Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Proverbs 17:14
Before it be meddled with] RV 'Before there be quarrelling.' The bursting of a dam begins with a small crack. 'Little strokes fell great oaks.'
Before it be meddled with] RV 'Before there be quarrelling.' The bursting of a dam begins with a small crack. 'Little strokes fell great oaks.'
Verse Proverbs 17:14. _THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE_ IS AS _WHEN ONE LETTETH OUT_ _WATER_] As soon as the smallest breach is made in the dike or dam, the water begins to _press_ from all parts _towards th...
The figure is taken from the great tank or reservoir upon which Eastern cities often depended for their supply of water. The beginning of strife is compared to the first crack in the mound of such a r...
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
BEGINNING OF STRIFE. Illustrations: Ephraimites (Judges 12:1); Abner (2 Samuel 2:14); Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 10:1); Jeroboam ...
_letteth out water_ by making ever so small a hole or fissure in a dam, or in the bank of a reservoir, such as Solomon himself constructed (Ecclesiastes 2:6). "aggeribus ruptis cum spumeus amnis Exi...
THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE, &C.— Those who begin a quarrel are like those who make a breach in a bank, and give an opening to the waters of a rapid river; which they can never be sure to stop before it p...
TEXT Proverbs 17:11-19 11. An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his fo...
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE (IS AS) WHEN ONE LETTETH OUT WATER - as when, in a dam...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 17 V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place. But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there are arguments....
When people argue, they might become angry. If they become angry, then they might fight. If they fight, then they will hate each other. A simple argument might cause serious troubles. It is easier to...
THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE IS AS WHEN ONE LETTETH OUT WATER. — The drops which ooze through a tiny hole in the bank of a reservoir soon swell into an unmanageable torrent; so from insignificant beginning...
פֹּ֣וטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָדֹ֑ון וְ לִ פְנֵ
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to h...
Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
_Water. It is scarcely possible to prevent the bad effects of detraction. Frequent quarrels have also risen on account of springs, Genesis xxvi. 20. --- Judgment. And gives up the cause, as being much...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repro...
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 BEGINNING OF STRIFE [IS AS] WHEN ONE LETTETH OUT WATER,.... As when a man makes a little hole in the bank of a river, or cuts a small passage in it, to let the water into an adjoining field; by th...
The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. Ver. 14. _The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water._] It is easier...
_The beginning of strife_, &c. “Those who begin a quarrel are like those who make a breach in a bank, and give an opening to the waters of a rapid river; which they can never be sure to stop before it...
V. 14. THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE IS AS WHEN ONE LETTETH OUT WATER, as the breaking forth of waters through a dam or dike; one never knows to what proportions the flood will grow; THEREFORE LEAVE OFF CON...
LETTETH OUT WATER, by cutting the bank of a river, in which case the water quickly widens the breach, and breaks in with irresistible violence and fury, and causeth great mischief and destruction. LEA...
Proverbs 17:14 beginning H7225 strife H4066 releasing H6362 (H8802) water H4325 stop H5203 (H8800) contention H7379
THE FOLLIES OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:8). The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and this now leads on to consideration of the activities of fools (kesil) (Proverbs 17:21 vi...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See Proverbs 15:17. Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
_The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with._ STRIFE AND CONTENTION Here contention seems to differ from strife, the former be...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:9 These verses include two collections of proverbs (vv. Proverbs 17:9 and vv. Pro
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 17:14 This verse advises the reader to either avoid or resolve conflict before control is lost. LIKE LETTING OUT WATER. Once a dam has been breached, there is no holding back...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 17:14. MEDDLED WITH, rather “_pours forth_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:14_ THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE I. THIS MORAL PESTILENCE IS OF GREAT ANTIQUITY. It began with the...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Chronicles 10:14; 2 Chronicles 13:17; 2 Chronicles 25:17;...
Letteth out — By cutting the bank of a river. Leave off — Avoid the occasions, and prevent the beginning of contention....