Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 26:14
Turneth upon his hinges; moving hither and thither upon them, but not removing one jot from its place.
Turneth upon his hinges; moving hither and thither upon them, but not removing one jot from its place.
CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which signifies weakness....
THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of s...
"He will not get up in the morning; he turns from side to side, just like a door which swings backward and forward upon its hinges, but of course never gets any further." Horton, ch. xx. p. 263, where...
TEXT Proverbs 26:9-19 9. As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools. 10. As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that...
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. AS THE DOOR TURNETH UPON HIS HINGES, SO (DOTH) THE SLOTHFUL UPON HIS BED. As the door moves round the same center, and cannot b...
FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
This man is very lazy. He is still in his bed. He might turn. He might even move. But he will not get up. He is too lazy. So Solomon says, this man is like a door. The door moves. But it is still in...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 26 V1 Snow should not fall in summer. Rain should not fall during the harvest....
הַ֭ דֶּלֶת תִּסֹּ֣וב עַל ־צִירָ֑הּ וְ֝ עָצֵ֗ל
CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool accord...
Verse Proverbs 26:2. Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3. In this group of proverbs the fool is the subject. The...
_Bed, which he will scarcely leave, though avarice push him forward. (St. Augustine, ser. xxii. or clxiv.)_...
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?...
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 DOOR TURNETH UPON HIS HINGES,.... And moves this way and that way, and opens and shuts, and yet hangs where it did, is not moved from its place: SO [DOTH] THE SLOTHFUL UPON HIS BED; he turns...
Proverbs 26:14 [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed. Ver. 14. _As the door turneth upon his hinges._] But comes not off, unless lifted or knocked off. So neither...
_The slothful man saith_, &c. “In this and the following verses, three degrees of sloth are represented; the first, when a man is loath to stir out of doors about his business in the field, Proverbs 2...
As the door turneth upon his hinges, never, however, moving from its place, SO DOTH THE SLOTHFUL UPON HIS BED, moving indeed, but not leaving his place and therefore making no progress in life....
CONCERNING FOOLS AND SLUGGARDS...
THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred....
Proverbs 26:14 door H1817 turns H5437 (H8735) hinges H6735 lazy H6102 bed H4296...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and hear mor...
Proverbs 26:1. _As snow in summer,_ which beats down the fruits; _and as rain in harvest,_ which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wast...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:13 These proverbs focus on the SLUGGARD. He looks ridiculous in his laziness (vv. Proverbs 26:13) even while considering himse
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 26:15. IN HIS BOSOM. Rather, IN THE DISH, as in chap. Proverbs 19:24. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 26:12_ SELF-CONCEIT AND INDOLENCE I.
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 26:1 Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening. The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...
Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 24:33;...
Turneth — Moving hither and thither upon it, but not removing from its place....