Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 25:17
Let thy foot be seldom in the house of thy friend, etc. Though thy visits were sweet as honey, he may soon learn to loathe them.
Let thy foot be seldom in the house of thy friend, etc. Though thy visits were sweet as honey, he may soon learn to loathe them.
Verse Proverbs 25:17. _WITHDRAW THY FOOT_] Another proverb will illustrate this: "Too much familiarity breeds contempt....
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...
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...
WEARY. full of....
_Withdraw thy foot_ So Vulg., subtrahe pedem tuum. Lit. MAKE RARE THY FOOT. The R.V. adopts the marginal reading of A.V., LET THY FOOT BE SELDOM IN. σπάνιον εἴσαγε σὸν πόδα πρὸς σεαυτοῦ φίλον, LXX....
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....
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. WITHDRAW (HEBREW, MAKE RARE) THY FOOT FROM THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE; LEST HE BE WEARY OF THEE. Do not make thy...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
Honey is good. But too much honey will make you sick. Friendship is good. And visits to your neighbour are good. But you must be careful. Your neighbour needs to meet other people. And your neighbour...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
הֹקַ֣ר רַ֭גְלְךָ מִ בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ פֶּן ־יִ֝ש
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...
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...
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...
_Having. Hebrew, "being tired of thee." No man is so perfect, but he will manifest some defect, and become importunate. (Calmet) Nulli te facias nimis sodalem. (Martial)_...
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...
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...
WITHDRAW THY FOOT FROM THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE,.... Not but that it is commendable to be neighbourly and friendly, or for one neighbour to visit another; but then it should not be very frequent; a man s...
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee. Ver. 17. Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house.] This is a honey that thou mayest surfeit on, theref...
_Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house_ Visit him not too frequently nor unseasonably: do not, upon every light occasion, interrupt his weightier affairs, nor intrude upon him, and take up his...
TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house, making the visits rare, few and far between, LEST HE BE WEARY OF THEE, tired of the company imposed upon him, and so hate thee, on account of the importuni...
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, -...
WITHDRAW THY FOOT FROM THY NEIGHBORS HOUSE: Or, let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbors house WEARY OF THEE: _ Heb._ full of thee...
WITHDRAW THY FOOT FROM THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE, visit him not too frequently nor unseasonably, lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee, as men are apt to loathe those meats of which they surfeit, as...
Proverbs 25:17 Seldom H3365 (H8685) foot H7272 neighbors H7453 house H1004 weary H7646 (H8799) hate H8130 ...
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...
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...
_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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:16 In context, v. Proverbs 25:16 is a metaphor leading into v. Proverbs 25:
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 25:17. WITHHOLD. Rather “_Make rare_.” PROVERBS 25:18. A MAUL. An instrument or weapon shod with iron, probably a war-club. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:17
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...
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...
Genesis 19:2; Genesis 19:3; Judges 19:18; Romans 15:24...
Withdraw — Visit him not too frequently....