Proverbs 25:5

1 Kings 2:33; 1 Kings 2:46; Esther 7:10; Esther 8:11-17; Isaiah 16:5; Isaiah 9:7; Proverbs 16:12; Proverbs 20:28; Proverbs 20:8; Proverbs 29:14; Psalms 101:7; Psalms 101:8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The interpretation of the proverb of Proverbs 25:4 . The king himself, like the Lord whom he represents, is to sit as “a refiner of silver” Malac...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Take (g) away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. (g) It is not enough that he is pure himself,...
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

Take away, &c. Illustrations: David (1Ki 2:5, 1 Kings 2:6 . Compare Pro 25:46); Asa ( 1 Kings 15:13 ). the wicked . a lawless one. Hebrew....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. The finer - the melter; the goldsmith. Take away t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Courts. Quarrels 1-7. relate to kings and courts.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His throne shall be established in righteousness — whereas violence and wrong pull it down. ( Jeremiah 21:12 ; Jeremiah 22:3 , sqq. ; Zechariah...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the e...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Words Fitly Spoken Proverbs 25:1-14 This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. T...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gather...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come for...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take away the wicked [from] before the king ,.... Wicked ministers and counsellors; they are the "dross", worthless and useless; yea, hurtful and pe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. Ver. 5. Take away the wicked. ] Who are compare...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take away the dross from the silver , &c. When the dross is separated from the silver, and not before, it becomes so pliable, that the finer may...
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

4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, an...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

From before the king; from his court and councils. Shall be established, by removing them who by their wicked counsels and practices provoked God...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

With this chapter begins the fourth main division of this book, consisting, as its introductory words inform us, of sayings and perhaps writings of S...
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

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Purifying fires No text in Scripture brings out with eq...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-29:27 Part VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS , gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

Take away the wicked from before the king, by a judicial action which removes such dross from before the ruler's eyes, and his throne shall be estab...

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 25:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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

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