Job 31:20
The verses sing the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared with the commerce of...
The (k) lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field. (k) This declares the great goodness of God towards man, and the d...
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...
goats . he goats.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. The lambs are for thy clothing - So many fleeces are given in some plac...
For riches are not for ever, &c.— See Hiller. pars 2: p. 9. The author of the Observations remarks, that milk is a great part of the diet of...
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. The lambs (are) for thy clothing - with their fleeces. And the g...
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...
Sell your stock, and with the proceeds buy clothing and land.
And the goats are the price of the field — i.e., you can purchase a field from the profit of your goats.
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...
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...
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...
The lambs [are] for thy clothing ,.... This is another argument, exciting to diligence in the pastoral calling, taken from the profit arising from i...
The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field. Ver. 26. The lambs are for thy clothing. ] Ad esum et ad usum, for...
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass In their proper seasons. These and the following things are mentioned as further arguments and encouragemen...
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...
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown en...
The lambs are for thy clothing; by their wool and skins, either used to clothe thyself with or sold to purchase all manner of clothing for thyself...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 27:23-27 MODEL FARMING These words were especially applicable to the Israelitish people in their ea...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 27:1-20 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself...
Wisdom and Humility Go Hand in Hand
The lambs are for thy clothing, their fleece furnishing wool for garments, and the goats are the price of the field, their value being so great tha...
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...
The price — By the sale whereof thou mayest either pay the rent of the field which thou hirest, or purchase fields or lands. Goats might better be...
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.