Proverbs 27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments
  • Proverbs 27:7 open_in_new

    The Spartan king told the tyrant Dionysius that the broth was nothing without the seasoning of fatigue and hunger.

  • Proverbs 27:9 open_in_new

    Sweetness of disposition is desirable when it arises, not from mere emotion, but from a settled purpose of the soul.

  • Proverbs 27:21 open_in_new

    Estimate him by the reputation he wins. The Russian proverb is, 'A man's reception is according to his coat; his dismissal according to his sense.'

  • Proverbs 27:22 open_in_new

    '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 herds. The writer is not disposed to depreciate agriculture, as some of the later Jewish proverb-makers were. One of these says, 'Lay out your money in trade, and you will have flesh and wine daily; lay it out in land, and you. will have but a bare subsistence.'