Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 27:16
Hideth — Attempts to smother her passion. Right — hand — Which being the great instrument of action, by its much stirring, diffuses the savour of it.
Hideth — Attempts to smother her passion. Right — hand — Which being the great instrument of action, by its much stirring, diffuses the savour of it.
Verse Proverbs 27:16. _WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER HIDETH THE WIND_] You may as well attempt to repress the blowing of the wind, as the tongue of a scold; and to conceal this unfortunate propensity of a wife...
The point is the impossibility of concealment or restraint. A person cannot hide the wind, or clasp it in his hands. If he takes an unguent in his right hand, the odor betrays him, or it slips out. So...
V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...
A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. AND. Supply the Ellipsis, "And [hideth]", &c....
_Whosoever hideth_&c. The verse is better rendered: HE THAT WOULD RESTRAIN HER RESTRAINETH THE WIND, AND HIS RIGHT HAND MEETS WITH OIL. "She is as subtle as wind, as slippery as oil," _Rel. Tr. S...
WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER, &C.— _Whoso locks her up, locks up the winds, and he will take hold of oil with his hand._ Wat. See Hiller Hierophut. p. 210. Houbigant renders it, _He who will confine her at ho...
TEXT Proverbs 27:10-18 10. Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far...
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER (STRIVETH TO HIDE OR KEEP HER BACK) HIDETH THE WIND (WHICH ONLY HOWLS THE MORE...
SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
The RV makes this difficult v. mean that he is attempting the impossible....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow....
Wives should try not to upset their husbands. Some wives are always arguing. But a good wife is calm. She gently teaches her husband when he is wrong. And she works hard, so that he is content. See Pr...
WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER HIDETH THE WIND — _i.e.,_ you might as well try and stop the wind from blowing as seek to restrain her. AND THE OINTMENT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, WHICH BEWRAYETH ITSELF. — Rather, perh...
צֹפְנֶ֥יהָ צָֽפַן ־ר֑וּחַ וְ שֶׁ֖מֶן יְמִינֹ֣ו...
CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men ar...
“HEARTY COUNSEL” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original se...
Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
_Hand. As it will flow away, such as woman is commonly incorrigible. (Calmet)_...
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment tha...
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...
WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER HIDETH THE WIND,.... Whoever attempts to stop her brawls and contentions, to repress and restrain them, and hinder her voice being heard in the streets, and endeavours to hide the...
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself]. Ver. 16. _Whosoever hideth her, hideth the wind,_] _i.e., _ One may as soon hide the wind, or hol...
_A continual dropping, &c., and a contentious woman are alike_ Are equally troublesome; the first not suffering a man to go abroad with comfort; the latter not permitting him to stay at home with quie...
WISDOM AND HUMILITY GO HAND IN HAND...
Whosoever hideth her, that is, whoever attempts to restrain such a woman, HIDETH THE WIND, it is just as foolish to try to shut out the wind, AND THE OINTMENT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, which bewrayeth itself...
HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
WHOSOEVER HIDETH HER, i.e. attempts to smother or bridle her passion, that it may not break forth to her shame, and to his own discomfort and reproach, HIDETH THE WIND; undertakes that which is imposs...
Proverbs 27:16 restrains H6845 (H8802) restrains H6845 (H8804) wind H7307 grasps H7121 (H8799) oil H8081 hand...
Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:15 In light of v. Proverbs 27:12, these proverbs encourage a man to be careful, for a QUARRELSOME character would likely be ev
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 27:8. PLACE, rather “_home_.” Proverbs 27:9. This verse is obscurely rendered in the English version. Delitzsch translates “_Oil and frankincense rejoice the heart, and the...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1). Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...
John 12:3...
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE Proverbs 27:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament w...