Proverbs 26:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 26:1-28

A Collection Of Solomon’s Proverbs (Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon’s presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the initial heading detailing the details of the author and his purpose in writing (Proverbs 1:1-7), continued with a Prologue which laid the foundation for what was to follow (Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18), and was then followed by the body of the work introduced by one or more subheadings. In Solomon’s... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 26:1-28

Proverbs 26:1-2 Kings : . The Book of Fools.— A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. Proverbs 26:1 . For the opposite use of snow in harvest cf. Proverbs 25:13 *. Proverbs 26:2 . Directed against the superstitious belief in the magical value of a curse. The simile refers to the aimless wandering of a bird, and is not to be compared with the flying roll of curses in Zechariah 5:1-Numbers :.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 26:1

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest; unbecoming and unseasonable. So honour is not seemly for a fool, because he neither deserves it, nor knows how to use it, but his folly is both increased and publicly manifested by it. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 26:2

By wandering from place to place; by its perpetual restlessness it secures itself from the fowler, that he cannot shoot at it, nor spread his net over it. Shall not come, to wit, upon the innocent person, but he shall escape from it like a bird, &c. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 26:1

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 26:1A GIFT WRONGLY BESTOWEDI. To honour some men is both seemly and right. The snow and the rain come from heaven by Divine command, and are indispensable to the beauty and fruitfulness of the earth. So to accord honour where it is due is a Divine command (Romans 13:7), and is indispensable to our social well-being.II. But honour accorded to a fool (i.e., a bad man) is incongruous and hurtful. Snow in summer is an exception to the rules of nature. It would indeed be... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 26:2

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 26:2. The first clause of the verse should be, As the sparrow flitting, as the swallow flying, etc. Causeless, i.e., “undeserved”—i.e., Such a curse is but transient—it alights for the moment, but, like a bird, does not stay long. Miller and others, however, understand the comparison to carry an entirely opposite meaning. (See Suggestive Comments on the verse.) MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 26:2THE CAUSELESS CURSEA reference to the Critical Notes and the Suggestive... 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

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