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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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SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
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In this verse again, both A.V. and R.V. change without apparent reason
the order of the clauses in the Hebrew....
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TEXT Proverbs 25:20-28
20.
As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon
soda,
So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart,
21.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread t...
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He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is
broken down, and without walls.
HE THAT (HATH) NO RULE OVER HIS OWN SPIRIT - (contrast .) Rule over
not only hastiness in anger, but...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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'Man who man would be must rule the empire of himself.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 25
MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS)
(PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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When Solomon’s workmen built a city, they built strong walls round
that city (1 Kings 9:15-19). The walls were important defences. They
protected the city from attack.
We ought to learn discipline. D...
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LIKE A CITY THAT IS BROKEN DOWN, AND WITHOUT WALLS. — Exposed to the
assault of every temptation....
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עִ֣יר פְּ֭רוּצָה אֵ֣ין חֹומָ֑ה
אִ֝֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר...
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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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He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is]
(q) broken down, [and] without walls.
(q) And so is in extreme danger....
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_Speaking. He lays himself open to every attack, chap. xxix. 11._...
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REFLECTIONS.
READER! many very blessed reflections will be found folded up in the
bosom of this chapter, and which I pray the Holy Ghost to open and
explain to you and to me. And among the many, that...
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A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled
fountain, and a corrupt spring. It is not good to eat much honey: so
for men to search their own glory is not glory. He that hath no rul...
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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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HE THAT [HATH] NO RULE OVER HIS OWN SPIRIT,.... His affections and
passions, puts no restraint, unto them, as the word signifies; no
guard against them, no fence about them, to curb his curiosity, to...
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_He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is]
broken down, [and] without walls._
Ver. 28. _He that hath no rule over his own spirit._] _Cui non est
cohibitio in spiritum suum...
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_He that hath no rule over his own spirit_ Over his passions, and
especially his anger, which is signified by this word, Proverbs 16:32;
Ecclesiastes 10:4; _is like a city that is broken down and with...
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He that hath no rule over his own spirit, one unable to control his
temper, IS LIKE A CITY THAT IS BROKEN DOWN, its defenses having been
leveled, AND WITHOUT WALLS, such a man is open to all assaults...
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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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OVER HIS OWN SPIRIT; over his passions, and especially his anger,
Which is signified by this word, PROVERBS 16:2 ECCLESIASTES 10:4. IS
LIKE A CITY THAT IS BROKEN DOWN, AND WITHOUT WALLS; exposeth hims...
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Proverbs 25:28 Whoever H376 rule H4623 spirit H7307 city H5892 down
H6555 (H8803) walls H2346...
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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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_He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down,
and without walls._
SELF-GOVERNMENT ESSENTIAL TO WISDOM
Here is shown the ruinous condition of the person who has no rule over
h...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:28_
A DEFENCELESS CITY
The other side of this picture is given in chap. Proverbs 16:32. (See
page 497.)
I. SUCH A CITY AS IS HERE DESCRIBED PROCLAIMS THE LACK OF A WI...
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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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1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Samuel 25:17; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 22:24...