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Verse Proverbs 27:26. _THE LAMBS_ ARE _FOR THY CLOTHING_] So many
_fleeces_ are given in some places as _rent_ to the landlord....
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The verses sing the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its
flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared with the
commerce of a later time, with money as its chief or only wealth...
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V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON
In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have
noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the
phrases “My son” and the persona...
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A collection of aphorisms on various subjects.
PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that
vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his
anger.
Proverbs 27:4 a...
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GOATS. he goats....
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FOR RICHES ARE NOT FOR EVER, &C.— See Hiller. pars 2: p. 9. The
author of the Observations remarks, that _milk_ is a great part of the
diet of the eastern people. Their _goats_ furnish them with some...
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TEXT Proverbs 27:19-27
19.
As in water face answereth face,
So the heart of man to man.
20.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21.
The refining pot...
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The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the
field.
THE LAMBS (ARE) FOR THY CLOTHING - with their fleeces.
AND THE GOATS (ARE) THE PRICE OF THE FIELD - you can buy the fiel...
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SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE
4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6).
5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his
faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
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Sell your stock, and with the proceeds buy clothing and land....
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Solomon is describing a farm. He warns the farmer to be responsible.
If the farmer does not work, he could lose his land. But if the farmer
works hard, his family will be content. The sheep and goats...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 27
V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow.
You do not know what will happen tomorrow....
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AND THE GOATS ARE THE PRICE OF THE FIELD — _i.e.,_ you can purchase
a field from the profit of your goats....
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כְּבָשִׂ֥ים לִ לְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ מְחִ֥יר
שָׂ֝דֶ֗ה...
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CHAPTER 28
LIVING DAY BY DAY
"Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will
bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1
"The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men
ar...
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Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for
rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to
rebuke.
Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
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_Field. If thou wishest to purchase, or to pay the workmen._...
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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that
reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;
but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment tha...
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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 LAMBS [ARE] FOR THY CLOTHING,.... This is another argument,
exciting to diligence in the pastoral calling, taken from the profit
arising from it: the wool of the lambs, or rather "sheep", as many...
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The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the
field.
Ver. 26. _The lambs are for thy clothing._] _Ad esum et ad usum,_ for
food and raiment a profitable creature. Some creatu...
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_The hay appeareth, and the tender grass_ In their proper seasons.
These and the following things are mentioned as further arguments and
encouragements to persuade to diligence: God invites thee to it...
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The lambs are for thy clothing, their fleece furnishing wool for
garments, AND THE GOATS ARE THE PRICE OF THE FIELD, their value being
so great that the money obtained by their sale will pay for the f...
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WISDOM AND HUMILITY GO HAND IN HAND...
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HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the
outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered
are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
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THE LAMBS ARE FOR THY CLOTHING; by their wool and skins, either used
to clothe thyself with or sold to purchase all manner of clothing for
thyself and family. THE GOATS ARE THE PRICE OF THE FIELD; by...
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Proverbs 27:26 lambs H3532 clothing H3830 goats H6260 price H4242
field H7704
Job 31:20...
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Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth._
Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do
when we come to any age, or what sh...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence
and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
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Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes
compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in
the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 27:23_
MODEL FARMING
These words were especially applicable to the Israelitish people in
their early history, when every family lived upon its own domain...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 27:1
These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in
subject.
PROVERBS 27:1
BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may
bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1).
Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New
Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...
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Job 31:20...
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MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE
Proverbs 27:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and
with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament
w...
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The price — By the sale whereof thou mayest either pay the rent of
the field which thou hirest, or purchase fields or lands. Goats might
better be spared and sold than sheep, which brought a more cons...