Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 27:8
Wandereth — That flies from place to place, whereby she is exposed to all the arts of fowlers, and to birds of prey. So — So is he who through vanity or lightness changes his abode, or his calling.
Wandereth — That flies from place to place, whereby she is exposed to all the arts of fowlers, and to birds of prey. So — So is he who through vanity or lightness changes his abode, or his calling.
Verse Proverbs 27:8. _AS A BIRD THAT WANDERETH FROM HER NEST_] Leaving her own brood, places of retreat, and feeding-ground behind, and going into strange countries, where she is exposed to every kin...
Change of place is thought of as in itself an evil. It is not easy for the man to find another home or the bird another nest. The maxim is characteristic of the earlier stages of Hebrew history, befor...
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...
"The true bird-life is the life of the woods, of the toilsomely-woven nest, of the mate and the brood and the fledglings.… True human life is the life of our fellows, of the diligent laborious housebu...
AS A BIRD THAT WANDERETH— He who quits his country, his dwelling, his house, is as a bird which quits its nest. He is exposed to a thousand dangers and difficulties. The Jews were very much attached t...
CHAPTER 27 TEXT Proverbs 27:1-9 1. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest now what a day may bring forth. 2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not th...
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. AS A BIRD THAT WANDERETH FROM HER NEST, (SO IS) A MAN THAT WANDERETH FROM HIS PLACE. The bird, by needless AS A BI...
'East, West, hame's best.'...
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...
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....
A mother bird that wanders from her nest cannot look after her young birds. And a man who leaves his home cannot look after a family. That man may have no children. But if he has children, he cannot t...
A MAN THAT WANDERETH FROM HIS PLACE. — That wandereth forth as an exile that has lost his home. Comp. Genesis 12:4, and, on the contrary, Job’s hope that he would “die in his nest” (Proverbs 29:18). F...
כְּ֭ צִפֹּור נֹודֶ֣דֶת מִן ־קִנָּ֑הּ כֵּֽן ־א
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...
_Place, or vocation, like the prodigal son, Luke xv. The Israelites were much attached to their own country, where they might practise the true religion. (Calmet)_...
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ange...
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 A BIRD THAT WANDERETH FROM HER NEST,.... To seek for food for herself and her young; or that leaves it without returning to it, and so her eggs or her young are exposed, and she herself liable to f...
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place. Ver. 8. _As a bird that wandereth from her nest._] Doth it of inconstancy, and oft meets with misery: whereas God...
_As a bird that wandereth from her nest_ That flies very much abroad from place to place, whereby she is exposed to all the arts of fowlers, and to birds of prey; _so is a man that wandereth from his...
EXALTATION OF SELF LEADS TO FOLLY...
As the bird that wandereth from her nest, deserting her home in a spirit of restlessness, SO IS A MAN THAT WANDERETH FROM HIS PLACE, roaming about in a spirit of adventure instead of cultivating prope...
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...
THAT WANDERETH FROM HER NEST; that flies very much abroad from place to place, whereby she is exposed to all the arts of fowlers, and to birds of prey, from which she is safe whilst she keeps her nest...
Proverbs 27:8 bird H6833 wanders H5074 (H8802) nest H7064 man H376 wanders H5074 (H8802) place H4725...
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...
_As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his _place. THE INCONVENIENCE AND DANGER OF PERSONS BEING LONG ABSENT FROM HOME Nothing that affects our religious interests c...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:7 Each of these four proverbs teaches an element of wisdom that stands on its own, but they have additional use when taken together. Verses Proverbs 27:7 and...
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...
1 Corinthians 7:20; 1 Kings 19:9; 1 Samuel 22:5; 1 Samuel 27:1;...
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...