Proverbs 7:15
Proverbs 10:26
vinegar <02558> [vinegar.]
smoke <06227> [as smoke.]
As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels, causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by whom he is employed.
sluggard <06102> [so.]
Proverbs 15:7
lips <08193> [lips.]
heart <03820> [the heart.]
Proverbs 26:8
stone .... sling <068 04773 06872> [bindeth a stone in a sling. Heb. putteth a precious stone in a heap of stones.]
This probably refers, as Coverdale understands it, to the custom of throwing a stone to the heap under which a criminal was buried. So the Vulgate, {Sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii; ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem,} "As he who throws a stone to Mercury's heap, so is he who gives honour to a fool." Mercury was a heathen god of highways; and stones were erected in different parts to guide the traveller: hence those lines of Dr. Young, "Death stands like Mercuries in every way; And kindly points us to our journey's end."
giving <05414> [so.]
Proverbs 27:8
bird <06833> [a bird.]
person <0376> [man.]
Proverbs 27:19
water <04325> [in.]
heart <03820> [so.]
