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The marginal reading is far more accurate and gives a better sense.
The northwest wind in Palestine commonly brings rain, and this was
probably in the thought of the writer....
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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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DRIVETH AWAY. bringeth forth. Hebrew. _hul._ an angry countenance.
Supply the Ellipsis thus: by adding "[produceth]"....
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_driveth away_ Rather, BRINGETH FORTH, A.V. marg., R.V. text. The
rendering of A.V. text follows the Vulg., dissipat pluvias, and is
apparently supported by Job 37:22: "Fair weather," or "golden
brigh...
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THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN, &C.— See the _Observations,_ p.
37....
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TEXT Proverbs 25:20-28
20.
As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon
soda,
So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart,
21.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread t...
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The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue.
THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN; SO (DOTH) AN ANGRY COUNTENANCE A
BACKBITING TONGUE. So Vulgate. The north wind...
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25:23 tongue. (a-13) Or 'So doth a backbiting (lit. 'secret') tongue,
an angry countenance.'...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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DRIVETH AWAY] RV 'bringeth forth.'...
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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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Perhaps you do not want a friend to hear your words. So you whisper.
Your friend might not hear your actual words. But he knows that you
are whispering. So your friend guesses that your words are not...
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THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN. — The marginal rendering is
probably more correct: “The north wind bringeth forth rain;_”_ but
as this seems to be opposed to Job 37:22, it has been thought that the...
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ר֣וּחַ צָ֭פֹון תְּחֹ֣ולֵֽל גָּ֑שֶׁם
וּ פָנִ֥ים...
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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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Rain; (Symmachus; Protestants) or marginal note, "bringeth forth
rain." (Haydock) --- But St. Jerome, who live in the country, knew
that this wind was rather dry; and therefore he has abandoned the
Se...
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The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue. It is better to dwell in the corner of the
housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. As cold
waters...
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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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THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN,.... So the geographer w says, the
swift north wind drives away the moist clouds; which usually come from
the opposite quarter, the south. The word used has the signif...
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The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue.
Ver. 23. _The north wind drives away rain._] Hence Homer calls it
αιθρηγενουτην, the fair weather maker, and Jero...
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_The north wind_, &c. “As the sharpness of the north wind scatters
clouds, and drives away rain, so a severe countenance, full of
indignation against him that traduces his neighbour, not only gives a...
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The north wind driveth away rain, blowing from the north, it produces
rain, it blows up a rain-storm; SO DOTH AN ANGRY COUNTENANCE A
BACKBITING TONGUE, for if the tongue is busy spreading slander, it...
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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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THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN, SO DOETH AN ANGRY COUNTENANCE A
BACKBITING TONGUE:
Or, The North wind bringeth forth rain, so doeth a backbiting tongue,
an angry countenance...
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AN ANGRY COUNTENANCE in the hearer, who by his countenance showeth his
dislike of such persons and practices. A BACKBITING TONGUE, Heb. _a
secret tongue_, which privily slandereth his neighbour, as it...
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Proverbs 25:23 north H6828 wind H7307 forth H2342 (H8787) rain H1653
backbiting H5643 tongue H3956 angry H2194
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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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_The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue._
RIGHTEOUS ANGER
The marginal reading, which is, “The north wind bringeth forth rain:
so doth a backbiting tongue...
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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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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:23 The NORTH WIND is not the usual
source of RAIN in Palestine. When it is, it brings unexpected and
damaging rain. This is like a BACKBITING TONGUE, which
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 25:23. DRIVETH AWAY. Rather “_Brings forward the
rain-clouds_.” Most modern commentators adopt this rendering of the
verb, and read the latter phrase to suit the metaphor—“_...
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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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2 Corinthians 12:20; Job 37:22; Proverbs 26:20; Psalms 101:5;...