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Verse Proverbs 26:19. _AM NOT I IN SPORT?_] How many hearts have been
made sad, and how many reputations have been slain, by this kind of
_sport_! "I designed no harm by what I said;" "It was only in...
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The teacher cuts off the plea which people make when they have hurt
their neighbor by lies, that they “did not mean mischief,” that
they were “only in fun.” Such jesting is like that of the madman
fli...
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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....
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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...
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DECEIVETH. Hebrew. _ramah._ See note on Proverbs 11:18. Not the same
word as in Proverbs 26:26....
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_in sport_ Fatal mischief may come of thoughtlessness apart from
malice....
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TEXT Proverbs 26:9-19
9.
As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10.
As an archer that woundeth all,
So is he that hireth a fool and he that...
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As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
AS A MAD (MAN), WHO CASTETH FIREBRANDS, ARROWS, AND DEATH, SO (IS)
THE MAN (THAT) DECEIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR, AND SAITH, AM NOT I IN SPORT?
Com...
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FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS
1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 26
V1 Snow should not fall in summer.
Rain should not fall during the harvest.
And a fool should not receive honour.
V2 A bird does not stop...
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כֵּֽן ־אִ֭ישׁ רִמָּ֣ה אֶת ־רֵעֵ֑הוּ
וְ֝ אָמַ֗ר הֲֽ לֹא ־מְשַׂחֵ֥ק אָֽנִי׃...
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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...
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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. Th...
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So [is] the man [that] deceiveth (i) his neighbour, and saith, Am not
I in sport?
(i) Who disguises himself to be that which he is not....
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_Jest. He will not escape, no more than the person who had committed
murder involuntarily, if he were not in a city of refuge, Numbers
xxxv. 22._...
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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?...
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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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SO [IS] THE MAN [THAT] DECEIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR,.... By telling him a
lie; or by reporting false things concerning him; or by cheating him
in trade and commerce; or by taking his goods privately from h...
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So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in
sport?
Ver. 19. _Am not I in jest?_] The wicked man's mirth is usually mixed
with mischief. It is no sport, unless he may have t...
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_As a madman_ Hebrew, כמתלהלה, _as one that makes, or feigns
himself mad_, in order that, under that pretence, he may do mischief
with impunity; _casteth firebrands, arrows, and death_ Any instruments...
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CONCERNING BUSYBODIES...
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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....
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That wrongs him under a false pretence of kindness and familiarity....
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Proverbs 26:19 man H376 deceives H7411 (H8765) neighbor H7453 says
H559 (H8804) joking H7832 (H8764)
and - Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 14:9, Proverbs 15:21; Ephesians 5:4;...
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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...
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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...
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_He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife._
MISCHIEVOUS CITIZENS
I. The meddler (Proverbs 26:17).
1. His conduct defined.
2. His mischief indicated. Renders himself liable to the anger of one,...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:17 These proverbs describe a person who
uses his WORDS carelessly.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 26:17. MEDDLETH, rather, “_is excited_.”
PROVERBS 26:21. COALS TO BURNING COALS—_i.e., “black coals to
burning_,” etc.
PROVERBS 26:22. A repetition of chap. Proverbs 18:8....
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 26:1
Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception,
perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22).
PROVERBS 26:1
AS SNOW IN SUMMER, AND AS RAIN IN HARV...
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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...
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2 Peter 2:13; Ephesians 5:4; Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs
15:21...