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26:14 Like a door <01817> that turns <05437> on <05921> its hinges <06735>, so a sluggard <06102> turns on <05921> his bed <04296>. 26:15 The sluggard <06102> plunges <02934> his hand <03027> in the dish <06747>; he is too lazy <03811> to bring <07725> it back <07725> to <0413> his mouth <06310>. 26:16 The sluggard <06102> is wiser <02450> in his own estimation <05869> than seven <07651> people who respond <07725> with good sense <02940>. 26:17 Like one who grabs <02388> a wild dog <03611> by the ears <0241>, so is the person passing <05674> by who becomes furious <05674> over <05921> a quarrel <07379> not <03808> his own. 26:18 Like a madman <03856> who shoots <03384> firebrands <02131> and deadly <04194> arrows <02671>, 26:19 so <03651> is a person <0376> who deceives <07411> his neighbor <07453>, and says <0559>, “Was I <0589> not <03808> only joking <07832>?” 26:20 Where there is no wood <06086>, a fire <0784> goes out, and where there is no <0369> gossip <05372>, contention <04066> ceases <08367>. 26:21 Like charcoal <06352> is to burning coals <01513>, and wood <06086> to fire <0784>, so is a contentious <04066> person <0376> to kindle <02787> strife <07379>. 26:22 The words <01697> of a gossip <05372> are like delicious morsels <03859>; they <01992> go down <03381> into a person’s innermost being <02315>. 26:23 Like a coating <06823> of glaze over <05921> earthenware <02789> are fervent <01814> lips <08193> with an evil <07451> heart <03820>. 26:24 The one who hates <08130> others disguises <05234> it with his lips <08193>, but he stores up <07896> deceit <04820> within <07130> him. 26:25 When <03588> he speaks <06963> graciously <02603>, do not <0408> believe <0539> him, for <03588> there are seven <07651> abominations <08441> within <03820> him. 26:26 Though his hatred <08135> may be concealed <03680> by deceit <04860>, his evil <07451> will be uncovered <01540> in the assembly <06951>. 26:27 The one who digs <03738> a pit <07845> will fall <05307> into it; the one who rolls <01556> a stone <068>– it will come back <07725> on <0413> him. 26:28 A lying <08267> tongue <03956> hates <08130> those crushed <01790> by it, and a flattering <02509> mouth <06310> works <06213> ruin <04072>.

• Pro 25:1--29:27 -- Proverbs of Solomon Collected by Hezekiah

• Lies and Deceits

  [nave] LIES AND DECEITS Ex. 23:1; Lev. 6:2-7; Lev. 19:11, 12, 16 Ex. 20:16. Job 13:4; Job 21:34; Job 27:4; Job 31:5, 6, 33; Job 36:4; Psa. 5:6, 9; Psa. 10:7; Psa. 12:2, 3; Psa. 28:3; Psa. 31:18; Psa. 34:13 1 Pet. 3:10. Psa. 36:3; P...
  

• Hypocrisy

  [nave] HYPOCRISY. Job 8:13-15; Job 13:16; Job 15:31, 33, 34; Job 17:8; Job 20:4, 5 vs. 6-18.; Job 27:8-10 vs. 13-18.; Job 31:33, 34; Job 34:30; Job 36:13, 14; Psa. 5:9; Psa. 50:16, 17; Psa. 52:4; Psa. 55:12-14, 20, 21, 23; Psa. 78...
  

• Deceit

  [isbe] DECEIT - de-set' (mirmah; (dolos): The intentional misleading or beguiling of another; in Scripture represented as a companion of many other forms of wickedness, as cursing (Ps 10:7), hatred (Prov 26:24), theft, covetousness...
  [nave] DECEIT Is a lie, Psa. 119:118. The tongue an instrument of, Rom. 3:13. Comes from the heart, Mark 7:22. Characteristic of the heart, Jer. 17:9. God abhors, Psa. 5:6. Forbidden, Prov. 24:28; 1 Pet. 3:10. Christ was perf...
  

• Speaking

  [nave] SPEAKING. Evil Ex. 22:28; Job 19:18; Psa. 10:7, 8; Psa. 12:3, 4; Psa. 34:13; Psa. 35:21; Psa. 41:5-9; Psa. 52:2-4; Psa. 59:12; Psa. 64:2-5; Psa. 69:12, 26; Psa. 70:3; Psa. 102:8; Psa. 106:33; Psa. 119:23; Psa. 120:1-7; Psa...
  

• COAL

  [ebd] It is by no means certain that the Hebrews were acquainted with mineral coal, although it is found in Syria. Their common fuel was dried dung of animals and wood charcoal. Two different words are found in Hebrew to denote co...
  [isbe] COAL - kol (pecham, "charcoal"; compare Arabic fachm, "charcoal"; gacheleth, "burning coal" or "hot ember"; compare Arabic jacham, "to kindle"; shechor, "a black coal" (Lam 4:8); compare Arabic shachchar, "soot" or "dark-col...
  [smith] The first and most frequent use of the word rendered coal is a live ember, burning fuel. (Proverbs 26:21) In (2 Samuel 22:9,13) "coals of fire" are put metaphorically for the lightnings proceeding from God. (Psalms 18:8,12...
  

• Gossip

  [nave] GOSSIP. Forbidden Lev. 19:16; Psa. 15:1-3; Psa. 50:20; Prov. 11:13; Prov. 16:28; Prov. 17:9; Prov. 18:8; Prov. 20:19; Prov. 26:20-22; Ezek. 22:9; 1 Tim. 5:11, 13 See: Busybody; Slander; Speaking, Evil. Instances of Josep...
  

• Laziness

  [nave] LAZINESS Prov. 6:6, 9-11 Prov. 24:33. Prov. 10:4, 5, 26; Prov. 12:9, 24, 27; Prov. 13:4; Prov. 14:23; Prov. 15:19; Prov. 18:9; Prov. 19:15, 24; Prov. 20:4, 13; Prov. 21:25, 26; Prov. 23:21; Prov. 24:30, 31, 33, 34; Prov. 26:...
  

• Strife

  [nave] STRIFE. Gen. 13:8; Gen. 45:24; Deut. 1:12; Psa. 31:20; Psa. 55:9; Psa. 80:6; Prov. 3:30; Prov. 6:12-14, 16-19; Prov. 10:12; Prov. 13:10; Prov. 15:18; Prov. 16:28; Prov. 17:1, 14, 19; Prov. 18:6, 19; Prov. 19:13; Prov. 20:3;...
  

• Hatred

  [nave] HATRED, against iniquity, justified, Psa. 97:10; 101:3; 119:104,128,163; 139:21, 22. Of God, Psa. 5:5; 45:7; Mal. 2:16. Scriptures Relating to Lev. 19:17; Psa. 25:19; Psa. 35:19; Prov. 10:12, 18; Prov. 15:17; Prov. 26:24-2...
  

• PROVERB

  [isbe] PROVERB - prov'-erb (mashal, chidhah; parabole (Lk 4:23), paroimia (Jn 16:25,29)): I. FOLK MEANING AND USE 1. The Primitive Sense 2. The Communal Origin 3. Animus of Proverbs II. LITERARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROVERB 1. Discov...
  

• POTSHERD

  [ebd] a "shred", i.e., anything severed, as a fragment of earthenware (Job 2:8; Prov. 26:23; Isa. 45:9).
  [isbe] POTSHERD - pot'-shurd (cheres): A piece of earthenware (Job 2:8; Ps 22:15; Isa 45:9). the Revised Version (British and American) renders the word in Prov 26:23, "an earthen vessel," and in Job 41:30 substitutes "sharp potshe...
  [smith] also in Authorized Version "sherd," a broken piece of earthenware. (Proverbs 26:23)
  

• Dross

  [ebd] the impurities of silver separated from the one in the process of melting (Prov. 25:4; 26:23; Ps. 119:119). It is also used to denote the base metal itself, probably before it is smelted, in Isa. 1:22, 25.
  [isbe] DROSS - dros (sigh): The refuse of smelting of precious metal (Prov 25:4; 26:23); used figuratively of what is base or worthless (Isa 1:22,25; Ezek 22:18,19; Ps 119:119).
  [nave] DROSS. Figurative Psa. 119:119; Prov. 25:4; 26:23; Isa. 1:22; Ezek. 22:18, 19.
  

• Seven

  [ebd] This number occurs frequently in Scripture, and in such connections as lead to the supposition that it has some typical meaning. On the seventh day God rested, and hallowed it (Gen. 2:2, 3). The division of time into weeks o...
  [nave] SEVEN Interesting facts concerning the number. Days Week consists of, Gen. 2:3; Ex. 20:11; Deut. 5:13, 14. Noah in the ark before the flood, Gen. 7:4, 10; remains in the ark after sending forth the dove, Gen. 8:10, 12. M...
  

• HINGE

  [ebd] (Heb. tsir), that on which a door revolves. "Doors in the East turn rather on pivots than on what we term hinges. In Syria, and especially in the Hauran, there are many ancient doors, consisting of stone slabs with pivots ca...
  [isbe] HINGE - hinj (poth): Hinges of Jewish sacred buildings in Scripture are mentioned only in connection with Solomon's temple. Here those for the doors, both of the oracle and of the outer temple, are said to have been of gold ...
  [smith] Both ancient Egyptian and modern Oriental doors were and are hung by means of pivots turning in sockets on both the upper and lower sides. (1 Kings 7:50) In Syria, and especially the Hauran, there are many ancient doors co...
  

• FIREBRAND

  [ebd] Isa. 7:4, Amos 4:11, Zech. 3:2, denotes the burnt end of a stick (Heb. 'ud); in Judg. 15:4, a lamp or torch, a flambeau (Heb. lappid); in Prov. 26:18 (comp. Eph. 6:16), burning darts or arrows (Heb. zikkim).
  [isbe] FIREBRAND - fir'-brand ('udh, used for a burning stick taken out of the fire): In Jdg 15:4,5 describing the "brands" (margin "torches") which Samson tied to the foxes' tails, the word is lappidh ("lamp"; see Jdg 7:16,20 the ...
  

• Slander

  [nave] SLANDER Comes from the evil heart, Luke 6:45. Often arises from hatred, Psa. 109:3. Idleness leads to, 1 Tim. 5:13. The wicked addicted to, Psa. 50:20. Hypocrites addicted to, Prov. 11:9. A characteristic of the devil, ...
  

• House

  [isbe] HOUSE - hous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally "an estate," oikia, oikema (literally, "habitation"), in Acts 12:1, "prison"): I. CAVE DWELLINGS II. STONE-BUILT AND MUD/BRICK-BUILT HOUSES 1. Details of Plan and Con...
  [nave] HOUSE Built of stone, Lev. 14:40-45; Isa. 9:10; Amos 5:11; brick, Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:11-14; Isa. 9:10; wood, Song 1:17; Isa. 9:10. Built into city walls, Josh. 2:15. Used for worship, Acts 1:13, 14; 12:12; Rom. 16:5; 1 Cor. ...
  

• TALE

  [isbe] TALE - tal (tokhen, mithkoneth, micpar; leros): In the King James Version of the Old Testament (with one exception, Ps 90:9) "tale" (in the sing.) means number. "Tell" often has the same meaning, e.g. "I may tell (i.e. recko...
  

• Door

  [isbe] DOOR - dor: Most commonly the rendering of Hebrew pethach, "doorway," deleth, "door" proper (the two distinguished in Gen 19:6), or of Greek thura, which represents both meanings. The door proper was usually of wood, frequen...
  [nave] DOOR Posts of, sprinkled with the blood of the paschal lamb, Ex. 12:22; the law to be written on, Deut. 11:20. Hinges for, Prov. 26:14; made of gold, 1 Kin. 7:50. Doors of the temple made of two leaves, cherubim and flower...
  

• DISH

  [isbe] DISH - The rendering in English Versions of the Bible in some connections of three Hebrew and one Greek word. The qe`arah of Ex 25:29; 37:16; Nu 4:7 was apparently a kind of salver, in this case of gold, for holding the loav...
  

• Fools, Sluggards, Gossips, Wicked

  

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