Better: “As a thorn which is lifted up in the hand of the drunkard” etc. As such a weapon so used may do mischief to the man himself or to others, so may the sharp, keen-edged proverb when used by one who does not understand it.
CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which signifies weakness....
THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of s...
A DRUNKARD: i.e. insensible to. thorn....
As _a thorn goeth up into the hand_ i.e. as a thorn or thornbush taken up by a drunkard wounds himself. This proverb carries the thought of Proverbs 26:7 a step further. A parable, or proverb, in the...
CHAPTER 26 TEXT Proverbs 26:1-9 1. As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool. 2. As a sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that...
TEXT Proverbs 26:9-19 9. As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools. 10. As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that...
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. AS A THORN GOETH UP INTO THE HAND OF A DRUNKARD, SO IS A PARABLE IN THE MOUTH OF FOOLS - as he knows not how...
FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 26 V1 Snow should not fall in summer. Rain should not fall during the harvest....
This drunk carries a thorn bush. (A thorn bush is a weed with sharp points.) The drunk will hurt himself. And he might hurt other people. This fool speaks a proverb (wise words). But he is a fool. So...
AS A THORN GOETH UP INTO THE HAND OF A DRUNKARD. — Rather, (_As_)_ a thornbush_ (_which_)_ comes into the hand of a drunkard, so_ (_is_)_ a parable_ (_which comes_)_ into the mouth of fools._ They kno...
חֹ֭וחַ עָלָ֣ה בְ יַד ־שִׁכֹּ֑ור וּ֝ מָשָׁ֗ל
CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool accord...
Verse Proverbs 26:2. Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3. In this group of proverbs the fool is the subject. The...
[As] a thorn goeth (e) up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools. (e) By which he hurts both himself and others....
_If. Hebrew, " as a thorn goeth up into the," &c. (Protestants) (Haydock) --- If he attempt to handle or to extract one, he will wound himself the more, as the fool would render truth and wisdom conte...
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] A THORN GOETH UP INTO THE HAND OF A DRUNKARD,.... And he perceives it not; or being in his hand he makes an ill use of it, and hurts himself and others with it; SO [IS] A PARABLE IN THE MOUTH OF...
Proverbs 26:9 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools. Ver. 9. _As a thorn goeth up into the hand, &c._] He handleth it hard, as if it were another...
_As a thorn_, &c. “It is as dangerous for a fool to meddle with a proverb as for a drunkard to handle a thorn, wherewith he hurts himself: but the sharpest saying no more touches a fool with any compu...
CONCERNING FOOLS AND SLUGGARDS...
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, a branch of a thorn-bush in the hands of such a person being a dangerous weapon, since one never knows who will be injured in the inebriate's uncertain...
THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred....
_ As a thorn is in a drunkard's hand, _ which he cannot hold and manage cautiously, but employeth to his own and others hurt, SO IS A PARABLE IN THE MOUTH OF FOOLS; as improper and unprofitable, and,...
Proverbs 26:9 thorn H2336 goes H5927 (H8804) hand H3027 drunkard H7910 proverb H4912 mouth H6310 fools H3684...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and hear mor...
Proverbs 26:1. _As snow in summer,_ which beats down the fruits; _and as rain in harvest,_ which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wast...
_A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back._ ASPECTS OF A FOOL Sin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the material, the temporal for the eternal, the pure joys...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 26:3. To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembered that the Eastern ass is often quite as spirited an...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 26:1 Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening. The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...
Proverbs 23:35...
A thorn — As a thorn is in a drunkard's hand, which he cannot manage cautiously, but employs to his own and others hurt. So — As unprofitable, and, by accident, hurtful to himself and others....