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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Proverbs Chapter 26 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Proverbs Chapter 26 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. Though not obvious to us,
the bird--literally, "sparrow"--and
swallow--have an object in their motions, so penal evil falls on none without a reason.
Proverbs Chapter 26 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. The rod is as much needed by fools and as well suited to them, as whips and bridles are for beasts.
Proverbs Chapter 26 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4, 5. Answer not--that is, approvingly by like folly.
Proverbs Chapter 26 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. Answer--by reproof.
Proverbs Chapter 26 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. A fool fails by folly as surely as if he were maimed.
drinketh damage--that is, gets it abundantly
(Job 15:16; 34:7).
Proverbs Chapter 26 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
7. legs . . . equal--or, "take away the legs," or "the legs . . . are weak." In any case the idea is that they are the occasion of an awkwardness, such as the fool shows in using a parable or proverb (see
Introduction;
Pr 17:7).
Proverbs Chapter 26 8 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
8. A stone, bound in a sling, is useless; so honor, conferred on a fool, is thrown away.
Pr 26:1-28.
1. The incongruities of nature illustrate also those of the moral world. The fool's unworthiness is also implied
(Pr 17:7; 19:10).