The man who comes to us with tales about others will reveal our secrets also. Faithfulness is shown, not only in doing what a man has been commissioned to do, but in doing it quietly and without garrulity.
Verse Proverbs 11:13. _A TALEBEARER_] הולך רכיל _holech rachil_, the walking busybody, the trader in scandal. _REVEALETH SECRETS_] Whatever was confided to him he is sure to publish abroad. The word...
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
A TALEBEARER. He that goes about talebearing: or,. peddler in scandal. Compare Leviticus 19:16; James 1:26. Illustrations: Doeg (1Sa 21:7. 1 Samuel 22:9;...
_A talebearer_ Rather, HE THAT GOETH ABOUT AS A TALEBEARER. This, as indicated in A.V. marg. (_He that walketh being a talebearer_), is the literal and more forcible rendering. It also brings out the...
TEXT Proverbs 11:12-21 12. He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; But he that...
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. A TALEBEARER [HEBREW, ONE WALKING AS A DETRACTOR, raakiyl (H7400 )] REVEALETH SECRETS. The association of...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
This verse is also about silence. We must think before we speak. Christian leaders often hear other people’s secrets. People should be able to trust their church leaders. The church leader should not...
הֹולֵ֣ךְ רָ֭כִיל מְגַלֶּה ־סֹּ֑וד וְ נֶאֱמַן...
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
_Walketh. Septuagint, "the double-tongued," dissembler, or great talker. (Calmet)_...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. When it goeth we...
_TALEBEARING_ ‘A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.’ Proverbs 11:13 I. A TALEBEARER.—One celebrated nation of antiquity used to express this ma...
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 TALEBEARER REVEALETH SECRETS,.... The Arabic version adds, in the congregation, openly and publicly; that goes about with tales from place to place, who is like a walking merchant or peddler, as the...
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. Ver. 13. _A talebearer revealeth secrets._] Heb., A pedlar. _See Trapp on "_ Lev 19:16 _"_ _See Trapp on "_...
_He that is void of wisdom_ Of knowledge, prudence, and grace; _despiseth his neighbour_ Which he shows by contemptuous or reproachful expressions; _but a man of understanding holdeth his peace_ Forbe...
V. 13. A TALEBEARER REVEALETH SECRETS, his conduct in going about tattling and slandering results in the betrayal of many a thing which had better remained bidden; BUT HE THAT IS OF A FAITHFUL SPIRIT,...
A TALEBEARER: _ Heb._ he that walketh being a talebearer...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
A TALE-BEARER, or, _he that goeth about_ (from one place or person to another, as the manner of such is) _telling tales_, making it his business to scatter reports, revealeth secrets; this tattling hu...
Proverbs 11:13 talebearer H1980 (H8802) H7400 reveals H1540 (H8764) secrets H5475 faithful H539 (H8738) spirit...
NEIGHBOURS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS (PROVERBS 11:8). Solomon now deals with contrasts between the righteous and the wicked with regard to their neighbours and fellow-citizens. The first two verses in the s...
Proverbs 11:13 I. A talebearer. One celebrated nation of antiquity used to express this man's character by a very significant figure. They called a talebearer a "seedpicker." There are men in the worl...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour._ TYPES OF CHARACTER IN SOCIAL LIFE Four distinct types of character. I. The insolent. Men destitute of all true respect for their fellows. They a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:12. VOID OF WISDOM, literally, “of heart.” Zöckler inverts the phrase, “He that speaks contemptuously of his neighbour lacketh wisdom.” PROVERBS 11:13. “He who goeth abo...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
Jeremiah 38:27; Joshua 2:14; Joshua 2:20; Leviticus 19:16; Nehemia
Secrets — Such things as were committed to his trust with a charge of secrecy....