Bible Commentaries
Proverbs 25

Darby's Synopsis of the New TestamentDarby's Synopsis

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.'

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.