Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 25:1-27
V. COLLECTION 5: SOLOMON’S MAXIMS EXPRESSING WISDOM CHS. 25-29We return now to consider more proverbs of Solomon (cf. Proverbs 1:1 to Proverbs 22:16). Chapters 25-26 contain proverbs that are mainly comparisons. The key words in these chapters are "like . . . so." Chapter 27 is a mixture of comparative and antithetical proverbs. Chapters 28-29 contain maxims that are mainly contrasts marked by the word "but." In all these chapters there are mostly couplets but also some longer proverbs. I... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 25:27
27. Satiety surfeits ( :-); so men who are self-glorious find shame. is not glory—"not" is supplied from the first clause, or "is grievous," in which sense a similar word is used ( :-). read more