箴言 17:14 RCUVSS

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 17:14

beginning of strife. Illustrations: Ephraimites (Judges 12:1-6 ); Abner (2 Samuel 2:14-17 ); Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 10:1-16 ); Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:17 ); the Twelve (Matthew 20:24 ). when one letteth out = the letting loose (as by making a breach in a dam). be meddled with = gathereth volume. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 17:14

"The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; Therefore leave off contention before there is quarreling."Toy noted that the, "Language here is somewhat indefinite";[23] whatever the precise meaning, the passage is a warning against strife. "The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with."[24] "If you start an argument, it is like breaking a hole in a dam; so stop the argument before it becomes bigger and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 17:14

Proverbs 17:14. The beginning of strife, &c.— Those who begin a quarrel are like those who make a breach in a bank, and give an opening to the waters of a rapid river; which they can never be sure to stop before it produces the most fatal and calamitous events. This painting admirably represents the effects of lying and false reports, and supplies us with an excellent lesson to avoid the contagion, and prevent the beginnings of contention. See Calmet and Poole. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 17:14

14. letteth . . . water—as a breach in a dam. before . . . meddled with—before strife has become sharp, or, by an explanation better suiting the figure, before it rolls on, or increases. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 17:1-28

2. Peacemakers and troublemakers ch. 17 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 17:1-28

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.’2. The Israelite slave was a member of the family (Genesis 24:12; Deuteronomy 5:14, etc.), might become the heir (Genesis 15:2-3) or marry the daughter (1 Chronicles 2:34-35). 4. Naughty] injurious. 7. The proverb writers show no hope of redeeming the lost. Their verdict is, ’He that is filthy... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 17:14

(14) The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water.—The drops which ooze through a tiny hole in the bank of a reservoir soon swell into an unmanageable torrent; so from insignificant beginnings arise feuds which cannot be appeased. Solomon constructed large pools (Ecclesiastes 2:6) beyond Bethlehem, and is supposed to have brought the water from these by an aqueduct into Jerusalem.Before it be meddled with.—The same expression is used at Proverbs 18:1; Proverbs 20:3. It probably... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 17:1-28

The Nearness of the Essential in Life's Discipline Proverbs 17:24 The fool is he who despises the actual and possible, and longs for what is not; he is never where his eyes are. The text is, then, a warning against vain conceits and regrets, against frittering away life sighing for impossible conditions, whilst missing the glory before our eyes, the treasures at our feet, the prizes within our grasp. I. Do not despise the familiar. The elements of happiness, sources of improvement, and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 17:1-28

CHAPTER 18FRIENDSHIP"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 loosely connected, "And a brother is born for adversity."}ONE of the most striking contrasts between the ancient and the modern world is in the place which is given to friendship by moralists and religious teachers. In Aristotle’s famous treatise on ethics two books out of nine are devoted to the moral... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 17:1-28

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” (Proverbs 17:3 ). Man may try silver and gold, but God only the hearts. And He tries the hearts by the refining process, trials and afflictions, the process which rests in His own hands. (See Psalms 66:10-12 ; Malachi 3:3-18 ; 1 Peter 1:7 .) “He that covereth a transgression seeketh love, but he that... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 17:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 17:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 17:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 17:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 17:1-28

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 17:1-28

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 17:14

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 17:1-28

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 17:1-28

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 17:1-28

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