“ Excellentc speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. ”
The margin renderings are more literal and give greater emphasis. What is pointed out is not the unfitness of lying lips for the princely-hearted, but the necessity of harmony, in each case, betwee...
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...
speech. Hebrew "lip", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it. fool. Hebrew. nabal. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs...
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. Excellent speech becometh not a fool - This proverb is suitable to those who affect, in public speaking, fine language, which n...
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. Excellent speech (a lip of excellency) becometh not a fool; much less do lying lips (a lip of lying) a prince. "Excelle...
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...
Excellent speech becometh not a fool. — Rather, perhaps, Superfluous or pretentious words become not a vile person ( nâbhâl ) , such as is described in Isaiah 32:6 . (Comp. 1 Samuel 25:25 .)...
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...
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...
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor repr...
Excellent speech becometh not a fool ,.... A wicked man. Eloquence, or a sublime grand way of speaking, a copiousness and fluency of expression, become not such; because hereby he may be capable of...
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. Ver. 7. Excellent speech becometh not a fool. ] A Nabal, a sapless, worthless fellow, in whom all worth is withered and de...
Excellent speech Either, 1st, Discourse concerning difficult, high, and excellent things, far above his capacity: or, 2d, Lofty, eloquent speech, which fools often affect: or, 3d, Virtuous and godl...
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. Two things are here represented as very absurd: 1. That men of no repute should be dictators. What can be mo...
Excellent speech; either, 1. Discourse of high and excellent things far above his capacity. Or, 2. Lofty or eloquent speech, which fools oft affect, Or, 3. Virtuous and godly discourse. A fo...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:7 . Excellent speech, literally “a lip of excess or prominence, an assuming, imperious style of speech” ( Zöckler ). A prince, rather, a noble , a man of lofty dis...
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...
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...
v. 7. Excellent speech, fine and high talk, in an assuming, dictatorial way, becometh not a fool; much less do lying lips a prince, for true nobility will have nothing to do with deceitfulness an...
2 Samuel 23:3 ; Job 34:12 ; Matthew 7:5 ; Proverbs 12:19 ; Proverbs 16:10-13 ; Proverbs 26:7 ; Proverbs 29:12 ; Psalms 101:3-5 ; Psalms 50:16 ; Psalms 50:17
Excellent speech — Discourse of high and excellent things.