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<p id="Chapter27" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 27
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<p id="Pr27_1"><a onclick="return mV('Pro',27,'1-27');">Pro 27:1-27</a>.
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<p><b>1.</b> Do not confide implicitly in your plans (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',16,9);">Pro 16:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',19,21);">19:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jam',4,'13-15');">Jam 4:13-15</a>).
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<p id="Pr27_2"><b>2.</b> Avoid self-praise.
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<p id="Pr27_3"><b>3. heavy</b>—The literal sense of "heavy," applied to material subjects, illustrates its figurative, "grievous," applied to moral.
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<br><br><b>a fool's wrath</b>—is unreasonable and excessive.
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<p id="Pr27_4"><b>4. envy</b>—or, "jealousy" (compare <i>Margin;</i> <a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,34);">Pro 6:34</a>), is more unappeasable than the simpler bad passions.
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<p id="Pr27_5"><b>5, 6. secret love</b>—not manifested in acts is useless; and even, if its exhibition by rebukes wounds us, such love is preferable to the frequent (compare <i>Margin</i>), and hence deceitful, kisses of an enemy.
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<p id="Pr27_7"><b>7.</b> The luxury of wealth confers less happiness than the healthy appetite of labor.
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<p id="Pr27_8"><b>8.</b> Such are not only out of place, but out of duty and in danger.
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<p id="Pr27_9"><b>9. rejoice the heart</b>—the organ of perceiving what pleases the senses.
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<br><br><b>sweetness...counsel</b>—or, "wise counsel is also pleasing."
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<p id="Pr27_10"><b>10.</b> Adhere to tried friends. The ties of blood may be less reliable than those of genuine friendship.
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<p id="Pr27_11"><b>11.</b> The wisdom of children both reflects credit on parents and contributes to their aid in difficulties.
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<p id="Pr27_12"><b>12, 13.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',20,16);">Pro 20:16</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',22,3);">22:3</a>).
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<p id="Pr27_14"><b>14.</b> Excessive zeal in praising raises suspicions of selfishness.
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<p id="Pr27_15"><b>15.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',19,13);">Pro 19:13</a>).
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<br><br><b>very...day</b>—literally "a day of showers."
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<p id="Pr27_16"><b>16. hideth</b>—or, "restrains" (that is, tries to do it); is as fruitless an effort, as that of holding the wind.
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<br><br><b>the ointment of his right hand</b>—the organ of power (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',17,7);">Psa 17:7</a> 18:35). His right hand endeavors to repress perfume, but vainly. Some prefer: "His right hand comes on oil," that is, "cannot take hold." Such a woman cannot be tamed.
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<p id="Pr27_17"><b>17. a man sharpeneth...friend</b>—that is, conversation promotes intelligence, which the face exhibits.
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<p id="Pr27_18"><b>18.</b> Diligence secures a reward, even for the humble servant.
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<p id="Pr27_19"><b>19.</b> We may see our characters in the developed tempers of others.
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<p id="Pr27_20"><b>20.</b> Men's cupidity is as insatiable as the grave.
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<p id="Pr27_21"><b>21.</b> Praise tests character.
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<br><br><b>a man to his praise</b>—according to his praise, as he bears it. Thus vain men seek it, weak men are inflated by it, wise men disregard it, etc.
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<p id="Pr27_22"><b>22.</b> The obstinate wickedness of such is incurable by the heaviest inflictions.
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<p id="Pr27_23"><b>23, 24. flocks</b>—constituted the staple of wealth. It is only by care and diligence that the most solid possessions can be perpetuated (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',23,5);">Pro 23:5</a>).
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<p id="Pr27_25"><b>25-27.</b> The fact that providential arrangements furnish the means of competence to those who properly use them is another motive to diligence (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',65,'9-13');">Psa 65:9-13</a>).
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<br><br><b>The hay appeareth</b>—literally, "Grass appeareth" (<a onclick="return mV('Job',40,15);">Job 40:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',104,14);">Psa 104:14</a>).
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<p id="Pr27_27"><b>27. household</b>—literally, "house," the family (<a onclick="return mV('Act',16,15);">Act 16:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Cr',1,16);">1Cr 1:16</a>).
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