Proverbs 17:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A man void of understandingg striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. ”

• Proverbs 17:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Compare the marginal reference. Since nothing is nobler than the self-sacrifice of the true friend Proverbs 17:17 , so nothing is more contemptible than the weakness which allows itself to be sacr...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  A man void of understanding (i) striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend. (i) Read ( Proverbs 6:1 ).

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 17:23 ), the value of adversity as...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14. understanding. Hebrew "heart", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the understanding in it. See note on Proverbs 1:2 .

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Striketh hands - Striking each other's hands, or shaking hands, was anciently the form in concluding a...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. A man void of understanding striketh hands (in token of his engaging to be responsible for another...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  In the presence of his friend. — Or, With his neighbour. (For the same warning, comp. Proverbs 6:1 , sqq. )

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than t...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. He that h...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A man void of understanding striketh hands ,.... With his friend's creditor, and becomes surety for him; and thereby acts a very unwise part, and shows himself to want understanding, by taking such...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Ver. 18. A man void of understanding striketh hands. ] Of the folly and misery of rash suretyship...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A man, &c., striketh hands In token of his becoming surety; of which phrase, and the thing intended by it, see notes on Proverbs 6:1 ; Proverbs 11:15 . This proverb is fitly placed after that...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.       Though Solomon had commended friendship in adversity ( Proverbs 17:17 Proverbs 1...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Striketh hands, in token of his becoming surety; of which phrase, and of the thing itself, see on Proverbs 6:1 , Proverbs 11:15 . His friend: the friend here is either, 1. Before and to the c...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Ways Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:16-23 ). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool ( Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 17:21 ), the man void of mind (heart) ( Proverbs 17:16 ; P...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:17 . “ Friend and brother are related the one as the climax of the other. The friend is developed into a brother by adversity.” ( Lange’s Commentary ). MAIN HOM...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace (or crucible) for gold. Silver ores in Me...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water be...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 18. A man void of understanding, lacking in common sense, striketh hands, pledging himself and his goods foolishly, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. cf Proverbs 6:1-5 ; P...

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Proverbs 11:15 ; Proverbs 20:16 ; Proverbs 22:16 ; Proverbs 22:27 ; Proverbs 6:1-5

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• Proverbs 17:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Friend — Debtor, for whom being his friend, he becomes surety.

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