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Proverbs 17:18
The unwise man agrees to pay money that his neighbour owes. He is unwise, because he cannot trust his neighbour. If the neighbour refuses to pay, then the unwise man will suffer. See Proverbs 6:1-5.
The unwise man agrees to pay money that his neighbour owes. He is unwise, because he cannot trust his neighbour. If the neighbour refuses to pay, then the unwise man will suffer. See Proverbs 6:1-5.
Verse Proverbs 17:18. _STRIKETH HANDS_] _Striking_ each other's hands, or _shaking hands_, was anciently the _form_ in concluding a contract. Proverbs 6:1....
Compare the marginal reference. Since nothing is nobler than the self-sacrifice of the true friend Proverbs 17:17, so nothing is more contemptible than the weakness which allows itself to be sacrifice...
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew "heart", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the understanding in it. See note on Proverbs 1:2....
_understanding_ Lit. HEART, as in Proverbs 17:16. _surety_ See Proverbs 6:1 note....
TEXT Proverbs 17:11-19 11. An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his fo...
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. A MAN VOID OF UNDERSTANDING STRIKETH HANDS (IN TOKEN OF HIS ENGAGING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANOTHER), (AN...
17:18 senseless (e-2) Strictly, 'void of heart,' as ch. 15.21. see ch. 6.32, &c. neighbour. (f-10) Or 'friend,' as ver. 17 and ch. 6.1, &c....
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS FRIEND. — Or, _With his neighbour._ (For the same warning, comp. Proverbs 6:1, _sqq._)...
אָדָ֣ם חֲסַר ־לֵ֭ב תֹּוקֵ֣עַ כָּ֑ף עֹרֵ֥ב עֲ֝
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to h...
Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
A man void of understanding (i) striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend. (i) Read (Proverbs 6:1)....
_Hands. Through joy, or as a mark of his consent._...
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. He that ha...
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...
A MAN VOID OF UNDERSTANDING STRIKETH HANDS,.... With his friend's creditor, and becomes surety for him; and thereby acts a very unwise part, and shows himself to want understanding, by taking such a s...
_A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend._ Ver. 18. _A man void of understanding striketh hands._] Of the folly and misery of rash suretyship,...
_A man, &c., striketh hands_ In token of his becoming surety; of which phrase, and the thing intended by it, see notes on Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 11:15. This proverb is fitly placed after that in Prove...
V. 18. A MAN VOID OF UNDERSTANDING, lacking in common sense, STRIKETH HANDS, pledging himself and his goods foolishly, AND BECOMETH SURETY IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS FRIEND. cf Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 11:1...
UNDERSTANDING: _ Heb._ heart...
STRIKETH HANDS, in token of his becoming surety; of which phrase, and of the thing itself, see on PROVERBS 6:1, PROVERBS 11:15. His friend: the friend here is either, 1. Before and to the creditor. O...
Proverbs 17:18 man H120 devoid H2638 understanding H3820 shakes H8628 (H8802) hands H3709 becomes H6148 (H8802)
THE WAYS OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:16). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool (Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 17:21), the man void of mind (heart) ...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See Proverbs 15:17. Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:18 PLEDGE... SECURITY. See note on 6:1–5. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 17:17. “FRIEND and BROTHER are related the one as the climax of the other. The friend is developed into a brother by adversity.” (_Lange’s Commentary_). _MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 22:27;...
Friend — Debtor, for whom being his friend, he becomes surety....