Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Proverbs Chapter 25
Overview
Pro 25:1, Observations about kings, Pro 25:8, and about avoiding causes of quarrels, and sundry causes thereof.
proverbs: Pro 1:1, Pro 10:1; Kg1 4:32; Ecc 12:9
which: Isa 1:1, Isa 36:22, Isa 37:2; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1
the glory: Deu 29:29; Job 11:7, Job 11:8, 38:4-41, 39:1-30, Job 40:2, Job 42:3; Rom 11:33, Rom 11:34
the honour: 1Kings 3:9-28, Kg1 4:29-34; Ezr 4:15, Ezr 4:19, Ezr 5:17, Ezr 6:1; Job 29:16
heaven: Psa 103:11; Isa 7:11, Isa 55:9; Rom 8:39
is unsearchable: Heb. there is no searching, Kg1 4:29; Pe1 1:7
Pro 17:3; Isa 1:25-27; Mal 3:3; Ti2 2:20, Ti2 2:21; Pe1 1:7
away: Pro 20:8; Kg1 2:33, Kg1 2:46; Est 7:10, Est 8:11-17; Psa 101:7, Psa 101:8
his: Pro 16:12, Pro 20:28, Pro 29:14; Isa 9:7, Isa 16:5
Put not forth thyself: Heb. Set not out thy glory, Pro 25:27, Pro 27:2
in the presence: Pro 16:19; Exo 3:11; Sa1 9:20-22, Sa1 15:17, Sa1 18:18-23; Sa2 7:8-17; Psa 131:1; Jer 1:6-10; Amo 7:12-15
that it: Pro 16:19; Luk 14:8-10
Come: Be humble; affect not high things; keep thyself quiet; and thou shalt live at ease, in safety, and in peace. Rev 4:1
hastily: Pro 17:14, Pro 18:6, Pro 30:33; Sa2 2:14-16, Sa2 2:26; Kg2 14:8-12; Luk 14:31, Luk 14:32
what: Pro 14:12; Jer 5:31; Mat 5:25
with: Mat 18:5-17
a secret to another: or, the secret of another, Pro 11:13, Pro 20:19
thine: Psa 119:39
word: Pro 15:23, Pro 24:26; Ecc 12:10; Isa 50:4
fitly spoken: Heb. spoken upon his wheels
is like: Rather "is like golden apples (tappuchim, in Arabic, tuffach), in baskets (maskeeyoth, in Arabic, shakeekat), of silver." A word spoken with propriety, opportunely, and suitably to the occasion, is as much in its place, and as conspicuously beautiful, as the golden fruit which appears through the apertures of an exquisitely wrought silver basket.
an earring: Job 42:11
a wise: Pro 1:8, Pro 1:9, Pro 9:8, Pro 15:5, Pro 15:31, Pro 15:32, Pro 27:5, Pro 27:6; Sa1 25:31-34; Psa 141:5
Pro 25:25, Pro 13:17, Pro 26:6; Phi 2:25-30
boasteth: Pro 20:6; Kg1 22:11; Luk 14:11, Luk 18:10-14; Co2 11:13-18, Co2 11:31; Pe2 2:15-19; Jde 1:12, Jde 1:13, Jde 1:16
of a false gift: Heb. in a gift of falsehood
long: Pro 15:1, Pro 16:14; Gen. 32:4-21; Sa1 25:14, 24-44; Ecc 10:4
the bone: Rather, "a bone;" that is, soft and conciliating language will often accomplish the most difficult things.
Hast: Pro 24:13, Pro 24:14; Jdg 14:8, Jdg 14:9; Sa1 14:25-27; Isa 7:15, Isa 7:22
lest: Pro 25:27, Pro 23:8; Luk 21:34; Eph 5:18
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's: or, Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's, Gen 19:2, Gen 19:3; Jdg 19:18-21
weary: Heb. full, Rom 15:24
Pro 12:18; Psa 52:2, Psa 55:21, Psa 57:4, Psa 120:3, Psa 120:4, Psa 140:3; Jer 9:3, Jer 9:8; Jam 3:6
Ch2 28:20, Ch2 28:21; Job 6:14-20; Isa 30:1-3, Isa 36:6; Eze 29:6, Eze 29:7; Ti2 4:16
that taketh: Deu 24:12-17; Job 24:7-10; Isa 58:7; Jam 2:15, Jam 2:16
vinegar: Pro 10:26
so: Psa 137:3, Psa 137:4; Ecc 3:4; Dan 6:18; Rom 12:15; Jam 5:15
Pro 24:17; Exo 23:4, Exo 23:5; Mat 5:44; Luk 10:33-36; Rom 12:20, Rom 12:21
For: Not to consume, but to melt him into kindness; a metaphor taken from smelting metalic ores.
the Lord: Sa2 16:12; Mat 10:13; Co1 15:18
north: Job 37:22
driveth: etc. or, bringeth forth rain; so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance, Monconys says, that when travelling on the second of January, 1648, from Tripoli in Syria, between Lebanon and the sea, it rained without ceasing, while the north wind blew directly in his face.
so: Pro 26:20; Psa 15:3, Psa 101:5; Rom 1:30; Co2 12:20
Pro 19:13, Pro 21:9, Pro 21:19, Pro 27:15, Pro 27:16
cold: Gen 21:16-19; Exo 17:2, Exo 17:3, Exo 17:6; Jdg 15:18, Jdg 15:19; Sa2 23:15; Psa 42:1, Psa 42:2; Psa 63:1; Isa 55:1; Jer 18:14; Joh 7:37; Rev 21:6, Rev 22:17
so: Pro 15:30; Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15; Luk 2:10, Luk 2:11; Rom 10:15; Ti1 1:15
Gen 4:8; Sa1 22:14-18; Ch2 24:21, Ch2 24:22; Mat 23:34-37, Mat 26:69-74; Act 7:52; Th1 2:15; Rev 17:6
not good: Pro 25:16