Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] (d) friends.
(d) He that admonishes the prince of his fault makes him his enemy.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] (d) friends.
(d) He that admonishes the prince of his fault makes him his enemy.
SEEKETH LOVE - i. e., Takes the course which leads to his gaining it. HE THAT REPEATETH A MATTER - The warning is directed against that which leads a man to dwell with irritating iteration on a past...
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...
TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44. VERY FRIENDS. true friends....
_repeateth_ i.e. brings it up again and again, _harpeth on it_, as R.V. happily renders. Comp. Proverbs 26:11, "a fool repeateth his folly," R.V.; "Heb. iterateth his folly," A.V. marg. _very friends...
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...
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. HE THAT COVERETH A TRANSGRESSION SEEKETH LOVE - (.) Promoteth love (cf. ; ). We ought to 'cove...
17:9 again (a-14) Or 'repeateth a matter.'...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
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....
Sometimes we do not need to point out a mistake. We should forgive other people, and help them not to repeat their errors. See Matthew 18:21-22....
HE THAT COVERETH A TRANSGRESSION SEEKETH LOVE — _i.e.,_ one who does not notice, but rather conceals and excuses, anything done against him; that man “follows after charity” (1 Corinthians 14:1). (Com...
מְֽכַסֶּה ־פֶּ֭שַׁע מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אַהֲבָ֑ה וְ שֹׁנֶ֥ה...
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...
_Friends. Detractors cause dissensions, and even wars._...
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...
HE THAT COVERETH A TRANSGRESSION SEEKETH LOVE,.... He that hides the transgression of another, or of his friend, committed against himself or against another, which he is privy to; but the matter bein...
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends. Ver. 9. _He that covereth a transgression, seeketh love._] In friendship, faults will happen....
_He that covereth a transgression_ That passes by and buries in oblivion a transgression that hath been committed against himself; or that concealeth, as far as he may, other men's faults against thei...
V. 9. HE THAT COVERETH A TRANSGRESSION, in a kindly and charitable manner avoiding the spread of evil reports, SEEKETH LOVE, exercising it in a proper manner; BUT HE THAT REPEATETH A MATTER, referring...
SEEKETH: Or, procureth...
THAT COVERETH A TRANSGRESSION; that concealeth, as far as he may, other men's faults against himself, or against their friends. SEEKETH, i.e. findeth or obtaineth, as this word is used here below, PRO...
Proverbs 17:9 covers H3680 (H8764) transgression H6588 seeks H1245 (H8764) love H160 repeats H8138 (H8802) matter...
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 17:9 These verses include two collections of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 17:9. REPEATETH A MATTER. Most expositors understand this repetition to refer to a revival of a past wrong, but Miller translates “He who falls back into an act,” _i.e._, tr...
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 Peter 4:8; Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 16:28; Psalms 32:1...
Covereth — That conceals as far as he may, other mens faults....