Proverbs 20:19

Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 16:29; Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 24:21; Proverbs 26:20-22; Romans 16:18

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Flattereth - literally, “The man who opens his lips,” who has no reticence; such a man, with or without intending it, does the work of a talebear...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self chara...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

meddle . mingle, mix thyself up. Not the same word as in Proverbs 20:3 . lips. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the flattery sp...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. A talebearer - Hebrew,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A 'chatterbox,' not a 'flatterer,' is meant.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Flattereth with his lips. — Rather, is open with his lips, cannot keep them shut.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balan...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles unti...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets ,.... Or, "he that revealeth secrets goeth about as a talebearer"; a man that has really got...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Ver. 9. He that goeth about...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Two sorts o...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; he that delighteth in and accustometh himself to the practice of spreading tales or evil re...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:18 . The first clause may be read, Establish thy purpose by counsel . Proverbs 20:19 . “Him that flattereth.”...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with...
The Biblical Illustrator

Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. On keeping away people we don’t want Not all insects are welcome visitors to plants; there a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 19. He that goeth about as a talebearer, making it his business to carry gossip and slander, revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him t...

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatterethe with his lips.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 20:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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)

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

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

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