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Verse Proverbs 27:22. _THOUGH THOU SHOULDEST BRAY A FOOL_] Leaving all
other conjectures, of which commentators are full, I would propose,
that this is a metaphor taken from _pounding metallic ores_ i...
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BRAY - To pound wheat in a mortar with a pestle, in order to free the
wheat from its husks and impurities, is to go through a far more
elaborate process than threshing. But the folly of the fool is no...
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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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BRAY. pound, pulverize....
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_wheat_ Rather, BRUISED CORN. In the only other place in which it
occurs (2 Samuel 17:19) the word is rendered _ground corn_, A.V., and
_bruised corn_, R.V. See note there in this Series.
Proverbs 27...
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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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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
THOUGH THOU SHOULDEST BRAY A FOOL IN A MORTAR AMONG WHEAT WITH A
PESTLE, (YET...
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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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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.
V2 Do not praise yourself!
Let someone e...
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THOUGH THOU SHOULDEST BRAY (_i.e.,_ pound) a fool (a self-willed,
headstrong person) in a mortar among wheat with a pestle. — This
would separate completely the husks from the wheat; but obstinacy has...
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אִ֥ם תִּכְתֹּֽושׁ ־אֶת ־הָ אֱוִ֨יל ׀
בַּֽ † מַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּ תֹ֣וךְ הָ֭
רִיפֹות בַּֽ † עֱלִ֑י
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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
a...
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“HEARTY COUNSEL”
Proverbs 27:1-22
The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs
27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29.
Friends, according to the original s...
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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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_Mortar. Such were used by those who could not afford handmills.
(Calmet)_...
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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
follow...
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THOUGH THOU SHOULDEST BRAY A FOOL IN A MORTAR AMONG WHEAT WITH A
PESTLE,.... As the manna was, Numbers 11:8; and as wheat beat and
bruised in a mortar, or ground in a mill, retains its own nature; so,...
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
Ver. 22. _Though thou shouldst bray a fool, &c._] The cypress tree,
the more i...
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_Though thou shouldest bray_, &c. “The folly and wickedness of some
men are so incurable, that though unto reproofs, and chidings, and
threatenings, you should add stripes and blows, they would not gr...
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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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Not a natural, but a moral and wilful fool, who by long continuance in
sin is hardened and stupefied, and so incorrigible under all the means
of amendment....
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Proverbs 27:22 grind H3806 (H8799) fool H191 mortar H4388 pestle H5940
along H8432 grain H7383 foolishness H200 depart H5493 (H8799)
Proverbs 23:35; Exodus 12:30, Exodus 14:5, Exodus 15:9
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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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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:19 Just as WATER reflects a person’s
actual appearance, so the HEART reflects a person’s true nature (v.
Proverbs 27:19). While a person may conceal or reveal his heart
th...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 27:21. A MAN TO HIS PRAISE. Delitzsch understands the meaning
to be that a man is valued according to the measure of public opinion.
Ewald, Hitzig, and others, coincide with...
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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 (Proverbs 25:14) of
tomorrow who coun...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Chronicles 28:23; Exodus 12:30; Exodus 14:5;
Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 1:5; Jeremiah 44:15; Jeremiah 44:16; Jeremiah 5:3;...
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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...
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Is foolishness correctable?
PROBLEM: Proverbs 22:15 teaches that “Foolishness is bound up in the
heart of a child, But the rod of correction will drive it far from
him.” But, according to this verse,...