Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 25:25
The craving of wanderers for news from the home that they have left is as a consuming thirst, the news that quenches it as a refreshing fountain.
The craving of wanderers for news from the home that they have left is as a consuming thirst, the news that quenches it as a refreshing fountain.
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...
GOOD NEWS, &C. Illustrations: Jacob (Genesis 45:25); Paul (Colossians 1:3; Colossians 1:4.Ephesians 1:15;...
As _cold waters_, &c. Comp. "quale per æstum Dulcis aquæ saliente sitim restinguere rivo." Virg. _Ecl_. 25:46, 47. _good news_, &c. Comp. Proverbs 15:30, and for illustration, "The heart of Jacob t...
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...
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. (AS) COLD WATERS TO (LITERALLY, UPON; CF. ) A THIRSTY SOUL, SO (IS) GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY - (cf. .) Such were "the good...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
We wait for news about our friends and relatives. They may be distant, but we still care about them. And we are glad to hear their good news. We ourselves may have many troubles. But their good news c...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY. — This is suggestive of the little communication which in old times took place between distant countries....
מַ֣יִם קָ֭רִים עַל ־נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וּ שְׁמו
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...
_Tidings. Hebrew and Septuagint. The Vulgate seems rather to speak of a "good messenger." Homer said that a good messenger honoured the business most. (Pindar, Pyth. viii.) (Calmet)_...
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 REFRESHMENT OF GOOD NEWS_ ‘As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.’ Proverbs 25:25 I. HEAVEN IS THE ‘FAR COUNTRY’ TO US POOR CHILDREN OF THE EARTH TO-DAY.—(1) It...
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...
[AS] COLD WATERS TO A THIRSTY SOUL,.... Water is naturally cold; and is by classic writers expressed by "cold" itself c, and is very refreshing to one athirst through heat: or, "to a weary soul" d; to...
Proverbs 25:25 [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country. Ver. 25. _As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news._] This and many more of these proverbs Solomon mi...
Pro. 25:25. Good news from our friends at a distance, who have been gone long from us. Heaven is a far country - a far country especially to sinners, who have gone far off from God to the very borders...
_As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country_ “Good and certain news, especially from a far country, (from whence it is hard to have any true intelligence,) is as grateful to...
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, producing the same feeling of refreshment, SO IS GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY, that concerning an absent friend or relative....
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, -...
Because it comes thither more rarely and difficultly after it hath been long expected and earnestly desired; all which circumstances make it more acceptable....
Proverbs 25:25 cold H7119 water H4325 weary H5889 soul H5315 good H2896 news H8052 far H4801 country H776...
Proverbs 25:25 I. Heaven is the "far country" to us poor children of the earth today. (1) It is a far country possibly as measured by distance. (2) It is a far country more especially from the fact th...
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...
_As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country._ GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY We live in a little world. It is simply that we are a part of it that it seems to us so great. By...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:25_ COLD WATER AND GOOD NEWS I. TWO BLESSINGS OFTEN ARDENTLY LONGED FOR. In these days of travel, many more can enter into the spirit of this analogy than in the days...
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...
1 Timothy 1:15; 2 Samuel 23:15; Exodus 17:2; Exodus 17:3; Exodus 17:6;...
So — Because it comes more rarely and difficultly, after it hath been long expected....