“ A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. ”
The “gift” (or, bribe), by a bold personification, appears as the powerful “friend at court,” who introduces another, and makes him welcome in high places.
A man's gift (i) maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (i) Gets him liberty to speak, and the favour of them that are esteemed.
Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated f...
man's. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. A man's gift maketh room for him - It is, and ever has been, a base and degrading practice in Asiatic countries, to bring a gift o...
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. A man's gift maketh room for him - maketh a clear and wide way for him into the presence of those to whom he desires acces...
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'Th...
A man’s gift. — Judicious liberality “maketh room for him,” helps him to make his way through life. (Comp. Luke 16:9 , and the advice there given so to use temporal riches as to gain those of heav...
CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is...
Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or...
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. He that answereth a matter before he h...
A man's gift maketh room for him ,.... Or "enlarges him" y; brings him out of prison, or, or out of straits and difficulties with which he, has, been pressed; or it makes way for him to a judge, and...
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. Ver. 16. A man's gift maketh room for him.] This Jacob Gen 43:11 knew well, and therefore bade his sons take a present for the g...
A man's gift maketh room for him Procures him free access to great men. Hebrew, ירחיב לו, enlargeth him , as this very phrase is rendered Psalms 4:1 , and elsewhere; freeth him from straits and o...
16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. Of what great force gifts (that is, bribes) are he had intimated before, Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 17:23 . He...
Maketh room for him; procures him free access to great men. Heb. enlargeth him , as this very phrase is rendered, Psalms 4:1 , and elsewhere; freeth him from straits and oppressions. Bringeth...
The Tongue Affects Man In Many Ways, Making Him Strong And Wise, And Giving Him Life, Or Causing Him Great Grief, Finally Resulting In Death ( Proverbs 18:14-21 ). In this subsection we have an em...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:16 . A man’s gifts . “Hebrew, adam , the gift of a man , however humble and low” (Fausset) . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:16 THE INFLUENCE OF TALENT Under...
Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here...
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge. The attainment of knowledge and the power of kindness I. The attainment of knowledge. “The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge,” etc. It is sugges...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inte...
v. 16. A man's gift, sent before him to procure favor for him, maketh room for him, giving him ready access to the one whose favor he is seeking, and bringeth him before great men, for it opens...
1 Samuel 25:27 ; Genesis 32:20 ; Genesis 33:10 ; Genesis 43:11 ; Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 19:6 ; Proverbs 21:14