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The lying tongue hates its victims....
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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....
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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...
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HATETH, &C.: i.e.: "Forgiveness to the injured doth belong; They ne'er
pardon who have done the wrong. ...
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Comp. "Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem læseris." Tacitus,
_Agric_., cap. 42....
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A LYING TONGUE HATETH, &C.— _A deceitful tongue shall suffer its own
example, a deceitful mouth shall fall into ruin._ Houbigant. Our
translation, however, may be justified; and the meaning is, that i...
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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...
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A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a
flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A LYING TONGUE HATETH (THOSE THAT ARE) AFFLICTED BY IT.
`Forgiveness to the injured doth belong; He nev...
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FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS
1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
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Both men cause trouble because their words are not sincere.
When the first man lies, the people believe him. Then they do the
wrong thing, because of the lie.
The second person pretends that someone...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 26
V1 Snow should not fall in summer.
Rain should not fall during the harvest....
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A LYING TONGUE HATETH THOSE THAT ARE AFFLICTED BY IT. — As the
remembrance of them calls up his own wickedness to the mind of the
offender. This is one reason why “the carnal mind is enmity against
Go...
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לְֽשֹׁון ־שֶׁ֭קֶר יִשְׂנָ֣א דַכָּ֑יו
וּ פֶ֥ה...
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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...
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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...
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CHAPTER XXVI....
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REFLECTIONS.
If the Reader discovers Jesus in the midst of these verses, he will
find what the wise man hath elsewhere observed, and with truth is
found to be the case, that his name is as ointment po...
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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?...
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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...
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A LYING TONGUE HATETH [THOSE THAT ARE] AFFLICTED BY IT,.... That is, a
man of a lying tongue, that is given to lying, hates those that are
hurt and crushed by his lies; the reason why he hurts them wi...
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A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a
flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Ver. 28. _A lying tongue hateth those that are addicted by it._]
False love proves to be true hatred, by t...
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_A lying tongue hateth_, &c. That is, he who slanders others hates
those whom he slanders, because, by his calumnies, he hath made them
his enemies. For “it is common for men to hate those to whom the...
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CONCERNING BUSYBODIES...
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A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, it is not a case
of merely repeating a slander in a thoughtless manner, but a
deliberate expression of hatred; AND A FLATTERING MOUTH WORKETH RUIN...
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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....
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HATETH THOSE THAT ARE AFFLICTED BY IT, because by his calumnies he
hath made them his enemies. A FLATTERING MOUTH; which, though it be
more smooth and plausible than a slandering mouth, yet is in trut...
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Proverbs 26:28 lying H8267 tongue H3956 hates H8130 (H8799) crushed
H1790 flattering H2509 mouth H6310 works H6213
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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...
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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...
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_A flattering mouth worketh ruin._
HOW MAY WE BEST CURE THE LOVE OF BEING FLATTERED
I. What flattery is. Solomon calls it “a mouth that flatters.” All
that comes from the flatterer is complaisant, on...
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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
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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, “_...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 26:1
Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception,
perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....
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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...
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John 10:32; John 10:33; John 15:22; John 8:40; John 8:44;...