“ He that hateth dissemblethj with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; ”
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...
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; He that hateth dissembleth with, [rather, as the Chaldaic and Vulgate, and as the Niphal voice requires, 'is known b...
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?...
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips ,.... He that bears a grudge in his mind, and retains hatred in his heart against any person, hides it all he can, till he has an opportunity of showing it a...
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; Ver. 24. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. ] And so heaps sin upon sin, till he be transformed into a breathing d...
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips Hebrew, ינכר, carries himself like another man , that is, pretends love and kindness; and layeth up deceit within him Means, by counterfeiting kindness,...
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...
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Whose hatred...
Dissembleth, or, carrieth himself like another man; pretends love and kindness; which sense seems to agree best both with the next clause of this verse, and with the two following verses,
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:23 . Burning lips — i.e. , “lips whence come ardent expressions of friendship.” Silver dross . Impure silver not freed from the dross. Proverbs 26:24 . Layeth up...
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...
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Clandestine hatred I. It is often greatly disguised. “Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. II. It is exces...
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 Busybodies
Proverbs 11:1 ; Proverbs 12:17 ; Proverbs 12:20 ; Proverbs 12:5 ; Proverbs 14:8