Proverbs 25:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Withdrawc thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. ”

• Proverbs 25:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Let thy foot be seldom in the house of thy friend, etc. Though thy visits were sweet as honey, he may soon learn to loathe them.

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  First Division. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. Prov...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  weary . full of.

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. Withdraw thy foot - Another proverb will illustrate this: "Too much familiarity breeds contempt."

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. Withdraw (Hebrew, Make rare) thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee. Do not ma...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Courts. Quarrels 1-7. relate to kings and courts.

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearch...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Self-Control and Kindliness Proverbs 25:15-28 In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is a man hard...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, th...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Confidence...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house ,.... Not but that it is commendable to be neighbourly and friendly, or for one neighbour to visit another; but then it should not be very frequent; a ma...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee. Ver. 17. Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house.] This is a honey that thou mayest surfeit on, ther...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house Visit him not too frequently nor unseasonably: do not, upon every light occasion, interrupt his weightier affairs, nor intrude upon him, and take up his...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.       Here he mentions another pleasure which we must not take too much of, that of visiting...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, visit him not too frequently nor unseasonably, lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee, as men are apt to loathe those meats of which they surfeit,...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 25:17 . Withhold . Rather “ Make rare .” Proverbs 25:18 . A maul . An instrument or weapon shod with iron, probably a war-club. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:17...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 25:1 . These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out. Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32 . The supplement to th...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house. Bad neighbours Here are four kinds. I. The intrusive. It is pleasant to be visited by a neighbour whose interest is genuine. Two evils accrue to...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verse 1-29:27 Part VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS , gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the...

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• Proverbs 25:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Genesis 19:2 ; Genesis 19:3 ; Judges 19:18-21 ; Romans 15:24

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• Proverbs 25:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Withdraw — Visit him not too frequently.

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