George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:24
It is. Chap. xxi. 9. Sixtus V does not insert this verse here. read more
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George Haydock
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:25
Tidings. Hebrew and Septuagint. The Vulgate seems rather to speak of a "good messenger." Homer said that a good messenger honoured the business most. (Pindar, Pyth. viii.) (Calmet) read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:26
Falling into disgrace, or sin, occasions the wicked to exult, as if there were no God or religion. (Calmet) read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:27
Majesty, viz., of God. For to search into that incomprehensible Majesty, and to pretend to sound the depths of the wisdom of God, is exposing our weak understanding to be blinded with an excess of light and glory, which hit cannot comprehend. (Challoner) --- When the Church proposes to us any mystery, we have only to believe. Hebrew, "but it is glorious to sound their glory," and see where the wicked end, that we may not envy them, chap. iii. 31., and Psalm xxxvi. 7. (Calmet) --- Protestants,... read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:28
Speaking. He lays himself open to every attack, chap. xxix. 11. read more
Paul E. Kretzmann
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 25:1-28
True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects. v. 1. These are also proverbs of Solomon, maxims composed by the wise son of David, by inspiration of God, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied out, evidently from collections where they were being preserved, the king being very anxious to have the literature of the "Golden Age" passed on to posterity in a form which would be as complete as possible. v. 2. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, He, whose essence is... read more
Johann Peter Lange
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 25:1-28
IV. LATER COLLECTION BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAHTrue wisdom proclaimed as the chief good to kings and their subjectsChaps. 25–29Superscription: Proverbs 25:11 These also are proverbs of Solomonwhich men of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, collected.1. Admonition to the fear of God and righteousness, addressed to kings and subjectsProverbs 25:2-282 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing;but the glory of kings to search out a matter.3 The heavens for height, and the earth for depth,and the... read more
Alexander MacLaren
Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Proverbs 25:28
Proverbs AN UNWALLED CITY Pro_25:28 . The text gives us a picture of a state of society when an unwalled city is no place for men to dwell in. In the Europe of today there are still fortified places, but for the most part, battlements are turned into promenades; the gateways are gateless; the sweet flowers blooming where armed feet used to tread; and men live securely without bolts and bars. But their spirits cannot yet afford to raise their defences and fling themselves open to all comers.... read more
Frederick Brotherton Meyer
F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 25:1-14
Words Fitly Spoken Proverbs 25:1-14 This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great to be disclosed to the vulgar eye of mere curiosity, but it will be unfolded to royal souls that seek for it as for hid treasure…. The great rulers of the world must have their secret counsels, but they should be freed from evil counselors, as gold from dross…. Compare Proverbs 25:6 and Proverbs 25:7 with Luke 14:8-10 ….... read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:23
Rain; (Symmachus; Protestants) or marginal note, "bringeth forth rain." (Haydock) --- But St. Jerome, who live in the country, knew that this wind was rather dry; and therefore he has abandoned the Septuagint, raiseth the clouds," Job xxxvii. 9., Joel ii. 20., and Ecclesiasticus xviii. 23. The countries north of Palestine were not calculated to produce vapours and rain, which came rather from the south. (Calmet) --- Tongue. If the hearers would shew their displeasure, detractors would soon be... read more