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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 25:1-28

True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects. v. 1. These are also proverbs of Solomon, maxims composed by the wise son of David, by inspiration of God, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied out, evidently from collections where they were being preserved, the king being very anxious to have the literature of the "Golden Age" passed on to posterity in a form which would be as complete as possible. v. 2. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, He, whose essence is... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 25:1-28

IV. LATER COLLECTION BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAHTrue wisdom proclaimed as the chief good to kings and their subjectsChaps. 25–29Superscription: Proverbs 25:11 These also are proverbs of Solomonwhich men of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, collected.1. Admonition to the fear of God and righteousness, addressed to kings and subjectsProverbs 25:2-282 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing;but the glory of kings to search out a matter.3 The heavens for height, and the earth for depth,and the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 25:1-14

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 vulgar eye of mere curiosity, but it will be unfolded to royal souls that seek for it as for hid treasure…. The great rulers of the world must have their secret counsels, but they should be freed from evil counselors, as gold from dross…. Compare Proverbs 25:6 and Proverbs 25:7 with Luke 14:8-10 ….... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 25:1-28

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 proverbs in this collection are more picturesque than the former. For the most part, they are antithetical, and logical. These are pictures, and are more perfectly parabolic. In passing over them we shall again note some of the more striking. Verse Proverbs 25:11. The figure is intended to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:1-28

A Collection Of Solomon’s Proverbs (Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon’s presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the initial heading detailing the details of the author and his purpose in writing (Proverbs 1:1-7), continued with a Prologue which laid the foundation for what was to follow (Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18), and was then followed by the body of the work introduced by one or more subheadings. In Solomon’s... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:1-28

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 25:2-Judges : b. A series of three quatrains relating to kings. Proverbs 25:4 b. Very obscure. Refining silver does not produce a vessel, and the parallelism with Proverbs 25:5 b is unsatisfactory. LXX “ it will be wholly purified” probably represents the original text. Proverbs 25:6 f. cf. Luke... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 25:12

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold; highly acceptable, and a great ornament, and not an offence and dishonour, as fools esteem it; so is a wise reprover, that reproves an offender faithfully; yet prudently, in the fittest manner and season. Upon an obedient ear; to a man that hearkens to it, and is instructed and reformed by it. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 25:12-13

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 25:12. An obedient ear. Literally “an ear that heareth.” Proverbs 25:13. The cold of snow, etc. “The coolness of snow is not that of a fall of snow, which in the time of harvest would be a calamity, but of drink cooled with snow, which was brought from Lebanon, or elsewhere, from the clefts of the rocks; the peasants of Damascus store up the winter’s snow in a cleft of the mountain, and convey it in the warm months to Damascus and the coast towns.” (Delitzsch.) MAIN... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:1-28

Chapter 25Now 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 period of national revival. Prior to Hezekiah, the kingdom had reached a low point. As Hezekiah began to reign, there was a real spiritual revival, and it was a national movement among the people. And as is true in all spiritual revivals, there is an interest, a concern and a returning to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 25:1-28

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 book, or third part commences here. The men or ministers of king Hezekiah were Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah, 2 Kings 18:26: also Isaiah, maternal grandson of king Amaziah. Isaiah 1:1. Proverbs 25:3 . The heart of kings is unsearchable. The actions of princes are like great rivers; all men see... read more