18 A man H376 that beareth H6030 false H8267 witness H5707 against his neighbour H7453 is a maul, H4650 and a sword, H2719 and a sharp H8150 arrow. H2671
My soul H5315 is among H8432 lions: H3833 and I lie H7901 even among them that are set on fire, H3857 even the sons H1121 of men, H120 whose teeth H8127 are spears H2595 and arrows, H2671 and their tongue H3956 a sharp H2299 sword. H2719
Thy tongue H3956 deviseth H2803 mischiefs; H1942 like a sharp H3913 razor, H8593 working H6213 deceitfully. H7423
They have sharpened H8150 their tongues H3956 like a serpent; H5175 adders' H5919 poison H2534 is under their lips. H8193 Selah. H5542
Be not a witness H5707 against thy neighbour H7453 without cause; H2600 and deceive H6601 not with thy lips. H8193
And G2532 the tongue G1100 is a fire, G4442 a world G2889 of iniquity: G93 so G3779 is G2525 the tongue G1100 among G1722 our G2257 members, G3196 that it defileth G4695 the whole G3650 body, G4983 and G2532 setteth on fire G5394 the course G5164 of nature; G1078 and G2532 it is set on fire G5394 of G5259 hell. G1067
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Commentary on Proverbs 25 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 25
Pro 25:1
This verse is the title of this latter collection of Solomon's proverbs, for he sought out and set in order many proverbs, that by them he might be still teaching the people knowledge, Eccl. 12:9. Observe,
Pro 25:2-3
Here is,
Pro 25:4-5
This shows that the vigorous endeavour of a prince to suppress vice, and reform the manners of his people, is the most effectual way to support his government. Observe,
Pro 25:6-7
Here we see,
Pro 25:8-10
Pro 25:11-12
Solomon here shows how much it becomes a man,
Pro 25:13
See here,
Pro 25:14
He may be said to boast of a false gift,
Pro 25:15
Two things are here recommended to us, in dealing with others, as likely means to gain our point:-
Pro 25:16
Here,
Pro 25:17
Here he mentions another pleasure which we must not take too much of, that of visiting our friends, the former for fear of surfeiting ourselves, this for fear of surfeiting our neighbour.
Pro 25:18
Here,
Pro 25:19
Pro 25:20
Pro 25:21-22
By this it appears that, however the scribes and Pharisees had corrupted the law, not only the commandment of loving our brethren, but even that of loving our enemies, was not only a new, but also an old commandment, an Old-Testament commandment, though our Saviour has given it to us with the new enforcement of his own great example in loving us when we were enemies. Observe,
Pro 25:23
Here see,
Pro 25:24
This is the same with what he had said, ch. 21:9. Observe,
Pro 25:25
See here,
Pro 25:26
It is here represented as a very lamentable thing, and a public grievance, and of ill consequence to many, like the troubling of a fountain and the corrupting of a spring, for the righteous to fall down before the wicked, that is,
Pro 25:27
Pro 25:28
Here is,