Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein, — A simile taken from hunters making pits as traps for wild animals. The same doctrine of retribution being brought upon the sinner’s head by God the righteous Judge is taught in Psalms 7:11, sqq.
Verse Proverbs 26:27. _WHOSO DIGGETH A PIT_] Psalms 7:15. There is a _Latin_ proverb like this: _Malum consilium consultori_ _pessimum_, "A bad counsel, but worst to the giver." _Harm watch; harm catc...
ROLLETH A STONE - The illustration refers, probably, to the use made of stones in the rough warfare of an earlier age. Compare Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21. The man is supposed to be rolling the stone...
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...
SHALL FALL THEREIN. Illustrations: Jacob, who deceived with. kid (Genesis 27:14), was deceived by. kid (Genesis 37:31; Genesis 37:32); David and the sword ...
Comp. Psalms 7:15-16; Sir 27:25-27....
TEXT Proverbs 26:20-28 20. For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth. 21. As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to...
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. WHOSO DIGGETH A PIT SHALL FALL THEREIN (PSALMS 7:15 ); AND HE THAT ROLLETH A STONE (WITH THE INTENTION...
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....
These men wanted to cause trouble for other people. But in fact, these men suffered because of their own cruel actions. Everything that went wrong in their lives was their own fault. It is never good...
כֹּֽרֶה ־שַּׁ֭חַת בָּ֣הּ יִפֹּ֑ל וְ גֹ֥לֵ֥ל א
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...
_Him. "Bad advice is worst to him who gives it." (Varro. Rust. iii. 22.)_...
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?...
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...
WHOSO DIGGETH A PIT SHALL FALL THEREIN,.... That devises mischief against others, it shall come upon himself. The allusion is to the digging of pits for catching wild beasts, which are slightly covere...
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Ver. 27. _Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall thereinto._] This is the same with Psalms 7:15, from which it se...
_Whoso diggeth a pit_ That another may fall into it; _shall fall therein_ Himself. For, by the righteous judgment of God, the wicked are not only generally disappointed in their designs, but involve t...
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein, this being the form which the punishment of God will take; AND HE THAT ROLLETH A STONE, with the intention of harming another, IT WILL RETURN UPON HIM, in just...
CONCERNING BUSYBODIES...
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....
WHOSO DIGGETH A PIT, that another may fall into it. It is a metaphor from hunters, who used to dig deep pits, and then to cover them slightly with earth, that wild beasts passing that way might fall i...
Proverbs 26:27 digs H3738 (H8802) pit H7845 fall H5307 (H8799) rolls H1556 (H8802) stone H68
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...
_He that hateth dissembleth with his lips._ CLANDESTINE HATRED I. It is often greatly disguised. “Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. II. It is excessivel...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:23 These verses concern the liar. He artfully disguises his lies, and one should take care not to be fooled by him (vv. Proverbs 26:23). Eventually his lies will
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 26:23. BURNING LIPS—_i.e._, “lips whence come ardent expressions of friendship.” SILVER DROSS. Impure silver not freed from the dross. PROVERBS 26:24. LAYETH UP, rather, “_...
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...
Ecclesiastes 10:8; Esther 7:10; Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 10:2; Psalms
Rolleth — Up the hill with design to do mischief to some person....