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Verse Proverbs 27:14. _HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND_] He who makes
loud and public protestations of acknowledgments to his friend for
favours received, subjects his _sincerity_ to suspicion; and remem...
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The picture of the ostentatious flatterer going at daybreak to pour
out blessings on his patron. For any good that he does, for any thanks
he gets, he might as well utter curses....
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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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Ostentatious professions of regard, like the profuse kisses of an
enemy (Proverbs 27:6), justly incur the suspicion of sinister design....
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HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND WITH A LOUD VOICE— "He who spends all
his time in nothing else but in extravagant praises of his benefactor,
rather disparages than commends him." Or, it may be, "He that i...
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TEXT Proverbs 27:10-18
10.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to
thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far...
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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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Early and loud demonstrativeness is not stable. 'Evening words are not
like to morning.'...
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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....
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Solomon uses humour here. This stupid man will waken his neighbour.
The man wanted to show how cheerful he was. But the neighbour will
still be angry.
We must think about the probable results of our...
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HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND WITH A LOUD VOICE... — If gratitude is
to be acceptable, the time, place, and manner of shewing it must all
be well chosen. A man who is so eager to express his thanks that...
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מְבָ֘רֵ֤ךְ רֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ בְּ קֹ֣ול
גָּ֭דֹול בַּ †...
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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
ar...
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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 se...
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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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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising (f) early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
(f) Hastily and without cause....
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_In the night. Or "early in the morning," de nocte, as the Hebrew
implies. --- Curseth. His importunity will be equally displeasing.
(Haydock) --- Flattery is dangerous, (Calmet) and unworthy of a fre...
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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
followe...
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HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND WITH A LOUD VOICE,.... So as not only to
be heard by him, but by others; who is extravagant in his praises and
commendations of him; who exceeds all bounds of modesty, trut...
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Ver. 14. _He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice._] _Qui
leonum laudibus murem o...
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_He that blesseth his friend_ That saluteth, praiseth, or applaudeth
him to his face, as the manner of flatterers is; _with a loud voice _
That both he and others may be sure to take notice of it; _ri...
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WISDOM AND HUMILITY GO HAND IN HAND...
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, in an attempt to appear most friendly and sincere and thus to
hide his real feeling, IT SHALL BE COUNTED A CURSE TO HIM, it...
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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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HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND, that saluteth, or praiseth, and
applaudeth him to his face, as the manner of flatterers is, WITH A
LOUD VOICE, that both he and others may be sure to take notice of it;
RI...
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Proverbs 27:14 blesses H1288 (H8764) friend H7453 loud H1419 voice
H6963 early H7925 (H8687) morning...
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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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_He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him._
THE CURSE OF OSTENTATIOUS FLATTERY
Flattery is a species of conduct generally most p...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 27:5. SECRET LOVE. Zöckler and Hitzig understand this love
to be that “_which from false consideration dissembles, and does not
tell his friend of his faults when it should...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 27:8. PLACE, rather “_home_.”
Proverbs 27:9. This verse is obscurely rendered in the English
version. Delitzsch translates “_Oil and frankincense rejoice the
heart, and the...
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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 ...
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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 t...
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1 Kings 22:13; 1 Kings 22:6; 2 Samuel 15:2; 2 Samuel 16:16;...
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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
w...
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Blesseth — That praises him to his face. A loud voice — That both
he, and others, may be sure to take notice of it. Rising early — To
shew his great forwardness. A curse — His friend will value this
k...