Proverbs 26:8-17

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:14

14. (Compare Proverbs 6:10; Proverbs 24:33). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:15

15. (Compare :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:16

16. The thoughtless being ignorant of their ignorance are conceited. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:17

17. meddleth—as in Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 24:21; as either holding a dog by the ears or letting him go involves danger, so success in another man's strife or failure involves a useless risk of reputation, does no good, and may do us harm. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 26:1-28

2. Fools and folly ch. 26The analogies in chapter 25 dealt with both wise and foolish conduct, but those in chapter 26 deal mainly with fools and folly. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 26:8

By giving honor to a fool one arms him to do damage. This can happen, for example, by promoting him to a position of greater responsibility. The figure of binding a stone in a sling seems to suggest that the person doing the binding did not know how to operate a sling. People did not bind stones in slings but simply laid them in the sling so when the sling was slung the stone would fly out. Similarly one who expects a fool to accomplish something honorable does not know how things work. [Note:... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 26:11

A wise man does not repeat his folly, but a fool does. Similarly a dog returns to eat its vomit, but a man does not. A fool behaves like a dog rather than like a man when he repeats his folly (cf. 2 Peter 2:22). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 26:1-28

Fools. Sluggards. Talkers1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.1. The Palestinian seasons were more regular than ours (1 Samuel 12:17). 2. This is a contradiction of the idea that the deity invoked in a curse was bound to inflict it (Genesis 27:33; Judges 17:2). The undeserved curse is compared to the aimless movements of a bird. 4, 5. Answer or not, according to circumstances (Matthew 12:30; Mark 9:39). 6. ’He that sends a fool means to follow him.’7. A fool is no more qualified to use a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 26:8

(8) As he that bindeth a stone in a sling . . .—i.e., the stone is soon gone from the sling and seen no more, so honour and a fool soon part company. This seems on the whole the most probable rendering of this verse. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 26:9

(9) As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard.—Rather, (As) a thornbush (which) comes into the hand of a drunkard, so (is) a parable (which comes) into the mouth of fools. They know not how to use it, and only do themselves and others harm by it. (Comp. 2 Peter 3:16.) read more

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