Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 25:9
Debate — If thou hast any quarrel with him, first try to compose it by private discourse with him. Discover not — Let not heat of contention provoke thee to divulge any of his secrets committed to thy trust.
Debate — If thou hast any quarrel with him, first try to compose it by private discourse with him. Discover not — Let not heat of contention provoke thee to divulge any of his secrets committed to thy trust.
Verse Proverbs 25:9. _DEBATE THY CAUSE WITH THY NEIGHBOUR_] Take the advice of friends. Let both sides attend to their counsels; but do not tell the _secret_ of thy business to any. After squandering...
An anticipation of the highest standard of ethical refinement Matthew 18:15, but with a difference. Here the motive is prudential, the risk of shame, the fear of the irretrievable infamy of the betray...
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...
WITH THY NEIGHBOUR. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 13:8; Genesis 21:25);...
_a secret_to] Rather, THE SECRET OF, A.V. marg. and R.V. The warning would seem to be against being betrayed by a litigious spirit into dishonourable conduct, and incurring the indelible shame of bet...
The admonition in these verses is general: Be not of a contentious spirit; plunge not hastily into quarrels (comp. the use of the same word "strive," Genesis 26:20; Exodus 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:8). Bu...
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...
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: DEBATE THY CAUSE WITH THY NEIGHBOUR (HIMSELF), AND DISCOVER NOT A SECRET TO ANOTHER. Even when thy cause of debate...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
If you are unhappy with someone, you should discuss the matter with that person first. You should not gossip....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
DEBATE THY CAUSE WITH THY NEIGHBOUR. — As our Lord says, “If thy brother trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone” (Matthew 18:15). Or it may mean, “If you must go t...
רִֽ֭יבְךָ רִ֣יב אֶת ־רֵעֶ֑ךָ וְ סֹ֖וד אַחֵ֣ר
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...
_Stranger. It sometimes happens that friends fall out; but if either disclose the secret of the other, he will be deemed infamous. (Calmet) (Josephus, contra Apion 2.) --- St. Ambrose says of his brot...
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to a...
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...
DEBATE THY CAUSE WITH THY NEIGHBOUR [HIMSELF],.... Between thee and him alone; lay the matter before him, and hear what he has to say for himself, by which you will better judge of the nature of the c...
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another: Ver. 9. _Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, &c._] What shall I do then, may some say, if I may not right myself...
_Go not forth hastily to strive_ To contend with thy neighbour judicially or otherwise; especially take some time to consider both whether thy cause be good, and whether it be important, as also how t...
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, if a cause of action has arisen without a person's fault, let the controversy be carried on in an honorable manner; AND DISCOVER NOT A SECRET TO ANOTHER, be...
TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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, -...
DISCOVER NOT A SECRET TO ANOTHER: Or, discover not the secret of another...
DEBATE THY CAUSE WITH THY NEIGHBOUR HIMSELF; if thou hast any quarrel with him, first try to compose it by private discourse with him. Compare MATTHEW 2:25; MATTHEW 5:15 LUKE 12:58. DISCOVER NOT A SEC...
Proverbs 25:9 Debate H7378 (H8798) case H7379 neighbor H7453 disclose H1540 (H8762) secret H5475 another H312...
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...
_Go not forth hastily to strive_. THE WORST AND BEST WAYS OF TREATING SOCIAL DISSENSIONS The social dissensions that are rife in our world are incontestable proofs that humanity has fallen from its...
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 25:7 This section encourages working out conflict with a NEIGHBOR rather than presenting a case in COURT or reporting a grievance to others (vv....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 25:8. LEST THOU KNOW NOT, etc. As will be seen from the italics in the English version, this sentence is very elliptical. Zöckler reads, “_lest_ (it be said to thee) _what w...
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...
Matthew 18:5; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20:19...