Proverbs 26

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 26:17-22

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 26:17. Meddleth, rather, “is excited.” Proverbs 26:21. Coals to burning coals—i.e., “black coals to burning,” etc. Proverbs 26:22. A repetition of chap. Proverbs 18:8. (See on that verse.) MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 26:17NEEDLESS INTERFERENCEThe wise man may here be regarded as passing from one extreme of character to the other—from the man who is too indolent to mind his own affairs, to one whose activity is so great that it leads him to unnecessary interference with... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 26:23-28

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 26:23. Burning lips—i.e., “lips whence come ardent expressions of friendship.” Silver dross. Impure silver not freed from the dross. Proverbs 26:24. Layeth up, rather, “prepareth,” or “meditateth.” Proverbs 26:26. Congregation—i.e., “before the people assembled for judgment.” (Zöckler.)MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH—Proverbs 26:23-28COUNTERFEIT FRIENDSHIPI. Because there are true friends in the world false men sometimes put on the garb of friendship. Because there is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Proverbs 26:13

Proverbs 26:13 I. There is a lion in the way? In what way? I answer, In the way of life, of every life. Life, if it is to be a true life, is not an easy thing. The men who live for nobler objects than those of shameful selfishness, like St. Paul, will have to fight with wild beasts at Ephesus or elsewhere. Every step of the road requires effort, courage, resolution, watchfulness; it needs the girded loins and the burning lamp; it needs the swift foot, and the sharp sword, and the stout heart,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 26:12

DISCOURSE: 810THE DANGER OF CONCEITProverbs 26:12. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool, than of him.THE Scripture seeks not to please the fastidious ear of man, but calls both persons and things by their appropriate names. Sin is declared to be the extremest folly; and those who commit it, are proclaimed fools. In the eleven verses preceding our text, the folly of fools is mentioned no less than ten times: and from this humiliating picture our text derives a... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 26:1-28

Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening.The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards fools.As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool ( Proverbs 26:1 ).The thing about snow in summer and rain in harvest is that they are just out of place. So honor is out of place for a fool. So it's just something that is out of place.As the bird by wandering, and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 26:1-28

Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wastes his money, and dishonours his station. Proverbs 26:2 . As the bird by wandering: ut passer ad vagandum, et ut hirundo ad gyrandum, &c.: as the sparrow by vagrating, and as the swallow by flying round to a warmer climate, and returning to build her nest in the same house; so a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 26:1-8

Proverbs 26:1-8As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool Honour paid to the wicked unseemly and perniciousThe respect which man pays his fellow is often grounded on reasons immoral and absurd.Sometimes man is respected on the ground of his personal appearance, sometimes on the ground of his mental abilities, sometimes on the ground of his worldly possessions, sometimes on the ground of his lineage and social position; but respect for men on any of these... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 26:2

Proverbs 26:2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.Human anathemasAnother, and perhaps a better, translation is this, “Unsteady as the sparrow, as the flight of the swallow, is a causeless curse; it cometh not to pass.” “There is a difficulty here,” says Wardlaw, “in settling the precise point in the comparison. The ordinary interpretation explains it with reference to curses pronounced by men without cause--imprecations, anathemas, that are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 26:3-11

Proverbs 26:3-11A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. Aspects of a foolSin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the material, the temporal for the eternal, the pure joys of immortality for the gratification of an hour.I. He appears here as a servant. “A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.” This proverb inverts our ideas. We should have said, “A bridle for the horse,” and “a whip for the ass.” But the Eastern asses... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 26:4-5

Proverbs 26:4-5Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him Answering a fool according to his follyThe ambiguity in these verses lies in the connecting words “according to,” which are here used in two different senses.“Answer not a fool according to,” i.e.,, not in a manner agreeing with his folly, lest thou become as foolish and perverse as he. “Answer him according to,” i.e.,, according to the nature and desert of his folly; so as best to meet and refute it. (E.... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 26:17-22

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 26:23-28

Sermon Bible Commentary - Proverbs 26:13

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 26:12

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 26:1-28

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 26:1-28

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 26:1-8

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 26:2

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 26:3-11

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 26:4-5

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