Proverbs 25:20-22 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:20

1. The absurdity here censured is singing songs to a heavy heart. Those that are in great sorrow are to be comforted by sympathizing with them, condoling with them, and concurring in their lamentation. If we take that method, the moving of our lips may assuage their grief (Job 16:5); but we take a wrong course with them if we think to relieve them by being merry with them, and endeavouring to make them merry; for it adds to their grief to see their friends so little concerned for them; it puts... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:21-22

By this it appears that, however the scribes and Pharisees had corrupted the law, not only the commandment of loving our brethren, but even that of loving our enemies, was not only a new, but also an old commandment, an Old-Testament commandment, though our Saviour has given it to us with the new enforcement of his own great example in loving us when we were enemies. Observe, 1. How we must express our love to our enemies by the real offices of kindness, even those that are expensive to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:20

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather ,.... Either takes it off of himself, or another person, when it would be rather more proper to put another garment on, and so is exposed to the injury of cold weather; and as vinegar upon nitre : nitre was found in Egypt, beyond Memphis, as Strabo says F16 Geograph. l. 17. p. 552. ; there were two mines of nitre, which produced much, and thence it was called the Nitriotic Nome: others say, nitre has its name from Nitria, a town... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:21

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ,.... Which includes all manner of food; whatever persons may have in their houses, that they should bring out and feed the hungry with, even though an enemy; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink ; which was what was usually and in common drank in those countries. These two, bread and water, take in all the necessaries of life; and giving them is expressive of all acts of beneficence and humanity to be performed to enemies; see 2... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:22

For thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head ,.... Not to increase his punishment and damnation, the more aggravated by kindness shown him; but to bring him by such means to a sense of former injuries, and to shame for them, repentance of them, and love of the person injured, and carefulness for the future of doing him any further wrong; and the Lord shall reward thee : with good things, for all the good done to thine enemy, whether it has the desired effect on him or not; or whether... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:20

As vinegar upon nitre - The original word נתר nather is what is known among chemists as the natron of the ancients and of the Scriptures, and carbonate of soda. It is found native in Syria and India, and occurs as an efflorescence on the soil. In Tripoli it is found in crystalline incrustations of from one third to half an inch thiek. It is found also in solution in the water of some lakes in Egypt and Hungary. The borders of these lakes are covered with crystalline masses, of a grayish... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:21

If thine enemy be hungry - See this and the next verse explained, Romans 12:20 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:22

Thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head - Not to consume, but to melt him into kindness; a metaphor taken from smelting metallic ores: - So artists melt the sullen ore of lead, By heaping coals of fire upon its head: In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And pure from dross the silver runs below. S. Wesley. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:16-20

Excesses and errors I. WARNING AGAINST SATIETY . ( Proverbs 25:16 , Proverbs 25:17 .) The stories of Samson and of Jonathan may be read in illustration of the saying ( 14:8 , 14:9 ; 1 Samuel 14:26 ). Proverbs 25:27 points the warning against incurring the pain of satiety, "Honey, too, hath satiety," says Pindar— "A surfeit of the sweetest things, The deepest loathing to the stomach brings." 1. We should beware of a too frequent repetition of even innocent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:16-27

The wisdom of moderation We can only eat a small quantity of honey; it we go beyond the limit we find out our mistake. Of this, as of all very sweet things, the words of the great dramatist are true, that "a little more than enough is by much too much." This is particularly applicable to that to which it is here referred. I. SELF - PRAISE . We may go a little way in that direction, but not far. If we transgress the narrow bounds allowed, we shall soon find that we have done... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:21-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:16-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:16-27

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