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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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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;...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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)
  

• 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...
  

• 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, ...
  

• 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...
  

• Insanity

  [nave] INSANITY. Prov. 26:18. Feigned by David, 1 Sam. 21:13-15. Sent as a judgment from God, Deut. 28:28; Zech. 12:4. Nebuchadnezzar's, Dan. 4:32-34. Jesus accused of, Mark 3:21; John 10:20. Paul, Acts 26:24, 25. Cured by J...
  

• Silver

  [nave] SILVER From Tarshish, Ezek. 27:12; refining of, Prov. 17:3; 25:4; 26:23; Ezek. 22:18-22; Jer. 6:29, 30; Zech. 13:9; Mal. 3:3. See: Refining. Used for money, Gen. 13:2; 17:12; 20:16; 23:13-16; Amos 8:6; Matt. 10:9; 26:15; M...
  

• Torches

  [nave] TORCHES, used by Samson, Judg. 15:4. Figurative Prov. 26:18; Amos 4:11; Zech. 3:2.
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Flattery

  [nave] FLATTERY. Job 17:5; Job 32:21, 22; Psa. 5:8, 9; Psa. 12:2, 3 Psa. 5:9; Psa. 36:2; Psa. 49:13 Prov. 6:24. Psa. 78:36 Rom. 16:18. Prov. 5:3; Prov. 7:5, 21; Prov. 14:20; Prov. 19:4, 6; Prov. 20:19; Prov. 22:16; Prov. 24:24; Pr...
  

• Retaliation

  [nave] RETALIATION. Ex. 21:23-25; Lev. 19:18; Lev. 24:17-22; Deut. 19:19-21; Psa. 10:2; Prov. 20:22; Prov. 24:29; Prov. 26:27; Isa. 33:1; Matt. 5:38-44; Matt. 7:1, 2; Luke 9:52-56; Rom. 12:17, 19; 1 Cor. 6:7, 8; 1 Thess. 5:15; 1 P...
  

• Pit

  [nave] PIT, Benaiah slays a lion in, 2 Sam. 23:20. Figurative Psa. 7:15, 16; 40:2; 57:6; 69:15; 119:85; Prov. 23:27; 26:27; 28:10; Eccl. 10:8; Jer. 48:44. The bottomless pit, Rev. 9:1, 2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3. See: Cistern; W...
  

• Fools, Sluggards, Gossips, Wicked

  

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