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Proverbs 12:25 - Exposition

Heaviness —care —in the heart of man maketh it stoop ( Proverbs 15:13 ; Proverbs 17:22 ). Care brings dejection and despair; hence the Christian is bidden to beware of excessive anxiety, and not to perplex himself with solicitude for the future ( Matthew 6:1-34 :84; 1 Peter 5:7 ). A good word maketh it glad.

λύπην γὰρ εὔνους οἶδεν ἰᾶσθαι λόγος .

"A word of kindness grief's keen smart can heal."

Septuagint, "A word of terror disturbs the heart of a (righteous) man, but a good message will gladden him." The "word of terror" may be an unjust censure, or evil tidings. Says a Servian proverb, "Give me a comrade who will weep with me; one who will laugh I can easily find."

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Proverbs 12:25 - Exposition

Proverbs 12:25 - Exposition

The Pulpit Commentary

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