Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 22:27; Proverbs 6:1-5
Compare the marginal reference. Since nothing is nobler than the self-sacrifice of the true friend Proverbs 17:17 , so nothing is more contemptibl...
A man void of understanding (i) striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend. (i) Read ( Proverbs 6:1 ).
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...
man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14. understanding. Hebrew "heart", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the understanding in it....
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...
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...
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...
In the presence of his friend. — Or, With his neighbour. (For the same warning, comp. Proverbs 6:1 , sqq. )
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Though Solomon had commended fri...
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...
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 ),...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness th...
v. 18. A man void of understanding, lacking in common sense, striketh hands, pledging himself and his goods foolishly, and becometh surety in th...
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.