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Proverbs 26 |
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Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Honor is out of season to those unworthy and unfit for it.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
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Proverbs 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
He that is cursed without cause, the curse shall do him no more harm than the bird that flies over his head.
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“As birds and sparrows fly away, so the curse causeless shall not come upon any one.” And again [Solomon] says, “Those that bring reproaches are exceedingly foolish.” But as the bee, a creature as to its strength feeble, if it stings anyone, loses its sting and becomes a drone; in the same manner you also, whatsoever injustice you do to others, will bring it upon yourselves. .
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Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Every creature must be dealt with according to its nature, but careless and profligate sinners never will be ruled by reason and persuasion. Man indeed is born like the wild ass’s colt; but some, by the grace of God, are changed.
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Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
The nations confess you because your word became a mirror before them in which they might see hidden death devouring their lives. Idols are ornamented by those who craft them, but they disfigure their crafters with their ornamentation. [The mirror] brought [the nations] directly to your cross, where physical beauty is disfigured but spiritual beauty is resplendent. The one who was God pursued the nations who were pursuing gods that were not gods at all. And [using] words like bridles, he turned them away from many gods [and brought them] to one. This is the mighty one whose proclamation [of the gospel] became a bridle in the jaws of the nations, turning them away from idols to the one who sent him. –.
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Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
We are to fit our remarks to the man, and address them to his conscience, so as may best end the debate.
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4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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It is more agreeable to remain silent on such questions and to consider their foolish and irreverent assumptions unworthy of a response, since the divine words forbid it, saying, “Answer not a fool according to his folly.” But the fool, according to the prophet, is “the one who says there is no God.” .
I had treated you with contempt, Demetrian, as you railed with sacrilegious mouth against God, who is one and true, and frequently cried out with impious words, thinking it more fitting and better to ignore with silence the ignorance of a man in error than to provoke with speech the fury of a man in madness. And I did not do this without the authority of the divine teaching, since it is written, “Do not say anything in the ears of the foolish, lest when he hears he may mock your wise words,” and again, “Do not answer the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.”
[David] used not to answer the enemy that provoked him, the sinner that exasperated him. As he says elsewhere, “As though he were deaf he heard not them that speak vanity and imagine deceit, and as though he were dumb he opened not his mouth to them.” Again, in another place, it is said, “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like to him.” The first duty then is to have due measure in our speech. In this way a sacrifice of praise is offered up to God. Thus a godly fear is shown when sacred Scriptures are read. Thus parents are honored. I know well that many speak because they know not how to keep silence. But it is not often that any one is silent when speaking does not profit him. A wise person, intending to speak, first carefully considers what he is to say and to whom he is to say it; also where and what time. –.
Author: Ambrosius von Mailand Rank: Bishop AD: 397
Your flight is a good one if you do not answer the fool according to his folly. Your flight is good if you direct your footsteps away from the countenance of fools. Indeed, one swiftly goes astray with bad guides; but if you wish your flight to be a good one, remove your ways far from their words.
Author: Ambrosius von Mailand Rank: Bishop AD: 397
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Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
We are to fit our remarks to the man, and address them to his conscience, so as may best end the debate.
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4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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Proverbs 26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.
Fools are not fit to be trusted, nor to have any honor. Wise sayings, as a foolish man delivers and applies them, lose their usefulness.
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6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.7The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
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Proverbs 26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
Fools are not fit to be trusted, nor to have any honor. Wise sayings, as a foolish man delivers and applies them, lose their usefulness.
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6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.7The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
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Proverbs 26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.
Fools are not fit to be trusted, nor to have any honor. Wise sayings, as a foolish man delivers and applies them, lose their usefulness.
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6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.7The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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Proverbs 26:9 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
Fools are not fit to be trusted, nor to have any honor. Wise sayings, as a foolish man delivers and applies them, lose their usefulness.
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6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.7The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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Proverbs 26:10 The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
This verse may either declare how the Lord, the Creator of all men, will deal with sinners according to their guilt, or, how the powerful among men should disgrace and punish the wicked.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
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Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.
The dog is a loathsome emblem of those sinners who return to their vices, [2Pet 2:22].
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Don’t you know that people so unconcerned about their own salvation and vacillating between attention to it and headlong course into the devil’s net are compared in sacred Scripture with dogs? It says, remember, “The person who turns away from his sin and then goes back to it is like a dog returning to its vomit.”
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Proverbs 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
We see many a one who has some little sense, but is proud of it. This describes those who think their spiritual state to be good, when really it is very bad.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
This is not a small fault either to consider oneself wise and to refer everything back to one’s own judgment.… Paul addresses this same reproach to the pagan philosophers: “Professing to be wise, they become fools.” This is the reason for their folly. The author of the Proverbs said on his part, “Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” Again, it is Paul who gives this advice: “Do not be wise in your own opinion.”
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, a person wise in his own conceit; and a still greater evil is to charge with the instruction of others a person who is not even aware of his own ignorance. In Defense of His Flight, Oration
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Proverbs 26:13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
The slothful man hates every thing that requires care and labor. But it is foolish to frighten ourselves from real duties by fancied difficulties. This may be applied to a man slothful in the duties of religion.
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Proverbs 26:14 [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.
Having seen the slothful man in fear of his work, here we find him in love with his ease. Bodily ease is the sad occasion of many spiritual diseases. He does not care to get forward with his business. Slothful professors turn thus. The world and the flesh are hinges on which they are hung; and though they move in a course of outward services, yet they are not the nearer to heaven.
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Proverbs 26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
The sluggard is now out of his bed, but he might have lain there, for any thing he is likely to bring to pass in his work. It is common for men who will not do their duty, to pretend they cannot. Those that are slothful in religion, will not be at the pains to feed their souls with the bread of life, nor to fetch in promised blessings by prayer.
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Proverbs 26:16 The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
He that takes pains in religion, knows he is working for a good Master, and that his labor shall not be in vain.
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Proverbs 26:17 He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
To make ourselves busy in other men’s matters, is to thrust ourselves into temptation.
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Proverbs 26:18 As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
He that sins in jest, must repent in earnest, or his sin will be his ruin.
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18As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,19So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
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Proverbs 26:19 So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
He that sins in jest, must repent in earnest, or his sin will be his ruin.
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18As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,19So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
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Proverbs 26:20 Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Contention heats the spirit, and puts families and societies into a flame. And that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning by whisperers and backbiters.
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20Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.21[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.22The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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Proverbs 26:21 [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
Contention heats the spirit, and puts families and societies into a flame. And that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning by whisperers and backbiters.
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20Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.21[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.22The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Contention heats the spirit, and puts families and societies into a flame. And that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning by whisperers and backbiters.
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20Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.21[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.22The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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Proverbs 26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.
A wicked heart disguising itself, is like a potsherd covered with the dross of silver.
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Proverbs 26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Always distrust when a man speaks fair unless you know him well. Satan, in his temptations, speaks fair, as he did to Eve; but it is madness to give credit to him.
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24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.26[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
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Proverbs 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.
Always distrust when a man speaks fair unless you know him well. Satan, in his temptations, speaks fair, as he did to Eve; but it is madness to give credit to him.
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24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.26[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
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Proverbs 26:26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
Always distrust when a man speaks fair unless you know him well. Satan, in his temptations, speaks fair, as he did to Eve; but it is madness to give credit to him.
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24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.26[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
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Proverbs 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
What pains men take to do mischief to others! but it is digging a pit, it is rolling a stone, hard work; and they prepare mischief to themselves.
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“He that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it.” And this happened even then. For they wished to destroy [Jesus] in order to suppress his preaching, but just the opposite took place. His preaching flourished by the grace of Christ, whereas all their schemes have been snuffed out and have perished. Further, they have lost their homeland, and freedom, and security and worship, and have been deprived of all honor and glory, and become slaves and captives. Accordingly, since we know these things, let us never plot against others, because we have learned that by so doing we are sharpening the sword against ourselves and wounding ourselves more deeply than others.
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Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
There are two sorts of lies equally detestable. A slandering lie, the mischief of this every body sees. A flattering lie, which secretly works ruin. A wise man will be more afraid of a flatterer than of a slanderer.
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