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Verse Proverbs 25:22. _THOU SHALT HEAP COALS OF FIRE UPON HIS HEAD_]
Not to _consume_, but to melt him into kindness; a metaphor taken from
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So artists melt the sullen ore of...
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A precept reproduced by Paul Romans 12:20; the second clause of which
seems at first sight to suggest a motive incompatible with a true
charity. Leviticus 16:12 suggests an explanation. The high pries...
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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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HEAP, &C.. receive from thine enemy [and place] upon his head. Figure
of speech _Ellipsis_ (Relative), App-6. As _hatha =_ receive, the
Ellipsis must be thus supplied: i.e. If thou doest good to one w...
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_heap coals of fire upon his head_ i.e. _take the most effectual
vengeance upon him_. It is best to take the expression both here, and
in the Epistle to the Romans, where it is quoted, in the simplest...
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DISCOURSE: 809
RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL
Proverbs 25:21. _If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and
if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shall heap coals
of fire upon his head...
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TEXT Proverbs 25:20-28
20.
As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon
soda,
So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart,
21.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread t...
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HEAP COALS OF FIRE, etc.] i.e. make him burn with shame: cp. Romans
12:20....
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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)...
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Do not attack your enemy! Do not fight him! Instead, trust God! God
will protect you. Pray for your enemy! Love your enemy!
Jesus taught this lesson in Matthew 5:43-48. While Jesus was dying,
he pray...
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THOU SHALT HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD. — Thou shalt make him
burn with shame at the thought of the wrong he has done thee. Thus, to
bring a sinner to repentance is well-pleasing to the Lord, who s...
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כִּ֤י גֶֽחָלִ֗ים אַ֭תָּה חֹתֶ֣ה עַל
־רֹאשֹׁ֑ו...
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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 unsearchable...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to hi...
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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 b...
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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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For thou shalt heap (p) coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD
shall reward thee.
(p) You will, as if by force, overcome him, in so much that his own
conscience will move him to acknowledge the be...
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_Coals of charity; (St. Chrysostom in Romans xii. 20.) or, if he prove
obstinate, his punishment will be the greater. (Geier.) --- The former
sense is more received. (Calmet)_...
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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
followe...
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FOR THOU SHALL HEAP COALS OF FIRE UPON HIS HEAD,.... Not to increase
his punishment and damnation, the more aggravated by kindness shown
him; but to bring him by such means to a sense of former injuri...
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_For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall
reward thee._
Ver. 22. _For thou shalt heap coals of fire._] By heaping courtesies
upon him, thou shalt win him over to thyself, a...
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_If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread_, &c. By bread and water he
intends all things necessary for his subsistence; _for thou shalt heap
coals of fire upon his head_ If he have the least spark of...
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for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, kindness softening
the heart as metals are melted by heaping glowing coals upon them, AND
THE LORD SHALT REWARD THEE. Cf Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:20....
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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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FOR, understand, in so doing, which words are expressed ROMANS 12:20,
where this text is quoted, THOU SHALT HEAP COALS OF FIRE UPON HIS
HEAD; either,
1. In a bad sense, thou shalt hereby aggravate his...
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Proverbs 25:22 heap H2846 (H8802) fire H1513 head H7218 LORD H3068
reward H7999 (H8762)
the Lord -...
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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 towa...
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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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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:21 The image of BURNING COALS ON the
enemy’s HEAD does not imply doing something that harms the enemy,
because the phrase further explains the bread
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:21_
A BLESSED RECOMPENSE
I. A RECOMPENSE WHICH IS DIFFICULT. No one can affirm that it is an
easy thing to minister help and comfort to one who has done us an
injury,...
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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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1 Corinthians 15:18; 2 Samuel 16:12; Matthew 10:13...
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For — In so doing, which words are expressed Romans 12:20, where
this text is quoted. Thou shalt melt him into repentance, and love....