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Stress is to be laid on the uselessness of the “broken tooth” and
the “foot out of joint,” or tottering, rather than on the pain
connected with them. The King James Version loses the emphasis and
poin...
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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...
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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...
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UNFAITHFUL. treacherous. Hebrew. _bagad._ See note on "transgressors"
(Proverbs 11:3).
FOOT OUT OF JOINT. a tottering foot. Illustrations: Micah (Judges
18:20); Ben-hadad (2 Kings 8:8;...
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CONFIDENCE IN AN UNFAITHFUL MAN— Houbigant renders this verse, _As a
broken tooth, and a foot out of joint, is the protection of a wicked
man in calamity; he will even take away the garment in cold we...
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TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19
11.
A word fitly spoken
Is like applies of gold in network of silver.
12.
As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear....
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Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken
tooth, and a foot out of joint. CONFIDENCE IN AN UNFAITHFUL MAN IN
TIME OF TROUBLE (IS LIKE) A BROKEN TOOTH - which has its place a...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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שֵׁ֣ן רֹ֭עָה וְ רֶ֣גֶל מוּעָ֑דֶת
מִבְטָ֥ח בּ֝
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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...
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SELF-CONTROL AND KINDLINESS
Proverbs 25:15-28
In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the
varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is
a man hard as a b...
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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...
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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee. A man that beareth false witness against his
neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Confidence i...
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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...
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CONFIDENCE IN AN UNFAITHFUL MAN IN TIME OF TROUBLE,.... It is not good
to put confidence in any man, not in princes, nor in the best of men;
much less in an unfaithful, prevaricating, and treacherous...
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Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken
tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Ver. 19. _Confidence in an unfaithful man, &c._] In a prevaricator, a
covenant breaker, a perfidi...
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_Confidence in an unfaithful man_, &c. “As a broken tooth, or leg
out of joint, not only fails a man when he comes to use them, but
likewise puts him into pain; so doth a faithless person serve them
t...
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Confidence in an unfaithful man, credulous reliance upon a false
person, IN TIME OF TROUBLE, when one is in need of a trustworthy
friend, IS LIKE A BROKEN TOOTH AND A FOOT OUT OF JOINT, worthless as
t...
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TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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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, -...
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It is not only deceitful, but hurtful, as a broken tooth though it
make show of helping, yet is not only unhelpful to a man for chewing
his meat, but also troublesome and painful; and as a foot out of...
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Proverbs 25:19 Confidence H4009 unfaithful H898 (H8802) time H3117
trouble H6869 bad H7465 tooth H8127 foot H7272
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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...
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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...
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_Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken
tooth, and a foot out of joint._
MAN TRUSTING IN MAN
This is sometimes a great evil. To trust in man and disregard God, or
to rep...
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_Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house._
BAD NEIGHBOURS
Here are four kinds.
I. The intrusive. It is pleasant to be visited by a neighbour whose
interest is genuine. Two evils accrue to thos...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 25:19. FOOT OUT OF JOINT. Rather “_An unsteady foot_.”
PROVERBS 25:20. NITRE. “_Not the substance we now understand by
nitre—i.e., nitrate of potassa (saltpetre), but the na...
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 28:21; 2 Timothy 4:16; Ezekiel 29:6;...