“ As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. ”
The craving of wanderers for news from the home that they have left is as a consuming thirst, the news that quenches it as a refreshing fountain.
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...
good news, &c. Illustrations: Jacob ( Genesis 45:25-28 ); Paul ( Colossians 1:3 ; Colossians 1:4 . Ephesians 1:15 ; Ephesians 1:16 ; Philippians 1:1 ; Philippians 1:3-6 ).
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. (As) cold waters to (literally, upon; cf. Isaiah 44:3 ) a thirsty soul, so (is) good news from a far country - (cf. Pr...
Courts. Quarrels 1-7. relate to kings and courts.
Good news from a far country. — This is suggestive of the little communication which in old times took place between distant countries.
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...
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...
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...
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. As cold waters...
THE REFRESHMENT OF GOOD NEWS ‘As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.’ Proverbs 25:25 I. Heaven is the ‘far country’ to us poor children of the earth to-day. —...
[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul ,.... Water is naturally cold; and is by classic writers expressed by "cold" itself c, and is very refreshing to one athirst through heat: or, "to a weary soul" d;...
Proverbs 25:25 [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country. Ver. 25. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news. ] This and many more of these proverbs Solomo...
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country “Good and certain news, especially from a far country, (from whence it is hard to have any true intelligence,) is as grateful to...
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, -...
25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. See here, 1. How natural it is to us to desire to hear good news from our friends, and concerning our aff...
Because it comes thither more rarely and difficultly after it hath been long expected and earnestly desired; all which circumstances make it more acceptable.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:25 COLD WATER AND GOOD NEWS I. Two blessings often ardently longed for . In these days of travel, many more can enter into the spirit of this analogy than in the...
Proverbs 25:25 I. Heaven is the "far country" to us poor children of the earth today. (1) It is a far country possibly as measured by distance. (2) It is a far country more especially from the fac...
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...
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Good news from a far country We live in a little world. It is simply that we are a part of it that it seems to us so great....
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...
True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.
1 Timothy 1:15 ; 2 Samuel 23:15 ; Exodus 17:2 ; Exodus 17:3 ; Exodus 17:6 ; Genesis 21:16-19 ; Isaiah 52:7 ; Isaiah 55:1 ; Jeremiah 18:14 ; John 7:37 ; Judges 15:18 ; Judges 15:19 ; Luke...
So — Because it comes more rarely and difficultly, after it hath been long expected.