Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the (f) innermost parts of the belly.
(f) They are soon believed and enter most deeply.
The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the (f) innermost parts of the belly.
(f) They are soon believed and enter most deeply.
Verse Proverbs 18:8. _THE WORDS OF A TALE-BEARER_] דברי נרגן _dibrey nirgan_, "the words of the whisperer," the _busy-body_, the _busy, meddling_ _croaker_. _Verba bilinguis_, "the words of the double...
The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last, “wounds.” Proverbs 18:8...
CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose. Such a one becomes...
PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
TALEBEARER. whisperer, or tattler. ARE AS WOUNDS. are as dainty morsels: i.e. are greedily swallowed....
_talebearer_ Rather, WHISPERER, R.V., secret calumniator, as in Proverbs 16:28; bilinguis, Vulg. _wounds_ Rather, DAINTY MORSELS, R.V.; so greedily do men swallow down and retain them. This proverb o...
THE WORDS, &C.— _The words of a rancorous person are like morsels greedily swallowed; they sink into the lower parts of the belly._ Schultens, see his note. Houbigant renders it, _The words of a taleb...
CHAPTER 18 TEXT Proverbs 18:1-12 1. He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom. 2. A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart ma...
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. THE WORDS OF A TALEBEARER ARE AS WOUNDS - `piercing' like a 'sword,' (Proverbs 12:18; cf. margin). ...
18:8 belly. (a-20) Or 'into the depths (lit. 'chambers') of the soul;' and so chs. 20.27,30; 26.22....
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The ali...
WOUNDS] RV 'dainty morsels.' Malicious gossip finds ready acceptance (Jeremiah 15:16)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 18 V1 An unfriendly man is selfish. He is not sensible. V2 A foo
This verse is the same as Proverbs 26:22. People listen, when someone gossips. They enjoy the stories. They even believe that the stories are true. This is dangerous. These stories are like food, bec...
THE WORDS OF A TALEBEARER ARE AS WOUNDS. — Or, more probably, “as dainty morsels” that are eagerly swallowed, and _“go_ down into the innermost parts of the belly,” _i.e.,_ are treasured up in the dee...
דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּ מִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝ הֵ֗ם...
CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or "q...
_Tongued. Hebrew, "caluminator." He pretends to wish well to those of whom he speaks, or else to guard the company against deceit. (Calmet) --- "If the devil be upon the detractor's tongue, he is in t...
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep w...
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 WORDS OF A TALEBEARER [ARE] AS WOUNDS,.... Or rather they are wounds; they wound the credit and reputation of the person of whom the tale is told; they wound the person to whom it is told, and des...
The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Ver. 8. _The words of a talebearer are as wounds._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 12:18 _"_ He that takes awa...
_The words of a tale-bearer_ Who privily slanders his neighbour; _are as wounds_ Deeply wound the reputation, and afterward the heart, of the slandered person. _They go down_, &c. They wound mortally,...
V. 8. THE WORDS OF A TALEBEARER ARE AS WOUNDS, rather, as sweet morsels, or, as pastime, eagerly grasped and swallowed by those who listen to slander, AND THEY GO DOWN INTO THE INNERMOST PARTS OF THE...
TALEBEARER: Or, whisperer AS WOUNDS: Or, like as when men are wounded INNERMOST PARTS: _ Heb._ chambers...
THE WORDS OF A TALE-BEARER, who privily slandereth his neighbour, ARE AS WOUNDS; deeply wound the reputation, and afterwards the heart, of the slandered person. Compare PROVERBS 12:18. Or, as others r...
Proverbs 18:8 words H1697 talebearer H5372 trifles H3859 (H8693) down H3381 (H8804) inmost H2315 body H990...
THE FOOL DESTROYS OTHERS AND IS THEREFORE HIMSELF DESTROYED, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS ARE KEPT SAFE (PROVERBS 18:8). In this subsection there is an emphasis on the way in which a fool destroys a community. H...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
_A fool’s lips enter into contention._ THE SPEECH OF A SPLENETIC FOOL How frequently Solomon speaks of the fool! and the fool in his idea was not an intellectually demented man, but a morally bad ma...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 18:5 These verses concern the consequences of misusing words. Verses Proverbs 18:6 and...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 18:6. CALLETH FOR. Stuart understands this in the sense of “_to deserve_.” PROVERBS 18:8. WOUNDS. The word so translated occurs only here and in chap. Proverbs 26:22, and wi...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then com...
Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 26:20;...
They go — They wound mortally....