Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] (c) deceitful.
(c) They are flattering and seem friendly.
Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] (c) deceitful.
(c) They are flattering and seem friendly.
DECEITFUL - Better, abundant. Very lavish is the enemy of the kisses that cover perfidy, but lavish of them only. His courtesy goes no deeper....
V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...
A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...
FAITHFUL, &C. Illustrations: Nehemiah (Nehemiah 5:7. Compare Nehemiah 6:2); Jehu (2 Chronicles 19:2). DECEITFUL. Hebrew. _'athar =_ effusive (i.e. abundant) and empty (as vapour). See note on...
_deceitful_ This rendering follows the _fraudulenta_of the Vulgate; whereas _earnest_(A.V. marg.) may be due to the ἑκούσια of the LXX. The alternative rendering of A.V. marg., _frequent_, or, as it i...
CHAPTER 27 TEXT Proverbs 27:1-9 1. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest now what a day may bring forth. 2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not th...
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. FAITHFUL (MARKS OF TRUE KINDNESS, AND FOR ONE'S TRUE GOOD, PSALMS 141:5 ) ARE THE WOUNDS OF (I:E., INFLICTED BY) A FRI...
27:6 friend; (b-7) As ch. 18.24. strictly, 'one who loves.'...
SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow....
A word of correction might be unpleasant. You do not want your friend to see your error. And you may not want your friend to talk about such matters. But he warns you because you are wrong. He speaks...
FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND — _i.e.,_ the “open rebuke” of the previous verse, the “smiting” and “reproof” of Psalms 142:5. THE KISSES OF AN ENEMY ARE DECEITFUL. — Rather, _plentiful,_ shower...
נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אֹוהֵ֑ב וְ֝ נַעְתָּרֹ֗ות נְשִׁיקֹ֥ות...
CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men ar...
“HEARTY COUNSEL” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original se...
Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...
_Enemy. Joab slew Amasa, while he kissed him, 2 Kings xx. 9., and Matthew xxvi. 48. True friendship is not attentive to outward appearances._...
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ange...
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...
FAITHFUL [ARE] THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND,.... That is, friendly reproofs; which, though they may be severe, at least thought so, and may grieve and wound, and cause pain and uneasiness for the present, y...
Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful. Ver. 6. _Faithful are the wounds of a friend._] And are therefore to be prayed for; "but the kisses of an enemy are...
_Open rebuke is better than secret love_ “He that takes an ingenuous liberty to tell others of their faults, and rebukes them freely, when need requires, to their face, is a better friend, a more valu...
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, that is, he, in the earnest concern for his neighbor's true welfare, may sometimes give a sharp reproof; BUT THE KISSES OF AN ENEMY, when he feigns friendship, ARE...
EXALTATION OF SELF LEADS TO FOLLY...
HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...
DECEITFUL: Or, earnest, or frequent...
FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS; they proceed from an upright, and truly loving, and faithful soul, and really promote the good of the person reproved. _The wounds_; the sharpest reproofs, which for the prese...
Proverbs 27:6 Faithful H539 (H8737) wounds H6482 friend H157 (H8802) kisses H5390 enemy H8130 (H8802) deceitful...
Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...
Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...
_Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful._ GOD’S FRIENDSHIP AND SATAN’S ENMITY True friends are scarce. The old cynic who went about in broad daylight with a lig...
_Open rebuke is better than secret love._ CHARITABLE REPROOF Self-love is so natural to us, that as it makes us apt to flatter ourselves on all occasions, so it inclines us to accept too easily of th...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 27:5 OPEN REBUKE gives a person the chance to reflect on the course he or she is taking. HIDDEN LOVE sees problems but does not try to help the person....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 27:5. SECRET LOVE. Zöckler and Hitzig understand this love to be that “_which from false consideration dissembles, and does not tell his friend of his faults when it should...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1). Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...
2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 20:9; Hebrews 12:10; Job 5:17
MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE Proverbs 27:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament w...
Wounds — The sharpest reproofs. Kisses — All the outward profession of friendship....