Proverbs 17:18

man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.

understanding. Hebrew "heart", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the understanding in it. See note on Proverbs 1:2.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. Since nothing is nobler than the self-sacrifice of the true friend Proverbs 17:17 , so nothing is more contemptibl...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

A man void of understanding (i) striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend. (i) Read ( Proverbs 6:1 ).
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 1...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Striketh hands - Striking each other's hands, or sha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. A man void of understanding striketh hands (in t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanie...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the presence of his friend. — Or, With his neighbour. (For the same warning, comp. Proverbs 6:1 , sqq. )
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dro...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he tha...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A man void of understanding striketh hands ,.... With his friend's creditor, and becomes surety for him; and thereby acts a very unwise part, and sh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Ver. 18. A man void of understanding striketh h...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A man, &c., striketh hands In token of his becoming surety; of which phrase, and the thing intended by it, see notes on Proverbs 6:1 ; Prover...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Though Solomon had commended fri...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Striketh hands, in token of his becoming surety; of which phrase, and of the thing itself, see on Proverbs 6:1 , Proverbs 11:15 . His friend: t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ways Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:16-23 ). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool ( Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 17:21 ),...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:17 . “ Friend and brother are related the one as the climax of the other. The friend is developed into a brother...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the fu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 18. A man void of understanding, lacking in common sense, striketh hands, pledging himself and his goods foolishly, and becometh surety in th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 11:15 ; Proverbs 20:16 ; Proverbs 22:16 ; Proverbs 22:27 ; Proverbs 6:1-5
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Friend — Debtor, for whom being his friend, he becomes surety.

¹⁸ A man void of understandingg striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 17:18