{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/geneva/pro027.htm","path":"bib/cmt/geneva/pro027.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/geneva/pro027.htm","text":"The Geneva Bible Translation Notes, [1599]\n(a) Do not delay the time, but take the opportunity when it is offered.\nWrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before (b) envy?\n(b) For the envious are obstinate, and cannot be reconciled.\nFaithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] (c) deceitful.\n(c) They are flattering and seem friendly.\nThy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's (d) house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.\n(d) Do not trust any worldly help in the day of your trouble.\n(e) A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.\n(e) See Pro 22:3\nHe that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising (f) early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.\n(f) Hastily and without cause.\nIron sharpeneth iron; so a (g) man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.\n(g) One hasty man provokes another to anger.\nAs in water face [answereth] to face, (h) so the heart of man to man.\n(h) There is no difference between men by nature, only the grace of God makes the difference.\n[As] the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his (i) praise.\n(i) That is, he is either known to be ambitious and glorious, or humble and modest.\nThe (k) lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.\n(k) This declares the great goodness of God towards man, and the diligence that he requires from him for the preservation of his gifts.","title":"The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599]: Proverbs: Prov...","type":"page"}