Proverbs 27:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. ”

Proverbs 27:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bray - To pound wheat in a mortar with a pestle, in order to free the wheat from its husks and impurities, is to go through a far more elaborate process than threshing. But the folly of the fool...
Proverbs 27:22 - 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 27:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bray . pound, pulverize.
Proverbs 27:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Though thou shouldest bray a fool - Leaving all other conjectures, of which co...
Proverbs 27:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,...
Proverbs 27:22 - 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 27:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Though thou shouldest bray ( i.e., pound) a fool (a self-willed, headstrong person) in a mortar among wheat with a pestle. — This would separate completely the husks from the wheat; but obstinacy...
Proverbs 27:22 - 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 27:22 - 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 27:22 - 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 27:22 - 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 27:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle ,.... As the manna was, Numbers 11:8 ; and as wheat beat and bruised in a mortar, or ground in a mill, retains its own nature...
Proverbs 27:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him. Ver. 22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool, &c. ] The cypress tree, the...
Proverbs 27:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though thou shouldest bray , &c. “The folly and wickedness of some men are so incurable, that though unto reproofs, and chidings, and threatenings, you should add stripes and blows, they would n...
Proverbs 27:22 - 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 27:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Solomon had said ( Proverbs 22:15 Proverbs 22:15 ), The...
Proverbs 27:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not a natural, but a moral and wilful fool, who by long continuance in sin is hardened and stupefied, and so incorrigible under all the means of amendment.
Proverbs 27:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 27:21 . A man to his praise . Delitzsch understands the meaning to be that a man is valued according to the measure of public opinion. Ewald, Hitzig, and others, coincide...
Proverbs 27:22 - 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 27:22 - 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 27:22 - 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 27:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wisdom and Humility Go Hand in Hand
Proverbs 27:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 28:22 ; 2 Chronicles 28:23 ; Exodus 12:30 ; Exodus 14:5 ; Exodus 15:9 ; Isaiah 1:5 ; Jeremiah 44:15 ; Jeremiah 44:16 ; Jeremiah 5:3 ; Proverbs 23:35 ; Revelation 16:10 ; Reve...
Proverbs 27:22 - 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 27:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 27:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 27:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 27:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 27:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 27:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 27:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 27:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 27:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 27:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 27:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary