Better, “A man of many companions is so to his own destruction, but there is a friend (the true, loving friend) etc.” It is not the multitude of so called friends that helps us. They may only embarrass and perplex. What we prize is the one whose love is stronger and purer even than all ties of kindred.
Verse Proverbs 18:24. _A MAN_ THAT HATH _FRIENDS MUST SHOW HIMSELF FRIENDLY_] Love begets love; and love requires love as its recompense. If a man do not maintain a friendly carriage, he cannot expect...
CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose. Such a one becomes...
PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
A MAN.. special various reading called _sevir_ reads _yesh,_ instead of _ish_, which means "there is", or "there are "instead of "a man". It occurs three times: here, 2 Samuel 14:19, and Micah 6:10. F...
_A man that hath friends_ Lit. A MAN OF FRIENDS, i.e. one who _makes many friends_, R.V.; makes them too easily and indiscriminately. _must shew himself friendly_ Rather, _doeth it_ TO HIS OWN DESTRU...
STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24 1. How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)? 2. How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)? 3. What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14? 4. L
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. A MAN (THAT HATH) FRIENDS (ASSOCIATES) MUST SHOW HIMSELF FRIENDLY (SOCIAL): AND THERE...
18:24 friends (e-5) Or 'companions,' 'associates,' Psalms 38:11 . friend (f-14) Lit. 'lover,' as Psalms 38:11 . see ch. 14.20....
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The ali...
RV 'He that maketh many friends _doeth it_ to his own destruction; but' 'The friend thou hast, and his adoption tried, Grapple him to thy soul with hooks of steel. But do not dull thy palm with enter...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 18 V1 An unfriendly man is selfish. He is not sensible. V2 A foo
The friends ought to help the first man. But when he needs help, they all avoid him. This often happens. Many friends are not loyal. When troubles come, such friends leave. The second man has only on...
A MAN THAT HATH FRIENDS MUST SHEW HIMSELF FRIENDLY. — Rather, _a man of many friends will suffer loss,_ for he will impoverish himself by constant hospitality, and in trouble they will desert him (Psa...
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CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or "q...
A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer (q) than a brother. (q) That is, often such are found who are more ready to do pleasure, than he tha...
_Brother. The ties of nature are not so strong as those of friendship. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "a man that hath friends must shew himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a broth...
REFLECTIONS. Reader! what a blessed thing it is to sit down under the teaching of the Holy Ghost; and while this book of God appears indeed truly parables, and must continue so unexplained, until that...
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be won...
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 [THAT HATH] FRIENDS MUST SHOW HIMSELF FRIENDLY,.... Friendship ought to be mutual and reciprocal, as between David and Jonathan; a man that receives friendship ought to return it, or otherwise h...
A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother. Ver. 24. _A man that hath friends, &c._] For _Cos amoris amor,_ Love is the whetston...
_A man that hath friends_ Hebrew, _a man of friends;_ either, 1st, Who desires the friendship of others; or, 2d, Who professes friendship to others; _must show himself friendly_ Must perform all kind...
V. 24. A MAN THAT HATH FRIENDS MUST SHOW HIMSELF FRIENDLY, rather, a man who has all the world for his friend will fail in true friendship, for he will hardly stand up for well-defined principles; AND...
A MAN THAT HATH FRIENDS, Heb. _a man of friends_; either, 1. Who desires the friendship of others. Or, 2. Who professeth friendship to others. THAT STICKETH CLOSER to him that desires and needs his...
Proverbs 18:24 man H376 friends H7453 friendly H7489 (H8710) is H3426 friend H157 (H8802) closer H1695 brother...
Proverbs 18:24 When Christian people talk of a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, there is commonly one Friend in their mind, the best Friend, the most faithful, and sympathetic, and mighty,...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
_A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly._ DUTIES TO EQUALS, NEIGHBOURS, FRIENDS, HUSBAND, AND WIFE The carriage of equals to one another should be friendly and equal on both sides. Almos...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 18:24. The first clause of this verse should be “A man of many friends will prove himself base, or is so to his own destruction,” _i.e._, he who professes to regard everybod...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then com...
1 Chronicles 12:38; 1 Samuel 19:4; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 30:26;...
A man — Heb. A man of friends; who desires the friendship of others....