"Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips."A brief translation is: "Never praise yourself; let other people do it"![1] It would be difficult to compress more wisdom into fewer words. read more
"A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than them both."The fools vexation here does not refer to his discomfiture but to that which he causes. "Stone is a burden and sand a dead weight, but to be vexed by a fool is more burdensome than either."[2] read more
"Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?"The thought here is that, of all hostility, jealousy is the worst. Proverbs 6:34 emphasizes the same truth. See our comment there. read more
3. heavy—The literal sense of "heavy," applied to material subjects, illustrates its figurative, "grievous," applied to moral. a fool's wrath—is unreasonable and excessive. read more
4. envy—or, "jealousy" (compare Margin; Proverbs 6:34), is more unappeasable than the simpler bad passions. read more
3. Virtues and vices 27:1-22Many of the analogies in this pericope deal with virtues and vices that are characteristic of the wise and the foolish. read more
B. Instructive Analogies 25:2-27:22The emphasis in this section continues to be on wisdom and folly and their accompanying virtues and vices. read more
Sundry Observations. Agriculture4. 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 ’profuse’ (RV) in deceitful kisses: Judas kissed Jesus much (Matthew 26:49; RM). 7. The Spartan king told the tyrant Dionysius that the broth was nothing without the seasoning of fatigue and hunger. 8. ’East, West, hame’s best.’9. Sweetness of disposition is desirable when it arises, not from mere emotion,... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 27:4
envy = jealousy. read more