Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 26:25
When he speaketh kindly, believe him not: for [there are] (l) seven abominations in his heart.
(l) Meaning many: he uses a certain number for the uncertain.
When he speaketh kindly, believe him not: for [there are] (l) seven abominations in his heart.
(l) Meaning many: he uses a certain number for the uncertain.
Verse Proverbs 26:25. _WHEN HE SPEAKETH FAIR_] For there are such hypocrites and false friends in the world. _BELIEVE HIM NOT_] Let all his professions go for nothing. FOR THERE ARE _SEVEN ABOMINATI...
SEVEN ABOMINATIONS - Compare Proverbs 26:16 note. Here “seven” retains, perhaps, its significance as the symbol of completeness. Evil has, as it were, gone through all its work, and holds its accursed...
CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which signifies weakness....
THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of s...
SPEAKETH FAIR. maketh his voice gracious....
THERE ARE SEVEN ABOMINATIONS IN HIS HEART— i.e. A great variety of base and wicked designs....
TEXT Proverbs 26:20-28 20. For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth. 21. As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to...
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. WHEN HE SPEAKETH FAIR, (MAKETH HIS VOICE GRACIOUS) ... (THERE ARE) SEVEN (I:E., THE WHOLE RANGE OF) ABOMINATI...
FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 26 V1 Snow should not fall in summer. Rain should not fall during the harvest....
Here is an evil man who speaks clever words. And some people think that his words are wonderful. They do not realise that his plans are evil. They do not know his evil ideas. And if they trust him, th...
SEVEN ABOMINATIONS. — See above on Proverbs 26:16, and comp. “seven spirits” (Matthew 12:45) and “seven devils” (Mark 16:9)....
כִּֽי ־יְחַנֵּ֣ן קֹ֖ולֹו אַל ־תַּֽאֲמֶן ־בֹּ֑ו...
CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool accord...
Verse Proverbs 26:2. Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3. In this group of proverbs the fool is the subject. The...
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?...
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...
WHEN HE SPEAKETH FAIR, BELIEVE HIM NOT,.... Gives good words, flatters with his lips, pretends great kindness and favour, expresses himself in a very gracious and amiable manner, in order to gain atte...
_When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart._ Ver. 25. _When he speaketh fair, believe him not._] Nηφε και μεμνησο απιστειν. Take heed whom you trust; "be...
_He that hateth dissembleth with his lips_ Hebrew, ינכר, _carries himself like another man_, that is, pretends love and kindness; _and layeth up deceit within him_ Means, by counterfeiting kindness, o...
when he speaketh fair, making his voice and speech pleasant, BELIEVE HIM NOT; FOR THERE ARE SEVEN ABOMINATIONS IN HIS HEART, hateful and loathsome plans and projects engage his attention, Matthew 12:4...
CONCERNING BUSYBODIES...
THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred....
SPEAKETH FAIR: _ Heb._ maketh his voice gracious...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Proverbs 26:25 speaks H6963 kindly H2603 (H8762) believe H539 (H8686) seven H7651 abominations H8441 heart H3820
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and hear mor...
Proverbs 26:1. _As snow in summer,_ which beats down the fruits; _and as rain in harvest,_ which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wast...
_He that hateth dissembleth with his lips._ CLANDESTINE HATRED I. It is often greatly disguised. “Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. II. It is excessivel...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:23 These verses concern the liar. He artfully disguises his lies, and one should take care not to be fooled by him (vv. Proverbs 26:23). Eventually his lies will
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 26:23. BURNING LIPS—_i.e._, “lips whence come ardent expressions of friendship.” SILVER DROSS. Impure silver not freed from the dross. PROVERBS 26:24. LAYETH UP, rather, “_...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 26:1 Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening. The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...
Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 9:2; Micah 7:5; Matthew 24:23; Proverbs 6:16