Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 27:9
9. rejoice the heart—the organ of perceiving what pleases the senses. sweetness . . . counsel—or, "wise counsel is also pleasing." read more
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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
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 27:7
The point of this proverb seems to be that the quantity of a person’s material possessions affects his attitude toward them. Those who have much do not appreciate some things, even some things that are valuable. On the other hand, a person with little tends to appreciate even the comparatively insignificant items he receives or owns. For example, a person who receives much praise may find it nauseating, but someone who gets very little praise may savor what little he gets. [Note: Ibid.] "Hunger... 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
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 27:7
(7) The full soul loatheth an honeycomb.—So the moderate use of the good things of this life increases our enjoyment of them. But in spiritual things, the less we content ourselves with, the less hunger we feel, and less enjoyment do we derive from them. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 27:8
(8) A man that wandereth from his place.—That wandereth forth as an exile that has lost his home. Comp. Genesis 12:4, and, on the contrary, Job’s hope that he would “die in his nest” (Proverbs 29:18). For the spiritual sense comp. Luke 15:13, sqq. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 27:9
(9) Ointment and perfume.—Comp. Proverbs 7:17 and note on Proverbs 21:17. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 27:1-27
A Threefold Cord (for the First Sunday of the Year) Proverbs 27:1 This is not a commonplace. Nothing in God's Word is commonplace. Nothing inspired by the Holy Ghost could be commonplace. If you think it is a commonplace sentiment, I can tell you are commonplace. It is the deepest and truest philosophy of life. 'Thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.' And it is the very best philosophy by which to stimulate us Christians for the beginning of the new year. First of all, there is the... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 27:8
8. Such are not only out of place, but out of duty and in danger. read more