Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 27:21
So is ... - Better, So let a man be to his praise, let him purify it from all the alloy of flattery and baseness with which it is too probably mixed up.
So is ... - Better, So let a man be to his praise, let him purify it from all the alloy of flattery and baseness with which it is too probably mixed up.
Verse Proverbs 27:21. _AS THE FINING POT FOR SILVER_] As silver and gold are tried by the art of the refiner, so is a man's heart by the praise he receives. If he _feel_ it not, he _deserves_ it; if h...
V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...
A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...
FOR... FOR. trieth... trieth. SO IS, &C.. So doth. man put his praise to the test....
_to his praise_ The meaning is brought out more clearly in R.V. text: THE FINING POT IS FOR SILVER, AND THE FURNACE FOR GOLD, AND A MAN IS _tried_ BY HIS PRAISE: i.e. by the manner in which he be...
SO IS A MAN TO HIS PRAISE— The LXX read, _And a man is tried by the mouth of those who praise him;_ and so Houbigant renders it. The meaning is, "That the mind of man is as easily discovered and tried...
TEXT Proverbs 27:19-27 19. As in water face answereth face, So the heart of man to man. 20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21. The refining pot...
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. (AS) THE FINING POT (CRUCIBLE) FOR SILVER (NOTE, PROVERBS 17:3 ) ... SO IS A MAN TO (ACCORDING TO; HEBREW, lªpiy ...
Estimate him by the reputation he wins. The Russian proverb is, 'A man's reception is according to his coat; his dismissal according to his sense.'...
SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow....
You can find out whether gold is real in a fire. Gold does not burn. And silver does not burn. And you can test a man’s attitudes. Some people are proud if you praise them. Some people are foolish if...
SO IS A MAN TO HIS PRAISE — _i.e._, as the fining-pot and furnace test the metals put into them, so does that on which a man prides or boasts himself. Observe what this is — _e.g.,_ wealth, or show, o...
מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭ † כֶּסֶף וְ כ֣וּר לַ...
CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men ar...
“HEARTY COUNSEL” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original se...
Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
[As] the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his (i) praise. (i) That is, he is either known to be ambitious and glorious, or humble and modest....
_Praiseth. If he be not puffed up, or if all agree in his praises, we may conclude that they are well founded. --- The, &c., is not in Hebrew, Complutensian, St. Jerome, or Chaldean, and destroys the...
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment tha...
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] THE FINING POT FOR SILVER, AND THE FURNACE FOR GOLD,.... For the trying, proving, and purifying these metals; see Proverbs 17:3; SO [IS] A MAN TO HIS PRAISE; or "according to the mouth of his pr...
Proverbs 27:21 [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise. Ver. 21. _As the fining pot for silver, &c._] Man is naturally apt to be much taken, and even tic...
_As the fining-pot for silver_ Is appointed and used for the trial of silver, and the detection and separation of the dross from it; _so is a man to his praise_ Or, _according to his praise:_ that is,...
As the fining-pot for silver and the furnace for gold, both of them serving to bring out the purity of the metals tried in them, SO IS A MAN TO HIS PRAISE, he is tested, his real character is disclose...
WISDOM AND HUMILITY GO HAND IN HAND...
HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
AS THE FINING POT FOR SILVER; is appointed and used for the trial of silver, and the detection and separation of the dross from it. SO IS A MAN TO HIS PRAISE; or, _according to his praise_. The sense...
Proverbs 27:21 pot H4715 silver H3701 furnace H3564 gold H2091 man H376 say H4110 him H6310 the fining -...
Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
_So is a man to his praise._ THE INFLUENCE OF APPLAUSE The various passions implanted in human nature are necessary to animate the soul in the service of God and our generation. The poet sung, “Love...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:19 Just as WATER reflects a person’s actual appearance, so the HEART reflects a person’s true nature (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 27:21. A MAN TO HIS PRAISE. Delitzsch understands the meaning to be that a man is valued according to the measure of public opinion. Ewald, Hitzig, and others, coincide with...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1). Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...
1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:12; 1 Samuel 18:15; 1 Samuel 18:16; 1 Samuel
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE Proverbs 27:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament w...
To his praise — Or, according to his praise. So a man is tried by praise....