Proverbs 20:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatterethe with his lips. ”

Proverbs 20:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Flattereth - literally, “The man who opens his lips,” who has no reticence; such a man, with or without intending it, does the work of a talebearer.
Proverbs 20:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...
Proverbs 20:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

meddle . mingle, mix thyself up. Not the same word as in Proverbs 20:3 . lips. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the flattery spoken by them.
Proverbs 20:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs 20:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. A talebearer - Hebrew, raakiyl ( H7400 ); a detractor; literally, a tr...
Proverbs 20:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Proverbs 20:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Flattereth with his lips. — Rather, is open with his lips, cannot keep them shut.
Proverbs 20:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...
Proverbs 20:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature e...
Proverbs 20:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...
Proverbs 20:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There i...
Proverbs 20:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets ,.... Or, "he that revealeth secrets goeth about as a talebearer"; a man that has really got the secrets of others out of them respecting them...
Proverbs 20:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Ver. 9. He that goeth about as a talebearer. ] Therefore make not such of thy...
Proverbs 20:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Two sorts of people are dangerous to be conversed with:-- 1....
Proverbs 20:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; he that delighteth in and accustometh himself to the practice of spreading tales or evil reports, will not forbear to publish the greatest se...
Proverbs 20:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:18 . The first clause may be read, Establish thy purpose by counsel . Proverbs 20:19 . “Him that flattereth.” Rather, him that openeth wide his lips, i.e. , th...
Proverbs 20:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Proverbs 20:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. On keeping away people we don’t want Not all insects are welcome visitors to plants; there are unbidden guests who do harm. To their visits th...
Proverbs 20:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...
Proverbs 20:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 19. He that goeth about as a talebearer, making it his business to carry gossip and slander, revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. cf Proverbs 11:13...
Proverbs 20:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 19:16 ; Proverbs 11:13 ; Proverbs 16:29 ; Proverbs 18:8 ; Proverbs 24:21 ; Proverbs 26:20-22 ; Romans 16:18

Proverbs 20:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 20:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 20:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 20:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 20:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 20:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 20:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 20:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 20:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge