What does Proverbs 17:28 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding."
Verse Proverbs 17:28. _EVEN A FOOL_] He is counted wise _as to that particular_. He may know that he cannot speak well, and he has sense enough to keep from speaking. He is, as to that particular, a w...
IS ESTEEMED - Or, “is” (simply). The maxim would imply that silence is in any case good....
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverb...
PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test o...
FOOL. Hebrew. _'evil,_ as in verses: Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 17:22. See note on Proverbs 1:7. UNDERSTANDINGS. wisdom (i.e.. wise man)....
_he that shutteth_&c. Or, with R.V. text, _when he_(i.e. _the fool_of the former clause of the verse) _shutteth … he is_esteemed _as prudent_. Mr Horton (_Book of Proverbs_, p. 177) quotes the old Nor...
TEXT Proverbs 17:20-28 20. He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. 21. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the fa...
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. EVEN A FOOL, WHEN HE HOLDETH HIS PEACE, IS COUNTED WISE; (AND) HE THAT SH...
1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice (Proverbs 7:14) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only diet...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 17 V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place. But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there are arguments. V2...
גַּ֤ם אֱוִ֣יל מַ֭חֲרִישׁ חָכָ֣ם יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב אֹטֵ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֣יו נָבֹֽון׃...
CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than the lo...
Verse Proverbs 17:3. Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire, b...
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. He that ha...
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 follow...
EVEN A FOOL, WHEN HE HOLDETH HIS PEACE, IS COUNTED WISE,.... Not only one that is sparing of his words, and is really a man of knowledge and understanding; but even a feel, if he is but silent, and do...
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding. Ver. 28. _Even a fool when he holdeth his peace, &c._] “ πας τις απαιδε...
_He that hath knowledge spareth_ Hebrew, חושׂךְ, _restraineth, his words_ As at other times, so especially when he is under a provocation to anger or any other passion, in which case fools utter all t...
V. 28. EVEN A FOOL, WHEN HE HOLDETH HIS PEACE, IS COUNTED WISE, AND HE THAT SHUTTETH HIS LIPS IS ESTEEMED A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING, this being an admonition to the foolish at least to abstain from makin...
IS COUNTED WISE, because he is sensible of his own folly, and therefore forbears to speak, lest he should discover it; which is a great point of true wisdom....
Proverbs 17:28 fool H191 counted H2803 (H8735) wise H2450 peace H2790 (H8688) shuts H331 (H8801) lips H8193 perceptive H995 (H8737) Proverbs 15:2; Job 13:5; Ecclesiastes 5:3,...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
Proverbs 17:1. _Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith._ See Proverbs 15:17. Proverbs 17:3. _The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace_ (or crucible) _for gold._ Silver ores in Mexico are...
_He that hath knowledge spareth his words._ SIGNS OF A WISE MAN Two ways a man may show himself to be a wise man. 1. By the good temper, the sweetness and the sedateness of his mind. “A man of unde...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 17:27. EXCELLENT, rather a _cool_ spirit. The homiletic teaching of Proverbs 17:1 is the same as that of chap. Proverbs 15:17. (See pages 421, 422.) _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Pr...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) BETTER (sweeter) IS A DRY MORSEL, AND QUIETNESS THEREWITH. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water before it was eaten. T...
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
Ecclesiastes 10:14; Ecclesiastes 10:3; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Job 13:5; Proverbs 15:2...