Proverbs 27:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.c ”

Proverbs 27:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deceitful - Better, abundant. Very lavish is the enemy of the kisses that cover perfidy, but lavish of them only. His courtesy goes no deeper.
Proverbs 27:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] (c) deceitful. (c) They are flattering and seem friendly.
Proverbs 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Faithful, &c. Illustrations: Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 5:7-13 . Compare Nehemiah 6:2 ); Jehu ( 2 Chronicles 19:2-11 ). deceitful. Hebrew. 'athar = effusive (i.e. abundant) and empty (as vapour)...
Proverbs 27:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Faithful (marks of true kindness, and for one's true good, Psalms 141:5 ) are the wounds of (i:e., inflicted b...
Proverbs 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Faithful are the wounds of a friend — i.e., the “open rebuke” of the previous verse, the “smiting” and “reproof” of Psalms 142:5 . The kisses of an enemy are deceitful. — Rather, plentiful,...
Proverbs 27:6 - 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 27:6 - 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 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and ang...
Proverbs 27:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend ,.... That is, friendly reproofs; which, though they may be severe, at least thought so, and may grieve and wound, and cause pain and uneasiness for the present...
Proverbs 27:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful. Ver. 6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend. ] And are therefore to be prayed for; "but the kisses of an enemy ar...
Proverbs 27:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Open rebuke is better than secret love “He that takes an ingenuous liberty to tell others of their faults, and rebukes them freely, when need requires, to their face, is a better friend, a more val...
Proverbs 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Note, 1. It is good for us to be reproved, and told...
Proverbs 27:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Faithful are the wounds; they proceed from an upright, and truly loving, and faithful soul, and really promote the good of the person reproved. The wounds ; the sharpest reproofs, which for the pr...
Proverbs 27:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 27:5 . Secret love . Zöckler and Hitzig understand this love to be that “ which from false consideration dissembles, and does not tell his friend of his faults when it sh...
Proverbs 27:6 - 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 27:6 - 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 27:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Open rebuke is better than secret love. Charitable reproof Self-love is so natural to us, that as it makes us apt to flatter ourselves on all occasions, so it inclines us to accept too easily o...
Proverbs 27:6 - 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 27:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exaltation of Self Leads to Folly
Proverbs 27:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:7-15 ; 2 Samuel 20:10 ; 2 Samuel 20:9 ; Hebrews 12:10 ; Job 5:17 ; Job 5:18 ; Matthew 26:48-50 ; Proverbs 10:18 ; Proverbs 26:23-26 ; Psalms 141:5 ; Revelation 3:19
Proverbs 27:6 - 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 27:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wounds — The sharpest reproofs. Kisses — All the outward profession of friendship.

Proverbs 27:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 27:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 27:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 27:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 27:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 27:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 27:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 27:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 27:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 27:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 27:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 27:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 27:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes