These are also proverbs of Solomon, maxims composed by the wise son of David, by inspiration of God, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied out, evidently from collections where they were being preserved, the king being very anxious to have the literature of the "Golden Age" passed on to posterity in a form which would be as complete as possible.
CHAPTER XXV _A new series of Solomon's proverbs. God's glory in mysteries._ _Observations concerning kings. Avoid contentions. Opportune_ _speech. The faithful ambassador. Delicacies to be sparingl...
A new section. COPIED OUT - In the sense of a transfer from oral tradition to writing....
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...
OF SOLOMON. by Solomon, as author: i.e. written by him. Characterizing this section of the book. THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH. Evidently. special guild of scribes employed in the work of editing and putting to...
V. Fourth Collection of Proverbs. Chaps. 25 29 1. The Title. See Introd., ch. iii. p. 24. This Title is interesting as affording a proof that a revival of literary activity accompanied the revival o...
THESE ARE ALSO PROVERBS OF SOLOMON— To what has been said in the introduction to this book, may be added with great profit to the reader, Bishop Lowth's 24th Prelection. By _the men of Hezekiah,_ most...
CHAPTER 25 TEXT Proverbs 25:1-10 1. These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings i...
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. Proverbs 25:1. Here begins the third part of the whole book: a selection from the 3,000 proverbs which Solomo...
By the MEN OF HEZEKIAH the author of this v. doubtless means literary men at the king's court. These, he says, transcribed the following proverbs from some other collection or collections. It will be...
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)...
King Hezekiah lived 250 years after King Solomon. Hezekiah was a good king. He served God. Hezekiah established again the temple (house of God in Jerusalem), which Solomon built. King Hezekiah’s offi...
XXV. 7. THE THIRD GREAT DIVISION OF THE BOOK; ANOTHER COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, CHIEFLY PARABOLIC IN CHARACTER (Proverbs 25-29). (1) THESE ARE ALSO PROVERBS OF SOLOMON, WHICH THE MEN OF HEZE...
גַּם ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁלֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶ֝עְתִּ֗יקוּ...
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...
These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the (a) men of Hezekiah king of Judah (b) copied out. (a) Whom Hezekiah appointed for this purpose. (b) That is, gathered out of various books of Solomon....
_These. Solomon wrote 3,000, and we have only 915 verses extant. (Calmet) --- The rest perhaps shewed his genius, but were less useful. (Tostat. in 3 Kings iv. 9.) --- Men. Isaias, Sobna, &c. (Calmet)...
CONTENTS. Here are similar proverbs to what were given before; but as the title of them observes that they were copied by the men of Hezekiah, they are particularly marked from those we have already...
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...
THESE [ARE] ARE ALSO PROVERBS OF SOLOMON,.... These that follow to the end of the book, as well as those which go before. Here begins a "third", some say a "fourth" part of this book. The Targum and S...
These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. Ver. 1. _These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men._] Solomon "hath his thousand out of this his vine...
_These_ Which are contained in this and the following Chapter s; _are also the proverbs of Solomon_ Lessons on piety and virtue, sententiously delivered by Solomon, and collected out of his works by s...
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, -...
PROVERBS CHAPTER S 25 Observations about kings, PROVERBS 25:1. A caution against contentions, PROVERBS 25:8; against revealing of secrets, PROVERBS 25:9. The reason of this caution,...
Proverbs 25:1 proverbs H4912 Solomon H8010 men H582 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 Judah H3063 copied H6275 (H8689)...
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...
With this chapter begins the fourth main division of this book, consisting, as its introductory words inform us, of sayings and perhaps writings of Solomon, which were placed together in their present...
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 Kings 4:32; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Hosea 1:1; Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 36:22;...
These — Which are contained in this and the following chapters. The men — Certain persons appointed by Hezekiah for that work. Many of them are political precepts, and such as in a special manner conc...
How can Solomon be the author of Proverbs when Hezekiah’s men copied them? PROBLEM: The Book of Proverbs claims to be written by Solomon (1:1; 10:1). Conservative Jewish and Christian scholars have lo...