword — Is as cruel and pernicious as any instrument of death....