“ As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. ”
The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. Proverbs 26:1 . For the opposit...
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so (doth) the slothful upon his bed. As the door moves round the same center, and c...
Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool ac...
Verse Proverbs 26:2 . Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3-12 . In this group of proverbs the fool is the su...
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?...
[As] the door turneth upon his hinges ,.... And moves this way and that way, and opens and shuts, and yet hangs where it did, is not moved from its place: so [doth] the slothful upon his bed ; he...
Proverbs 26:14 [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed. Ver. 14. As the door turneth upon his hinges. ] But comes not off, unless lifted or knocked off. So nei...
The slothful man saith , &c. “In this and the following verses, three degrees of sloth are represented; the first, when a man is loath to stir out of doors about his business in the field, Prov...
THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred...
14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. Having seen the slothful man in fear of his work, here we find him in love with his ease; he lies in hi...
Turneth upon his hinges; moving hither and thither upon them, but not removing one jot from its place.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:15 . In his bosom . Rather, In the dish , as in chap. Proverbs 19:24 . MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 26:12-16 SELF-CONCEIT AND INDOLENCE I. Th...
Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he w...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22 ). Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summe...
Concerning Fools and Sluggards
Hebrews 6:12 ; Proverbs 12:24 ; Proverbs 12:27 ; Proverbs 24:33 ; Proverbs 6:10 ; Proverbs 6:9
Turneth — Moving hither and thither upon it, but not removing from its place.