Proverbs 25:18

Maul - A heavy sledge hammer. The word is connected with “malleus:” its diminutive “mallet” is still in use.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

First Division. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic c...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

maul . a mallet, or large wooden hammer, or club. From the Latin malleus.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A maul is a mace, club, or hammer.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A maul — i.e., hammer, connected with “malleus” and “mallet.” A false witness is as mischievous as the most deadly weapons.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour ,.... In whose house he has often been, and whom he has frequently visited; and, observing wh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Ver. 18. Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A man that beareth false witness, &c., is a maul Or, club , by which a man's fame and character are beaten down to the ground. And a sword, a...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For de...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Here, 1. The sin condemned is...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is as cruel and pernicious to him as any instrument of death. The design of the proverb is to show the wickedness of slander, and that a false witnes...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 25:17 . Withhold . Rather “ Make rare .” Proverbs 25:18 . A maul . An instrument or weapon shod with iron, probably...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:1 . These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out. Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand an...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A sword — Is as cruel and pernicious as any instrument of death.

¹⁸ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 25:18

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 25:18