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Proverbs 27:1-27 open_in_new
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 from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profuse' (RV) in deceitful kisses: Judas kissed Jesus much (Matthew 26:49; RM).
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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.
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Proverbs 27:8 open_in_new
'East, West, hame's best.'
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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.
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Proverbs 27:14 open_in_new
Early and loud demonstrativeness is not stable. 'Evening words are not like to morning.'
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Proverbs 27:16 open_in_new
The RV makes this difficult v. mean that he is attempting the impossible.
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Proverbs 27:17 open_in_new
The solitary grows dull. 'The best mirror is an old friend.' The Greek proverb is, 'One man, no man.'
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Proverbs 27:19 open_in_new
Judge another by yourself.
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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.'
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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.'
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Proverbs 27:24 open_in_new
Riches and honour (the crown) are fleeting: attention to field and flock are profitable.
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Proverbs 27:26 open_in_new
Sell your stock, and with the proceeds buy clothing and land.