Proverbs 23:35
Better: “As a thorn which is lifted up in the hand of the drunkard” etc. As such a weapon so used may do mischief to the man himself or to others,...
[As] a thorn goeth (e) up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools. (e) By which he hurts both himself and others.
The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt a...
a drunkard: i.e. insensible to. thorn.
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so i...
Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard. — Rather, ( As ) a thornbush ( which ) comes into the hand of a drunkard, so ( is ) a parable...
CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and...
Verse Proverbs 26:2 . Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3...
[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard ,.... And he perceives it not; or being in his hand he makes an ill use of it, and hurts himself a...
Proverbs 26:9 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools. Ver. 9. As a thorn goeth up into the h...
As a thorn , &c. “It is as dangerous for a fool to meddle with a proverb as for a drunkard to handle a thorn, wherewith he hurts himself: but th...
THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth,...
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is...
As a thorn is in a drunkard's hand, which he cannot hold and manage cautiously, but employeth to his own and others hurt, so is a parable in the...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:3 . To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembe...
Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour...
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. Aspects of a fool Sin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Prov...
Concerning Fools and Sluggards
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, a branch of a thorn-bush in the hands of such a person being a dangerous weapon, since one never kno...
A thorn — As a thorn is in a drunkard's hand, which he cannot manage cautiously, but employs to his own and others hurt. So — As unprofitable, and,...
9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.