Chapter 25

1
proverbs Prov 1:1, Prov 10:1; 1Kgs 4:32; Eccl 12:9

which Isa 1:1, Isa 36:22, Isa 37:2; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1


2
the glory Deut 29:29; Job 11:7-8, Job 38:4-41, Job 39:1-30, Job 40:2, Job 42:3; Rom 11:33-34

the honour 1Kgs 3:9-28, 1Kgs 4:29-34; Ezra 4:15, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 5:17, Ezra 6:1; Job 29:16


3
heaven Ps 103:11; Isa 7:11, Isa 55:9; Rom 8:39

is unsearchable Heb. there is no searching, 1Kgs 4:29; 1Pet 1:7


4
Prov 17:3; Isa 1:25-27; Mal 3:3; 2Tim 2:20-21; 1Pet 1:7


5
away Prov 20:8; 1Kgs 2:33, 1Kgs 2:46; Esth 7:10, Esth 8:11-17; Ps 101:7-8

his Prov 16:12, Prov 20:28, Prov 29:14; Isa 9:7, Isa 16:5


6
Put not forth thyself Heb. Set not out thy glory, Prov 25:27, Prov 27:2

in the presence Prov 16:19; Exod 3:11; 1Sam 9:20-22, 1Sam 15:17, 1Sam 18:18-23; 2Sam 7:8-17; Ps 131:1; Jer 1:6-10; Amos 7:12-15


7
that it Prov 16:19; Luke 14:8-10

Come Be humble; affect not high things; keep thyself quiet; and thou shalt live at ease, in safety, and in peace. Rev 4:1

than Luke 18:14; 1Pet 5:5


8
hastily Prov 17:14, Prov 18:6, Prov 30:33; 2Sam 2:14-16, 2Sam 2:26; 2Kgs 14:8-12; Luke 14:31-32

what Prov 14:12; Jer 5:31; Matt 5:25


9
with Matt 18:5-17

a secret to another or, the secret of another, Prov 11:13, Prov 20:19


10
thine Ps 119:39


11
word Prov 15:23, Prov 24:26; Eccl 12:10; Isa 50:4

fitly spoken Heb. spoken upon his wheels

is like Rather "is like golden apples (tappuchim, in Arabic, tuffach), in baskets (maskeeyoth, in Arabic, shakeekat), of silver." A word spoken with propriety, opportunely, and suitably to the occasion, is as much in its place, and as conspicuously beautiful, as the golden fruit which appears through the apertures of an exquisitely wrought silver basket.


12
an earring Job 42:11

a wise Prov 1:8-9, Prov 9:8, Prov 15:5, Prov 15:31-32, Prov 27:5-6; 1Sam 25:31-34; Ps 141:5


13
Prov 25:25, Prov 13:17, Prov 26:6; Phil 2:25-30


14
boasteth Prov 20:6; 1Kgs 22:11; Luke 14:11, Luke 18:10-14; 2Cor 11:13-18, 2Cor 11:31; 2Pet 2:15-19; Jude 1:12-13, Jude 1:16

of a false gift Heb. in a gift of falsehood


15
long Prov 15:1, Prov 16:14; Gen 32:4-21; 1Sam 25:14, 1Sam 25:24-44; Eccl 10:4

the bone Rather, "a bone;" that is, soft and conciliating language will often accomplish the most difficult things.


16
Hast Prov 24:13-14; Judg 14:8-9; 1Sam 14:25-27; Isa 7:15, Isa 7:22

lest Prov 25:27, Prov 23:8; Luke 21:34; Eph 5:18


17
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's or, Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's, Gen 19:2-3; Judg 19:18-21

weary Heb. full, Rom 15:24


18
Prov 12:18; Ps 52:2, Ps 55:21, Ps 57:4, Ps 120:3-4, Ps 140:3; Jer 9:3, Jer 9:8; Jas 3:6


19
2Chr 28:20-21; Job 6:14-20; Isa 30:1-3, Isa 36:6; Ezek 29:6-7; 2Tim 4:16


20
that taketh Deut 24:12-17; Job 24:7-10; Isa 58:7; Jas 2:15-16

vinegar Prov 10:26

so Ps 137:3-4; Eccl 3:4; Dan 6:18; Rom 12:15; Jas 5:15


21
Prov 24:17; Exod 23:4-5; Matt 5:44; Luke 10:33-36; Rom 12:20-21


22
For Not to consume, but to melt him into kindness; a metaphor taken from smelting metalic ores.

the Lord 2Sam 16:12; Matt 10:13; 1Cor 15:18


23
north Job 37:22

driveth etc. or, bringeth forth rain; so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance, Monconys says, that when travelling on the second of January, 1648, from Tripoli in Syria, between Lebanon and the sea, it rained without ceasing, while the north wind blew directly in his face.

so Prov 26:20; Ps 15:3, Ps 101:5; Rom 1:30; 2Cor 12:20


24
Prov 19:13, Prov 21:9, Prov 21:19, Prov 27:15-16


25
cold Gen 21:16-19; Exod 17:2-3, Exod 17:6; Judg 15:18-19; 2Sam 23:15; Ps 42:1-2; Ps 63:1; Isa 55:1; Jer 18:14; John 7:37; Rev 21:6, Rev 22:17

so Prov 15:30; Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15; Luke 2:10-11; Rom 10:15; 1Tim 1:15


26
Gen 4:8; 1Sam 22:14-18; 2Chr 24:21-22; Matt 23:34-37, Matt 26:69-74; Acts 7:52; 1Thess 2:15; Rev 17:6


27
not good Prov 25:16

so Prov 27:2; John 5:44; 2Cor 12:1, 2Cor 12:11; Phil 2:3


28
Prov 16:32, Prov 22:24; 1Sam 20:30, 1Sam 25:17


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