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Proverbs 24:26

If someone loves you, then that person will be honest. You might not like your friend’s honest words. Those honest words might be bad news. You might even prefer someone who lies. But honest words are better than a kiss. Your enemy could kiss you. But honest words prove that your friend really loves you.

v27 First, work outside in the fields.

Afterwards, build your house.

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See also Proverbs 24:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 24:26. _KISS_ HIS _LIPS_] Shall treat him with affection and respect....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Better, He shall kiss lips that giveth a right answer, i. e., he shall gain the hearts of men as much as by all outward signs of sympathy and favor. Compare 2 Samuel 15:1....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk mischief. This theme is repea...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 24:23. This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. It contains a short collection of sayings varying in form and...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    KISS HIS LIPS. do homage with his lips to him. RIGHT. straightforward....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Every man _shall kiss_his _lips_ Rather, HE KISSETH THE LIPS, or WITH THE LIPS: i.e. a right answer is as grateful and conciliating as a friendly salutation....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    EVERY MAN SHALL KISS HIS LIPS, &C.— See Genesis 41:40 in the margin of our bibles. The Egyptian translators of the LXX seem to have understood this verse in much the same sense as the passage referred...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 24:23-34 23. These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. 24. He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. (EVERY MAN) SHALL KISS HIS LIPS (THE SIGN OF LOVE, ) THAT GIVETH A RIGHT ANSWER - (; ; contrast...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _Every man_, etc.] 'He Kisseth the lips': i.e. behaves as a true friend....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    EVERY MAN SHALL KISS HIS LIPS... Rather, _He kisseth the lips that giveth right answers._ His words are as pleasant as if he had kissed the inquirer’s lips....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְׂפָתַ֥יִם יִשָּׁ֑ק מֵ֝שִׁ֗יב דְּבָרִ֥ים נְכֹחִֽים׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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 hi...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lips. And be deemed a friend. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. My son, fear thou the LORD and the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [EVERY MAN] SHALL KISS [HIS] LIPS THAT GIVETH A RIGHT ANSWER. Either as a witness to a question put to him in court, to which he answers aptly and uprightly; or rather as a judge, who, having heard a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Proverbs 24:26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer. Ver. 26. _Every man shall kiss his lips._] That is, Shall do him honour, as Genesis 41:40. All the people shall kiss at th...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _These things also_, &c. These words seem to be a new title to the proverbs which follow to the end of the chapter, and Calmet, Grotius, Grey, and some others, are of opinion the meaning is, that thes...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 26. EVERY MAN SHALL KISS HIS LIPS THAT GIVETH A RIGHT ANSWER, rather, "A kiss upon the lips does he bestow who returns well-pleasing words," that is, a faithful and favorable answer, especially bef...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GIVETH A RIGHT ANSWER: _ Heb._ that answereth right words...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    EVERY MAN SHALL KISS HIS LIPS, shall highly respect and love him, of which kissing was a sign, THAT GIVETH A RIGHT ANSWER; who being called to speak, either as a judge, or witness, or otherwise, in we...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 24:26 gives H7725 (H8688) right H5228 answer H1697 kisses H5401 (H8799) lips H8193 shall -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the wicked? We are all g

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _These things also belong to the wise._ SOCIAL CONDUCT I. Here is partiality of judgment; that is bad. “It is no good to have respect of persons in judgment.” The principle of impartiality is enjoine...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:23 Further Sayings of “the Wise.” (See note on 22:17–24:22.) These sayings are grouped in a parallel fashion, as follows:...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:26 The Hebrew phrase translated KISSES THE LIPS means that an honest answer treats the other person with both respect and affection. Note the appeals to honest speech in t...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 24:23. THESE THINGS ALSO BELONG TO THE WISE. Rather “_These_ (the proverbs which follow) _are also from wise men_” The word _also_ connects this introduction with that in ch...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar warning is given, and comp....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in couplets or in phrases. Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studies destruction, and their...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 2:46; Genesis 41:38; Job 6:25; Mark 12:17; Mark 12:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shall kiss — Shall respect him. A right answer — That speaks pertinently and plainly, and truly....

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