Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:1
1. The incongruities of nature illustrate also those of the moral world. The fool's unworthiness is also implied (Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 19:10). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:2
2. Though not obvious to us, the bird—literally, "sparrow"—and swallow—have an object in their motions, so penal evil falls on none without a reason. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:3
3. The rod is as much needed by fools and as well suited to them, as whips and bridles are for beasts. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:4
4, 5. Answer not—that is, approvingly by like folly. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:6
6. A fool fails by folly as surely as if he were maimed. drinketh damage—that is, gets it abundantly (Job 15:16; Job 34:7). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:7
7. legs . . . equal—or, "take away the legs," or "the legs . . . are weak." In any case the idea is that they are the occasion of an awkwardness, such as the fool shows in using a parable or proverb (see :-; Proverbs 17:7). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:8
8. A stone, bound in a sling, is useless; so honor, conferred on a fool, is thrown away. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 26:9
9. As vexatious and unmanageable as a thorn in a drunkard's hand is a parable to a fool. He will be as apt to misuse is as to use it rightly. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 26:13
Proverbs 26:13. The slothful man saith, &c.— In this and the following verses, three degrees of sloth are represented; the first, when a man is loth to stir out of doors about his business in the field, in this verse; the second, when he is loth so much as to leave his bed; Pro 26:14 and the third and highest, when he will scarcely put his hand to his mouth: Proverbs 26:15. By which hyperbolical expression, the wise man admirably sets forth the incredible laziness of some, which increases... read more