George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 25:13
Harvest. In June and July, when the heat was most intense, people of quality had snow from Libanus to mix with what they drank, Jeremias xviii. 14. (Calmet)
Harvest. In June and July, when the heat was most intense, people of quality had snow from Libanus to mix with what they drank, Jeremias xviii. 14. (Calmet)
Verse Proverbs 25:13. _AS THE COLD OF SNOW_] That _snow_ was frequent in _Judea_, is well known; and that in the East they have _snow-houses_-places dug under ground, where they lay up snow for _summ...
A picture of the growing luxury of the Solomonic period. The “snow in harvest” is not a shower of snow or hail, which would be terrifying and harmful rather than refreshing (compare 1 Samuel 12:17); b...
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...
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...
IN THE TIME OF HARVEST: i.e. most unusual. Compare Proverbs 26:1. The emphasis is on "cold" as being refreshing....
_the cold of snow_ Rosenmuller, quoted and approved by Maurer, explains this, not of snow falling in harvest, which would be rather an emblem of disaster (Proverbs 26:1), but of snow mixed with wine o...
AS THE COLD OF SNOW— It was customary in the east to cool their liquors with snow; to which Solomon here most probably refers; for we cannot conceive that he could speak of a fall of snow in the time...
TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19 11. A word fitly spoken Is like applies of gold in network of silver. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear....
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. AS ... SNOW IN ... HARVEST, (SO IS) A FAITHFUL MESSENGER ......
Snow is used in the East to cool a beverage, as we use ice....
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
You can trust this man. He does the things that he promises. He will deliver your letter. And you will be as happy as a man who finds snow on a hot day. As Christians, we should do the things that we...
AS THE COLD OF SNOW IN THE TIME OF HARVEST. — Not a snowstorm, as this would be a calamity (Proverbs 26:1), but snow employed to cool drinks in the summer heats. The use of this was probably familiar...
כְּ צִנַּת ־שֶׁ֨לֶג ׀ בְּ יֹ֬ום קָצִ֗יר צִ֣יר
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...
WORDS FITLY SPOKEN Proverbs 25:1-14 This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great to be disclosed to the vulg...
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...
As the cold of snow (i) in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. (i) In the time of great heat, when men desire cold....
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. Who is this Messenger, this Interpreter, one among a thousand,...
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...
AS THE COLD OF SNOW IN THE TIME OF HARVEST,.... As water as cold as snow; or as a breeze of air, such as in a time of snow; and so Jarchi, "as the cold of the days of snow, which a man desires in sum...
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. Ver. 13. _As the cold of snow in the time of harvest._] Harv...
_As the cold of snow_, &c. Solomon does not here intend a fall of snow in the time of harvest, which must have been incommoding instead of being pleasurable and refreshing, as the proverb supposes wha...
TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, used for the cooling of drinks on a hot summer's day, SO IS A FAITHFUL MESSENGER TO THEM THAT SEND HIM; FOR HE REFRESHETH THE SOUL OF HIS MASTERS, since he...
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, -...
AS THE COLD OF SNOW; either, 1. As drink cooled with ice or snow, as was and is usual in hot countries. Or, 2. As a cool air, such as is in snowy seasons. Or, 3. As drink which is as cold as snow....
Proverbs 25:13 cold H6793 snow H7950 time H3117 harvest H7105 faithful H539 (H8737) messenger H6735 send H7971 ...
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...
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...
_As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him._ THE VALUE OF A GOOD MESSENGER TO HIS EMPLOYERS It is not necessary to imagine that Solomon here indicat...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:13 The TIME OF HARVEST for the various crops in ancient Israel ran from June through September, and the heat could be withering. At such a time, the COLD OF SNOW—however i...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 25:12. AN OBEDIENT EAR. Literally “_an ear that heareth_.” PROVERBS 25:13. THE COLD OF SNOW, etc. “The coolness of snow is not that of a fall of snow, which in the time of h...
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...
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...
Philippians 2:25; Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 25:25; Proverbs 26:6...
Cold of snow — As drink cooled with ice or snow, as is usual in hot countries....