Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 25:5
Take (g) away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
(g) It is not enough that he is pure himself, but that he put away others who are corrupted.
Take (g) away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
(g) It is not enough that he is pure himself, but that he put away others who are corrupted.
The interpretation of the proverb of Proverbs 25:4. The king himself, like the Lord whom he represents, is to sit as “a refiner of silver” Malachi 3:3....
IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...
FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. PROVERBS...
TAKE AWAY, &C. Illustrations: David (1Ki 2:5, 1 Kings 2:6. Compare Pro 25:46); Asa (1 Kings 15:13). THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....
CHAPTER 25 TEXT Proverbs 25:1-10 1. These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings i...
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. THE FINER - the melter; the goldsmith. TAKE AWAY THE WICKED (FROM) BEFORE THE KING. Bad ministers and couns...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
The workman cannot make a beautiful object with dirty silver. And the king cannot rule well if his government is evil. Paul taught us to pray for kings and governments (1 Timothy 2:1-2)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
HIS THRONE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS — whereas violence and wrong pull it down. (Jeremiah 21:12; Jeremiah 22:3, _sqq._; Zechariah 7:9, _sqq._)...
הָגֹ֣ו רָ֭שָׁע לִ פְנֵי ־מֶ֑לֶךְ וְ יִכֹּ֖ון
CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable...
WORDS FITLY SPOKEN Proverbs 25:1-14 This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great to be disclosed to the vulg...
We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...
_Justice. The wicked in a kingdom resemble rust on silver. (Calmet)_...
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Take away the wicked fro...
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...
TAKE AWAY THE WICKED [FROM] BEFORE THE KING,.... Wicked ministers and counsellors; they are the "dross", worthless and useless; yea, hurtful and pernicious. The king is the "refiner", for whom the ves...
Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. Ver. 5. _Take away the wicked._] Who are compared elsewhere also to dross, Eze 22:19 and fitly; for...
_Take away the dross from the silver_, &c. When the dross is separated from the silver, and not before, it becomes so pliable, that the finer may cast or work it into what form he pleases; thus, _take...
Take away the wicked from before the king, by a judicial action which removes such dross from before the ruler's eyes, AND HIS THRONE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, a wise and beneficent gover...
TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
FROM BEFORE THE KING; from his court and councils. SHALL BE ESTABLISHED, by removing them who by their wicked counsels and practices provoked God's displeasure against the king, and blasted his reputa...
Proverbs 25:5 away H1898 (H8800) wicked H7563 before H6440 king H4428 throne H3678 established H3559 (H8735) right
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...
Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...
_Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer._ PURIFYING FIRES No text in Scripture brings out with equal distinctness the higher office of affliction, _i.e...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:4 TAKE AWAY THE WICKED FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE KING. The close advisers of a ruler must be chosen with careful attention to their moral character (see...
With this chapter begins the fourth main division of this book, consisting, as its introductory words inform us, of sayings and perhaps writings of Solomon, which were placed together in their present...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-29:27 PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the king and his subjects...
Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a per...
1 Kings 2:33; 1 Kings 2:46; Esther 7:10; Esther 8:11; Isaiah 16:5;...