Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 20:19
Flattereth - literally, “The man who opens his lips,” who has no reticence; such a man, with or without intending it, does the work of a talebearer.
Flattereth - literally, “The man who opens his lips,” who has no reticence; such a man, with or without intending it, does the work of a talebearer.
CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if applied to Solomon....
PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought. P...
MEDDLE. mingle, mix thyself up. Not the same word as in Proverbs 20:3. LIPS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the flattery spoken by them....
_flattereth_with] Rather, OPENETH WIDE, R.V.; dilatat labia sua, Vulg.; has his mouth always open as a tattling gossip. Comp. the prohibition of the Law, Leviticus 19:16, and St Paul's rebuke of "tatt...
TEXT Proverbs 20:11-20 11. Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even bot...
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. A TALEBEARER - Hebrew, raakiyl (H7400); a detractor; literally, a trafficker, wh...
1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about....
A 'chatterbox,' not a 'flatterer,' is meant....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 20 V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts at you. If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
You cannot trust this man. He gossips, so he will tell your secrets to everyone. We should not gossip. See James 4:11-12....
FLATTERETH WITH HIS LIPS. — Rather, _is open with his lips,_ cannot keep them shut....
גֹּֽולֶה ־סֹּ֖וד הֹולֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּ לְ פֹתֶ֥
CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is...
“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature ever bent...
Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
_Lips. And speaketh much. These people are unworthy of our friendship._...
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There is...
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...
HE THAT GOETH ABOUT [AS] A TALEBEARER REVEALETH SECRETS,.... Or, "he that revealeth secrets goeth about as a talebearer"; a man that has really got the secrets of others out of them respecting themsel...
He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Ver. 9. _He that goeth about as a talebearer._] Therefore make not such of thy co...
V. 19. HE THAT GOETH ABOUT AS A TALEBEARER, making it his business to carry gossip and slander, REVEALETH SECRETS; THEREFORE MEDDLE NOT WITH HIM THAT FLATTERETH WITH HIS LIPS. cf Proverbs 11:13; Prove...
FLATTERETH: Or, enticeth...
HE THAT GOETH ABOUT AS A TALE-BEARER REVEALETH SECRETS; he that delighteth in and accustometh himself to the practice of spreading tales or evil reports, will not forbear to publish the greatest secre...
Proverbs 20:19 about H1980 (H8802) talebearer H7400 reveals H1540 (H8802) secrets H5475 associate H6148 (H8691)
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
_Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips._ ON KEEPING AWAY PEOPLE WE DON’T WANT Not all insects are welcome visitors to plants; there are unbidden guests who do harm. To their visits there...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 20:18. The first clause may be read, _Establish thy purpose by counsel_. PROVERBS 20:19. “HIM THAT FLATTERETH.” Rather, _him that openeth wide his lips, i.e._, the babbler....
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 20:1 WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its influence. Thus...
Into chapter 20. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1). He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next week,...
Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 16:29; Proverbs 18:8;...