Proverbs 27:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. ”

Proverbs 27:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The voice of the teacher to his true disciple. He pleads with him that the uprightness of the scholar will be the truest answer to all attacks on the character or teaching of the master.
Proverbs 27:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. Proverbs 27:3 . cf. Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverb...
Proverbs 27:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

My son. Marking the Structure (p. 899), as being the Words of the Wise, for Solomon.
Proverbs 27:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 27:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. My son, be wise ... that I may answer him that reproacheth me - as though my son were a fool, or one badly...
Proverbs 27:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sundry Observations. Agriculture 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant ( Song of Solomon 8:6 ). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be...
Proverbs 27:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My son. — The address of a father to his son, or master to pupil. That I may answer him that reproacheth me for having brought you up badly when he sees you ignorant or ill-behaved. So Christian...
Proverbs 27:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of...
Proverbs 27:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Hearty Counsel” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is friends , Proverbs 27:6 ; Proverbs 27:9-10 ; Proverbs 27:14 ; Proverbs 27:17 ; Proverbs 19:1-29 . Friends, according to...
Proverbs 27:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 27:5 . This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14 . There is nothing more calculate...
Proverbs 27:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment th...
Proverbs 27:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad ,.... That is, show thyself to be a wise man by thy words and actions; endeavour to get a good share of wisdom and knowledge, and make a good use of it, and t...
Proverbs 27:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. Ver. 11. My son, be wise, and make my heart glad. ] See Trapp on " Pro 10:1 "
Proverbs 27:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third...
Proverbs 27:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. Children are here exhorted to be wise and good, 1. That they may be a comfort to their parents...
Proverbs 27:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For being the father of a wicked son, as if I had either deserved him as a curse from God, or made him so by my example, or by the neglect of his education. See Ezekiel 16:44 1 Thessalonians 3:4...
Proverbs 27:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 27:8 . Place , rather “ home .” Proverbs 27:9 . This verse is obscurely rendered in the English version. Delitzsch translates “ Oil and frankincense rejoice the heart,...
Proverbs 27:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:1 . Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or wha...
Proverbs 27:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:2 . Let another man praise thee. A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Je...
Proverbs 27:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 27:1-20 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow. He boasts himself ( Proverbs 25:14 )...
Proverbs 27:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, the inspired author again addressing all his readers in the tone of fatherly admonition, that I may answer him that reproacheth me, since the wise behavior o...
Proverbs 27:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 John 1:4 ; Ecclesiastes 2:18-21 ; Philemon 1:19 ; Philemon 1:20 ; Philemon 1:7 ; Proverbs 10:1 ; Proverbs 15:20 ; Proverbs 23:15 ; Proverbs 23:16 ; Proverbs 23:24 ; Proverbs 23:25 ; Psa...
Proverbs 27:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Making the Most of Life Proverbs 27:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Te...
Proverbs 27:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Reproacheth — For being the father of a wicked son.

Proverbs 27:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 27:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 27:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 27:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 27:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 27:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 27:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 27:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 27:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 27:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 27:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 27:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes