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Verse Proverbs 25:17. _WITHDRAW THY FOOT_] Another proverb will
illustrate this: "Too much familiarity breeds contempt....
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Let thy foot be seldom in the house of thy friend, etc. Though thy
visits were sweet as honey, he may soon learn to loathe them....
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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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WEARY. full of....
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_Withdraw thy foot_ So Vulg., subtrahe pedem tuum. Lit. MAKE RARE THY
FOOT. The R.V. adopts the marginal reading of A.V., LET THY FOOT BE
SELDOM IN. σπάνιον εἴσαγε σὸν πόδα πρὸς
σεαυτοῦ φίλον, LXX....
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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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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
WITHDRAW (HEBREW, MAKE RARE) THY FOOT FROM THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE;
LEST HE BE WEARY OF THEE. Do not make th...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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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)
V1 Here are more of Solomon’s proverbs (wise words). The officia...
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הֹקַ֣ר רַ֭גְלְךָ מִ בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ
פֶּן ־יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗ וּ שְׂנֵאֶֽךָ׃...
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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 unsearchabl...
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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...
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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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_Having. Hebrew, "being tired of thee." No man is so perfect, but he
will manifest some defect, and become importunate. (Calmet) Nulli te
facias nimis sodalem. (Martial)_...
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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
follow...
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WITHDRAW THY FOOT FROM THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE,.... Not but that it is
commendable to be neighbourly and friendly, or for one neighbour to
visit another; but then it should not be very frequent; a man s...
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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and [so] hate thee.
Ver. 17. Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house.] This is a
honey that thou mayest surfeit on, theref...
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_Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house_ Visit him not too
frequently nor unseasonably: do not, upon every light occasion,
interrupt his weightier affairs, nor intrude upon him, and take up his...
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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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WITHDRAW THY FOOT FROM THY NEIGHBORS HOUSE:
Or, let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbors house
WEARY OF THEE:
_ Heb._ full of thee...
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WITHDRAW THY FOOT FROM THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE, visit him not too
frequently nor unseasonably, lest he be weary of thee, and so hate
thee, as men are apt to loathe those meats of which they surfeit, as...
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Proverbs 25:17 Seldom H3365 (H8685) foot H7272 neighbors H7453 house
H1004 weary H7646 (H8799) hate H8130 (H8804) you
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's - or, Let thy foot be seldom in
thy neighb...
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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 tow...
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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 Proverbs 1:1 came into
existence, at earliest, in the reign of Hezekiah (reigned 715–686...
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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_
OBTRUSIVEN...
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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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Genesis 19:2; Genesis 19:3; Judges 19:18; Romans 15:24...
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Withdraw — Visit him not too frequently....