Proverbs 25:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: ”

• Proverbs 25:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The pushing, boastful temper is, in the long run, suicidal. It is wiser as well as nobler to take the lower place at first in humility, than to take it afterward with shame. Compare Luke 14:8-10 ,...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - 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 25:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men :

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• Proverbs 25:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king. Do not magnify or glorify thyself before a king...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

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• Proverbs 25:6 - 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 25:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Words Fitly Spoken Proverbs 25:1-14 This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great to be disclosed to th...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - 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 25:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the pr...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king ,.... Intrude not thyself into his presence; or rush not into it in a rude and irreverent way; or be not ambitious to be a courtier: or "do not appe...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]: Ver. 6. Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king. ] Ne te ornes coram reqe. Compare not, vi...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king Hebrew, אל תתהדר, do not magnify , or glorify thyself, before the king; namely, by vaunting or vain-glorious speech, or behaviour; but, which is...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - 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 25:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:   7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be p...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Put not forth thyself, Heb. Do not magnify or glorify thyself , by vaunting speech or carriage, but, which is implied, carry thyself humbly and modestly, which is most pleasing to kings, and most...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 25:6 . Put not forth , literally “ bring not thy glory to view, do not display thyself .” Proverbs 25:7 . Whom thine eyes have seen . There is some difference of opin...

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• Proverbs 25:6 - 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 25:6 - 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 25:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.

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• Proverbs 25:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 15:17 ; 1 Samuel 18:18-23 ; 1 Samuel 9:20-22 ; 2 Samuel 7:8-17 ; Amos 7:12-15 ; Exodus 3:11 ; Jeremiah 1:6-10 ; Proverbs 16:19 ; Proverbs 25:27 ; Proverbs 27:2 ; Psalms 131:1

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• Proverbs 25:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Stand not — Do not affect frequent and familiar society with greater persons than thyself.

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