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Bible Commentaries
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament Darby's Synopsis
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Bibliographical Information
Darby, John. "Commentary on Proverbs 25". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dsn/proverbs-25.html. 1857-67.
Darby, John. "Commentary on Proverbs 25". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/
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Introduction
1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is chokmah . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .
Verse 6
25:6 forward (b-4) Or 'Make not thyself grand.'
Verse 7
25:7 prince (c-26) Or 'noble.'
Verse 11
25:11 pictures (d-6) Others, 'baskets.' season. (e-14) Or 'fitly.'
Verse 14
25:14 gift. (f-16) Or 'falsely of giving.'
Verse 23
25:23 tongue. (a-13) Or 'So doth a backbiting (lit. 'secret') tongue, an angry countenance.'
Verse 26
25:26 way (b-14) Lit. 'tottereth.'
Verse 27
25:27 weight. (c-18) Or 'is glory,' the word having both meanings. Or 'so [for men] to seek their own glory is [not] glory.'