Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 27:14
14. Excessive zeal in praising raises suspicions of selfishness. read more
Proverbs-27:13-17
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 27:15
15. (Compare :-). very . . . day—literally, "a day of showers." read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 27:16
16. hideth—or, "restrains" (that is, tries to do it); is as fruitless an effort, as that of holding the wind. the ointment of his right hand—the organ of power (Psalms 17:7; Psalms 18:35). His right hand endeavors to repress perfume, but vainly. Some prefer: "His right hand comes on oil," that is, "cannot take hold." Such a woman cannot be tamed. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 27:17
17. a man sharpeneth . . . friend—that is, conversation promotes intelligence, which the face exhibits. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 27:1-22
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
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 27:2-22
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
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 27:13
The point of this parable and the one in Proverbs 20:16 is the same. We should hold people to their obligations. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 27:14
The person who hypocritically blesses his neighbor, for example by praising him unusually loudly at an unusually early hour, will receive a curse from other people. One’s manner of blessing others will be shown to be hypocritical if he does it in excess. Therefore one needs to be careful to do good things in the right way and at the right time, sincerely rather than hypocritically. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 27:1-27
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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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 27:16
Proverbs 27:16. Whosoever hideth her, &c.— Whoso locks her up, locks up the winds, and he will take hold of oil with his hand. Wat. See Hiller Hierophut. p. 210. Houbigant renders it, He who will confine her at home may confine the wind; for whatsoever he shall seal with his hand [i.e. whatsoever her husband would wish to keep secret] she will bewray or divulge. The Hebrew is very obscure; He who hideth her, hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand shall cry out. "To attempt to... read more