Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 25:23
The marginal reading is far more accurate and gives a better sense. The northwest wind in Palestine commonly brings rain, and this was probably in the thought of the writer.
The marginal reading is far more accurate and gives a better sense. The northwest wind in Palestine commonly brings rain, and this was probably in the thought of the writer.
Verse Proverbs 25:23. _THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN_] The _margin_ has, "The north wind bringeth forth rain." It is said that the "north wind brings forth rain at Jerusalem, because it brings wit...
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...
DRIVETH AWAY. bringeth forth. Hebrew. _hul._ an angry countenance. Supply the Ellipsis thus: by adding "[produceth]"....
_driveth away_ Rather, BRINGETH FORTH, A.V. marg., R.V. text. The rendering of A.V. text follows the Vulg., dissipat pluvias, and is apparently supported by Job 37:22: "Fair weather," or "golden brigh...
THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN, &C.— See the _Observations,_ p. 37....
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...
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN; SO (DOTH) AN ANGRY COUNTENANCE A BACKBITING TONGUE. So Vulgate. The north wind...
25:23 tongue. (a-13) Or 'So doth a backbiting (lit. 'secret') tongue, an angry countenance.'...
DRIVETH AWAY] RV 'bringeth forth.'...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
Perhaps you do not want a friend to hear your words. So you whisper. Your friend might not hear your actual words. But he knows that you are whispering. So your friend guesses that your words are not...
THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN. — The marginal rendering is probably more correct: “The north wind bringeth forth rain;_”_ but as this seems to be opposed to Job 37:22, it has been thought that the...
ר֣וּחַ צָ֭פֹון תְּחֹ֣ולֵֽל גָּ֑שֶׁם וּ פָנִ֥ים...
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...
Rain; (Symmachus; Protestants) or marginal note, "bringeth forth rain." (Haydock) --- But St. Jerome, who live in the country, knew that this wind was rather dry; and therefore he has abandoned the Se...
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. As cold waters...
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...
THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN,.... So the geographer w says, the swift north wind drives away the moist clouds; which usually come from the opposite quarter, the south. The word used has the signif...
The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Ver. 23. _The north wind drives away rain._] Hence Homer calls it αιθρηγενουτην, the fair weather maker, and Jero...
_The north wind_, &c. “As the sharpness of the north wind scatters clouds, and drives away rain, so a severe countenance, full of indignation against him that traduces his neighbour, not only gives a...
The north wind driveth away rain, blowing from the north, it produces rain, it blows up a rain-storm; SO DOTH AN ANGRY COUNTENANCE A BACKBITING TONGUE, for if the tongue is busy spreading slander, it...
TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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, -...
THE NORTH WIND DRIVETH AWAY RAIN, SO DOETH AN ANGRY COUNTENANCE A BACKBITING TONGUE: Or, The North wind bringeth forth rain, so doeth a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance...
AN ANGRY COUNTENANCE in the hearer, who by his countenance showeth his dislike of such persons and practices. A BACKBITING TONGUE, Heb. _a secret tongue_, which privily slandereth his neighbour, as it...
Proverbs 25:23 north H6828 wind H7307 forth H2342 (H8787) rain H1653 backbiting H5643 tongue H3956 angry H2194
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...
_The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue._ RIGHTEOUS ANGER The marginal reading, which is, “The north wind bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue...
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 25:23 The NORTH WIND is not the usual source of RAIN in Palestine. When it is, it brings unexpected and damaging rain. This is like a BACKBITING TONGUE, which
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 25:23. DRIVETH AWAY. Rather “_Brings forward the rain-clouds_.” Most modern commentators adopt this rendering of the verb, and read the latter phrase to suit the metaphor—“_...
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...
2 Corinthians 12:20; Job 37:22; Proverbs 26:20; Psalms 101:5;...