Proverbs 25:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. ”

• Proverbs 25:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Maul - A heavy sledge hammer. The word is connected with “malleus:” its diminutive “mallet” is still in use.

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• Proverbs 25:18 - 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 25:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  maul . a mallet, or large wooden hammer, or club. From the Latin malleus.

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• Proverbs 25:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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• Proverbs 25:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. A maul - a heavy hammer or mace used in war ( Jeremiah 50:23 , note; 51:20; 2:1); literally,...

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• Proverbs 25:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

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• Proverbs 25:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A maul — i.e., hammer, connected with “malleus” and “mallet.” A false witness is as mischievous as the most deadly weapons.

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• Proverbs 25:18 - 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 25:18 - 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 25:18 - 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 25:18 - 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 25:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour ,.... In whose house he has often been, and whom he has frequently visited; and, observing what was done there, not only discovers and tells ab...

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• Proverbs 25:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Ver. 18. Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow ] A "maul," hammer, or club, to knock out his...

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• Proverbs 25:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A man that beareth false witness, &c., is a maul Or, club , by which a man's fame and character are beaten down to the ground. And a sword, and a sharp arrow By his tongue he is as cruel and...

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• Proverbs 25:18 - 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 25:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.       Here, 1. The sin condemned is bearing false witness against our neighbour, ei...

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• Proverbs 25:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Is as cruel and pernicious to him as any instrument of death. The design of the proverb is to show the wickedness of slander, and that a false witness is in some respect as bad as a murderer.

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• Proverbs 25:18 - 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 25:18 - 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 25:18 - 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 25:18 - 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 25:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.

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• Proverbs 25:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  James 3:6 ; Jeremiah 9:3 ; Jeremiah 9:8 ; Proverbs 12:18 ; Psalms 120:3 ; Psalms 120:4 ; Psalms 140:3 ; Psalms 52:2 ; Psalms 55:21 ; Psalms 57:4

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• Proverbs 25:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A sword — Is as cruel and pernicious as any instrument of death.

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