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The pushing, boastful temper is, in the long run, suicidal. It is
wiser as well as nobler to take the lower place at first in humility,
than to take it afterward with shame. Compare Luke 14:8, which i...
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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...
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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...
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_Put not forth thyself_ Better, PUT NOT THYSELF FORWARD, R.V.; Heb.,
_Glorify not thyself_; μὴ ἀλαζονεύου, LXX.; ne gloriosus
appareas, Vulg....
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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...
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Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in
the place of great men:
PUT NOT FORTH THYSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING. Do not magnify or
glorify thyself before a king (so t...
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25:6 forward (b-4) Or 'Make not thyself grand.'...
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FORTH] RV 'forward': cp. Luke 14:11. The last words of Luke 14:7
belong to Luke 14:8, 'What thine eyes have seen, go not forth hastily
to dispute about. For what wilt thou do in the end, when,' etc.
9...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 25
MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS)
(PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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This is similar to Jesus’ words in Luke 14:7-11. We should be
humble. Then God will give honour to us.
V8 When you see something, do not argue too quickly.
Perhaps you are wrong about your neighbour...
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אַל ־תִּתְהַדַּ֥ר לִ פְנֵי ־מֶ֑לֶךְ
וּ בִ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Glorious, or a boaster. (Haydock) --- We must not seek the first
places, Luke xiv. 10. Vive sine invidia, mollesque inglorius annos_
Exige; amicitias et tibi junge pares. (Ovid, Trist. iii. 4.)...
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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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PUT NOT FORTH THYSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING,.... Intrude not
thyself into his presence; or rush not into it in a rude and
irreverent way; or be not ambitious to be a courtier: or "do not
appear...
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Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in
the place of great [men]:
Ver. 6. _Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king._] _Ne te
ornes coram reqe._ Compare not, vie...
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_Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king_ Hebrew, אל
תתהדר, _do not magnify_, or _glorify thyself, before the king;_
namely, by vaunting or vain-glorious speech, or behaviour; but, which
is...
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Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, in showing off or
boasting, AND STAND NOT IN THE PLACE OF GREAT MEN, with insolent
coolness;...
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TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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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, -...
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PUT NOT FORTH THYSELF:
_ Heb._ set not out thy glory...
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PUT NOT FORTH THYSELF, Heb. _Do not magnify or glorify thyself_, by
vaunting speech or carriage, but, which is implied, carry thyself
humbly and modestly, which is most pleasing to kings, and most
bec...
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Proverbs 25:6 exalt H1921 (H8691) presence H6440 king H4428 stand
H5975 (H8799) place H4725 great H1419...
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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...
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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...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:6 These verses encourage proper
humility (see Luke 14:7).
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 25:6. PUT NOT FORTH, literally “_bring not thy glory to
view, do not display thyself_.”
PROVERBS 25:7. WHOM THINE EYES HAVE SEEN. There is some difference of
opinion as to t...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 15:17; 1 Samuel 18:18; 1 Samuel 9:20; 2 Samuel 7:8; A
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Stand not — Do not affect frequent and familiar society with greater
persons than thyself....