George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 25:22
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)
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)
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 smelting metallic ores: - So artists melt the sullen ore of...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. FOR THOU SHALT HEAP COALS OF FIRE UPON HIS HEAD - melting him into sorrow, pain, and shame, at having been thine en...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
HEAP COALS OF FIRE, etc.] i.e. make him burn with shame: cp. Romans 12:20....
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...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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...
כִּ֤י גֶֽחָלִ֗ים אַ֭תָּה חֹתֶ֣ה עַל ־רֹאשֹׁ֑ו...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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....
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, -...
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...
Proverbs 25:22 heap H2846 (H8802) fire H1513 head H7218 LORD H3068 reward H7999 (H8762) the Lord -...
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...
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 25:21 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
_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,...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:18; 2 Samuel 16:12; Matthew 10:13...
For — In so doing, which words are expressed Romans 12:20, where this text is quoted. Thou shalt melt him into repentance, and love....