Proverbs 25:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. ”

Proverbs 25:7 - 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 ,...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

better. See note on Proverbs 8:11 .
Proverbs 25:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. Come up hither - Our Lord refers to this,...
Proverbs 25:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whom thine eyes have seen— Houbigant closes this verse with the words, in the presence of the prince, and reads the 8th verse thus, Be not hasty in pleading thy cause, to divulge what thine eyes...
Proverbs 25:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. For better (it is) that it be said u...
Proverbs 25:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Courts. Quarrels 1-7. relate to kings and courts.
Proverbs 25:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen, and whose place thou hast shamelessly taken. The same lesson was repeated by our Lord in Luke 14:10 , sqq., and enforced on the ground of...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither ,.... It is much more to thine honour and credit to seat thyself in a place rather beneath than above thee; which being observed by some...
Proverbs 25:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. Ver. 7. For better it is that it be sai...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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, -...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For better it is, it is more for thy credit and comfort, that it be said unto thee, by some public officer, or by the king himself. Whom thine eyes have seen ; into whose presence and acquaintan...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - 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...
Proverbs 25:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.
Proverbs 25:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:5 ; Luke 14:8-10 ; Luke 18:14 ; Proverbs 16:19 ; Revelation 4:1

Proverbs 25:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 25:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 25:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 25:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 25:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 25:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 25:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 25:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 25:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 25:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 25:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge