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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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_and_ BUT _he layeth up_&c. (R.V.) gives the sense more forcibly.
Comp. 2 Samuel 3:27....
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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...
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He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within
him;
HE THAT HATETH DISSEMBLETH WITH, [RATHER, AS THE CHALDAIC AND
VULGATE, AND AS THE NIPHAL VOICE REQUIRES, 'IS KNOWN BY,' y...
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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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_בִּ֭_†_שְׂפָתָיו_† יִנָּכֵ֣ר
שֹׂונֵ֑א וּ֝ בְ קִרְבֹּ֗ו יָשִׁ֥ית
מִרְמָֽה׃...
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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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_Lips. He will speak of what he hates much._...
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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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HE THAT HATETH DISSEMBLETH WITH HIS LIPS,.... He that bears a grudge
in his mind, and retains hatred in his heart against any person, hides
it all he can, till he has an opportunity of showing it as h...
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He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within
him;
Ver. 24. _He that hateth dissembleth with his lips._] And so heaps sin
upon sin, till he be transformed into a breathing dev...
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_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...
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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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DISSEMBLETH:
Or, is known...
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DISSEMBLETH, OR, CARRIETH HIMSELF LIKE ANOTHER MAN; pretends love and
kindness; which sense seems to agree best both with the next clause of
this verse, and with the two following verses,...
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Proverbs 26:24 hates H8130 (H8802) disguises H5234 (H8735) lips H8193
up H7896 (H8799) deceit H4820 within H7130
dissembleth - or, is known
deceit - Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 12:5, Proverbs 12:17, Prov...
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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 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...
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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 be expose...
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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, “_...
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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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Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 12:20; Proverbs 12:5; Proverbs
14:8...