箴言 25:25-28 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:20-25

The inopportune and the acceptable "A man that hath friends must show himself friendly" ( Proverbs 18:24 ). And if we would do this we must be careful to choose our time for speaking the truth to our friends, and must study to do not only the right but the appropriate thing. We must— I. ABSTAIN FROM THE INOPPORTUNE . ( Proverbs 25:20 .) It should require but a very humble share of delicacy to understand that what is very valuable at one time is altogether misplaced and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:23-28

Moral invectives I. AGAINST SLANDER . ( Proverbs 25:23 .) Here is a striking picture. Gunning and slanderous habits beget a dark and gloomy expression on the brow; as a homely German proverb says, "He makes a face like three days' rainy weather." The countenance, rightly read, is the mirror of the soul. Without the candid soul the brow cannot be clear and open. If we look into the mirror, we may see the condemnation which nature (that is, God) stamps upon our evil and unholy moods. ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:25

As cold waters to a thirsty soul. The particle of comparison is not in this first clause in the Hebrew. (For "cold waters," comp. Jeremiah 18:14 .) So is good news from a far country. The nostalgia of an exile, and the craving for tidings of him felt by his friends at home, are like a parching thirst. The relief to the latter, when they receive good news of the wanderer, is as refreshing as a draught of cool water to a fainting, weary man. We do not know that the Hebrews were great... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:25

Good news from afar country. I. THE LITERAL APPLICATION OF THE PROVERB . 1 . It may be that a rumour has come that a distant ally is marching to succour a nation in its distress, when it had thought itself forgotten, isolated, and helpless. 2 . Or perhaps, when there is famine in the land, the news arrives that "there is corn in Egypt." 3 . Or, again, the nation, like Tyro in antiquity, like Venice and Holland later, like England in the present day, may do business... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:25

Good news from abroad I. IT IS REFRESHING AND EVER WELCOME . This needs no illustration. Absence and distance raise a thousand fears in the fancy. Division and space from loved ones chill the heart. The arrival of good tidings bridges over great gulfs in thought. II. IT IS A PARABLE OF THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE . God has sent us good news from what, in our sins and ignorance, seems a far country. We have friends there. There is a real link between us. We are really... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:26

Hebrew (see on Proverbs 25:11 ), A troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring—a righteous man giving way to the wicked. A good man neglecting to assert himself and to hold his own m the face of sinners, is as useless to society and as harmful to the good cause as a spring that has been defiled by mud stirred up or extraneous matter introduced is unserviceable for drinking and prejudicial to those who use it. The mouth of the righteous should be "a well of life" ( Proverbs 10:11 ),... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:26

(See homily on Proverbs 26:1 .)—C. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey . The ill effects of a surfeit of honey have been already mentioned ( Proverbs 25:16 ); but here the application is different, and occasions some difficulty. The Authorized Version, in order to clear up the obscurity of the text, inserts a negative, So for men to search their own glory is not glory, which seems to be a warning against conceit and self-adulation. This is hardly warranted by the present Hebrew text, which is literally, as Venetian renders, ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:28

A proverb like the last, concerned with self-control. In the Hebrew it runs thus (see on Proverbs 25:11 ): A city that is broken down without wall—a man on whose spirit is no restraint . "A city broken down" is explained by the next words. "without wall," and therefore undefended and open to' the first invader. To such a city is compared the man who puts no restraint on his passions, desires, and affections; he is always in danger of being carried away by them and involved in sin and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:28

A city that is broken down. Elsewhere the wise man has told us that it is greater for a man to get the victory over his own passions than to take a city ( Proverbs 16:32 ). Now we learn the reverse truth—the shame, misery, and ruin of lack of self-control. I. THE LACK OF SELF - CONTROL . We need to see what this condition really is. Every man is permitted, in a large measure, to be his own sovereign. No tyrant can invade the secret sanctuary of his thoughts. His ideas,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:20-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:23-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:28

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