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WAITETH - literally, “keepeth,” “observeth.” As the fig tree
requires constant care but yields abundant crops, so the ministrations
of a faithful servant will not be without their due reward. Compare...
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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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THAT WAITETH... HONOURED. Illustrations: Deborah (Genesis 35:8);
Joseph (Genesis 39:2; Genesis 39:22; Genesis 39:23); Elisha ...
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See Genesis 39:4; Genesis 39:22; and for the highest reference of the
proverb, St Matthew 25:21; St John 12:26....
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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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27:18 guardeth (c-13) Or 'heedeth,' as ch. 8.34....
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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....
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A good farmer deserves his harvest. And a good servant deserves a
reward. His master should pay this servant well....
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WHOSO KEEPETH THE FIG-TREE — _i.e.,_ tends it carefully year after
year, “shall eat the fruit thereof” when it has come to
perfection.
SO HE THAT WAITETH ON HIS MASTER — _i.e._, attends to him, obser...
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נֹצֵ֣ר תְּ֭אֵנָה יֹאכַ֣ל פִּרְיָ֑הּ
וְ שֹׁמֵ֖ר...
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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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_Glorified. He who serves his master well shall be promoted._...
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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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WHOSO KEEPETH THE FIG TREE SHALL EAT THE FRUIT THEREOF,.... That takes
care of a fig tree, either his own or another's, planted in his garden
or vineyard; see Luke 13:6; who cultivates it, digs about...
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Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that
waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Ver. 18. _Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat, &c._] Of the
continually renewed fruits the...
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_Whoso keepeth the fig-tree_ That is, looks after it, and preserves it
from suffering by drought, by vermin, or by wild beasts, &c.; _shall
eat the fruit thereof_ Shall partake of its pleasant fruit i...
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Whoso keepeth the fig-tree, giving it the care which it needs, SHALL
EAT THE FRUIT THEREOF, thus finding his labor rewarded; SO HE THAT
WAITETH ON HIS MASTER, having the proper regard for him, cultiva...
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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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He mentions the fig tree, because they abounded in Canaan, and were
more valued and regarded than other trees. HE THAT WAITETH on his
master, that serves him faithfully, prudently, and diligently, SHA...
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Proverbs 27:18 keeps H5341 (H8802) tree H8384 eat H398 (H8799) fruit
H6529 waits H8104 (H8802) master...
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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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_So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured._
THE WAY TO HONOUR
If a man in Palestine carefully watched his fig-tree, and kept it in
proper condition, he was sure to be abundantly rewarded i...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 27:18_
THE REWARD OF SERVICE
I. THE REWARD OF THE SERVANT OF NATURE. The fig-tree may here be taken
as typical of all that the earth produces for the sustenance of man.
G...
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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 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Peter 2:18; 1 Peter 2:21;...
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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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So he — That serves him faithfully, prudently, and diligently....