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Proverbs 25:10-28

25:10

infamy <01681> [thine.]


25:11

word <01697> [word.]

spoken <0212 01696> [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.


25:12

earring <05141> [an ear-ring.]

wise <02450> [a wise.]


25:13


25:14

boasts <01984> [boasteth.]

gift not given <04991 08267> [of a false gift. Heb. in a gift of falsehood.]


25:15

patience <0753> [long.]

bone <01634> [the bone.]

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


25:16

find <04672> [Hast.]

stuffed <07646> [lest.]


25:17

foot ... frequently .... neighbor's <03365 07272 07453> [Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's. or, Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's.]

weary <07646> [weary. Heb. full.]


25:18


25:19


25:20

takes <05710> [that taketh.]

vinegar <02558> [vinegar.]

sings <07891> [so.]


25:21


25:22

heap <02846> [For.]

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

<03068> [the Lord.]


25:23

north <06828> [north.]

brings forth <02342> [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.

angry <02194> [so.]


25:24


25:25

cold <07119> [cold.]

good <02896> [so.]


25:26


25:27

good <02896> [not good.]

seek <02714> [so.]


25:28




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