Proverbs 27:22

2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Chronicles 28:23; Exodus 12:30; Exodus 14:5; Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 1:5; Jeremiah 44:15; Jeremiah 44:16; Jeremiah 5:3; Proverbs 23:35; Revelation 16:10; Revelation 16:11

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bray - To pound wheat in a mortar with a pestle, in order to free the wheat from its husks and impurities, is to go through a far more elaborate...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. Proverbs 27:3 . cf. Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bray . pound, pulverize.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Though thou shouldest bray a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Though thou shouldest...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sundry Observations. Agriculture 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant ( Song of Solomon 8:6 ). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain f...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

'Heaven and earth fight in vain against a dunce.' 'Fools grow without watering.' 23-27. A homily in praise of careful attention to the flocks and...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Though thou shouldest bray ( i.e., pound) a fool (a self-willed, headstrong person) in a mortar among wheat with a pestle. — This would separate c...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Hearty Counsel” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is friends , Proverbs 27:6 ; Proverbs 27:9-10 ; Proverbs 27:14 ; Proverbs...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 27:5 . This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the sim...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle ,.... As the manna was, Numbers 11:8 ; and as wheat beat and bruised in a m...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him. Ver. 22. Though thou shou...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though thou shouldest bray , &c. “The folly and wickedness of some men are so incurable, that though unto reproofs, and chidings, and threatenin...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those ari...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Solomon...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not a natural, but a moral and wilful fool, who by long continuance in sin is hardened and stupefied, and so incorrigible under all the means of amen...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 27:21 . A man to his praise . Delitzsch understands the meaning to be that a man is valued according to the measure of p...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Proverbs 27:1 . Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let us never boast of future days and years, or...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 27:2 . Let another man praise thee. A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third per...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 27:1-20 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wisdom and Humility Go Hand in Hand
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, stamping him into little bits in a crucible in an effort to find at least a...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Making the Most of Life Proverbs 27:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many op...

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 27:22

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)

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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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