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{"id":3208,"verse_id":"PRO.26.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":1,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.1","text":"“Honor” in this passage probably means respect, external recognition of worth, accolades, advancement to high position, etc. All of these would be out of place with a fool; so the sage is warning against elevating or acclaiming those who are worthless. See also J. A. Emerton, “Notes on Some Passages in the Book of Proverbs,” VT 15 (1965): 271-79.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A1/1"}
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{"id":3209,"verse_id":"PRO.26.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":1,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"26.1","text":"The first twelve verses of this chapter, Prov 26:1-12 , are sometimes called “the Book of Fools” because they deal with the actions of fools.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A1/2"}
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{"id":3210,"verse_id":"PRO.26.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":3,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.3","text":"A fool must be disciplined by force like an animal – there is no reasoning. The fool is as difficult to manage as the donkey or horse.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A3/1"}
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{"id":3211,"verse_id":"PRO.26.4","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":4,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.4","text":"One should not answer a fool’s foolish questions in line with the fool’s mode of reasoning (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs , 274).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A4/1"}
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{"id":3212,"verse_id":"PRO.26.4","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":4,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"26.4","text":"The person who descends to the level of a fool to argue with him only looks like a fool as well.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A4/2"}
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{"id":3213,"verse_id":"PRO.26.5","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":5,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.5","text":"The apparent contradiction with the last verse has troubled commentators for some time. The Rabbis solved it by saying that v. 4 referred to secular things, but v. 5 referred to sacred or religious controversies. While this does not resolve the issue, it does give a sound application for the two verses together – in negligible issues one should just ignore the stupid person, but in issues that matter the fool must be dealt with, lest credence be given to what he says (W. G. Plaut, Proverbs , 266). The text presents two proverbs each of which presents an aspect of the whole truth. One should not lower himself to the level of the fool, but there are times when the lesser of two evils is to do so, other than let the fool gain confidence that he is a wise person or be considered wise by others. Paul, for example, talked like a “fool” to correct the foolish ideas of the Corinthians ( 2 Cor 11:16-17; 12:11 ).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A5/1"}
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{"id":3214,"verse_id":"PRO.26.6","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":6,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.6","text":"Sending a messenger on a mission is like having another pair of feet. But if the messenger is a fool, this proverb says, not only does the sender not have an extra pair of feet – he cuts off the pair he has. It would not be simply that the message did not get through; it would get through incorrectly and be a setback! The other simile uses “violence,” a term for violent social wrongs and injustice. The metaphorical idea of “drinking” violence means suffering violence – it is one’s portion. So sending a fool on a mission will have injurious consequences.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A6/1"}
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{"id":3215,"verse_id":"PRO.26.6","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":6,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"26.6","text":"The consequence is given in the first line and the cause in the second. It would be better not to send a message at all than to use a fool as messenger.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A6/3"}
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{"id":3216,"verse_id":"PRO.26.7","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":7,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"26.7","text":"As C. H. Toy puts it, the fool is a “proverb-monger” ( Proverbs [ICC], 474); he handles an aphorism about as well as a lame man can walk. The fool does not understand, has not implemented, and cannot explain the proverb. It is useless to him even though he repeats it.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A7/3"}
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{"id":3217,"verse_id":"PRO.26.9","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":9,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.9","text":"The picture is one of seizing a thornbush and having the thorn pierce the hand ( עָלָה בְיַד־ , ’ alah vÿyad ). A drunk does not know how to handle a thornbush because he cannot control his movements and so gets hurt (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 599). C. H. Toy suggests that this rather means a half-crazy drunken man brandishing a stick ( Proverbs [ICC], 475). In this regard cf. NLT “a thornbush brandished by a drunkard.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A9/1"}
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{"id":3218,"verse_id":"PRO.26.9","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":9,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"26.9","text":"A fool can read or speak a proverb but will be intellectually and spiritually unable to handle it; he will misapply it or misuse it in some way. In doing so he will reveal more of his folly. It is painful to hear fools try to use proverbs.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A9/2"}
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{"id":3219,"verse_id":"PRO.26.11","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":11,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.11","text":"The simile is graphic and debasing (cf. 2 Peter 2:22 ).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A11/1"}
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{"id":3220,"verse_id":"PRO.26.11","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":11,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"26.11","text":"The point is clear: Fools repeat their disgusting mistakes, or to put it another way, whenever we repeat our disgusting mistakes we are fools. The proverb is affirming that no matter how many times a fool is warned, he never learns.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A11/2"}
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{"id":3221,"verse_id":"PRO.26.12","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":12,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"26.12","text":"Previous passages in the book of Proverbs all but deny the possibility of hope for the fool. So this proverb is saying there is absolutely no hope for the self-conceited person, and there might be a slight hope for the fool – he may yet figure out that he really is a fool.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A12/3"}
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{"id":3222,"verse_id":"PRO.26.13","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":13,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.13","text":"The Book of Fools covered vv. 1-12 . This marks the beginning of what may be called the Book of Sluggards (vv. 13-16 ).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A13/1"}
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{"id":3223,"verse_id":"PRO.26.14","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":14,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"26.14","text":"The sluggard is too lazy to get out of bed – although he would probably rationalize this by saying that he is not at his best in the morning. The humor of the verse is based on an analogy with a door – it moves back and forth on its hinges but goes nowhere. Like the door to the wall, the sluggard is “hinged” to his bed (e.g., Prov 6:9-10; 24:33 ).","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A14/2"}
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{"id":3224,"verse_id":"PRO.26.15","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":15,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"26.15","text":"The proverb is stating that the sluggard is too lazy to eat; this is essentially the same point made in 19:24 (see the note there).","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A15/2"}
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{"id":3225,"verse_id":"PRO.26.19","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":19,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"26.19","text":"The subject of this proverb is not simply a deceiver, but one who does so out of jest, or at least who claims he was joking afterward. The participle מְשַׂחֵק has the idea of “laughing, mocking”; in this context it might convey the idea of “kidding” or “joking.” The point is that such practical joking is immature and often dangerous. To the foolish deceiver it might all seem like fun, like sport; but it can destroy people. One cannot trifle with dangerous weapons, or put them in irresponsible hands; likewise one cannot trifle with human relationships. W. G. Plaut notes, “The only worthwhile humor is that which laughs with, not at others” ( Proverbs , 270).","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A19/2"}
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{"id":3226,"verse_id":"PRO.26.20","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":20,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.20","text":"Gossip (that is, the one who goes around whispering and slandering) fuels contention just as wood fuels a fire. The point of the proverb is to prevent contention – if one takes away the cause, contention will cease (e.g., 18:8 ).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A20/1"}
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{"id":3227,"verse_id":"PRO.26.21","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":21,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.21","text":"Heb “a man of contentions”; NCV, NRSV, NLT “a quarrelsome person.” The expression focuses on the person who is contentious by nature. His quarreling is like piling fuel on a fire that would otherwise go out. This kind of person not only starts strife, but keeps it going.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A21/1"}
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{"id":3228,"verse_id":"PRO.26.23","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":23,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"26.23","text":"The analogy fits the second line very well. Glaze makes a vessel look beautiful and certainly different from the clay that it actually is. So is one who has evil intent (“heart”) but covers it with glowing speech.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A23/3"}
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{"id":3229,"verse_id":"PRO.26.25","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":25,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"26.25","text":"It may be that the placing of this proverb in this setting is designed to point out that the person speaking graciously is this wicked person who conceals an evil heart. Otherwise it may have in mind a person who has already proven untrustworthy but protests in order to conceal his plans. But even if that were not the connection, the proverb would still warn the disciple not to believe someone just because it sounded wonderful. It will take great discernment to know if there is sincerity behind the person’s words.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A25/3"}
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{"id":3230,"verse_id":"PRO.26.25","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":25,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"4","reference":"26.25","text":"The number “seven” is used in scripture as the complete number. In this passage it is not intended to be literally seven; rather, the expression means that there is complete or total abomination in his heart. Cf. TEV “his heart is filled to the brim with hate.”","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A25/4"}
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{"id":3231,"verse_id":"PRO.26.25","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":25,"note_index":3,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"5","reference":"26.25","text":"“Abomination” means something that is loathed. This is a description applied by the writer, for the hypocritical person would not refer to his plans this way.","source_note_position":5,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A25/5"}
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{"id":3232,"verse_id":"PRO.26.26","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":26,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"26.26","text":"The Hebrew verb means “to uncover,” here in the sense of “to reveal; to make known; to expose.” The verse is promising that the evil the person has done will be exposed publicly. The common belief that righteousness will ultimately triumph informs this saying.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A26/3"}
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{"id":3233,"verse_id":"PRO.26.27","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":27,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"26.27","text":"The verse is teaching talionic justice (“an eye for an eye,” etc.), and so the activities described should be interpreted as evil in their intent. “Digging a pit” would mean laying a trap for someone (the figure of speech would be a metonymy of cause for the effect of ruining someone, if an actual pit is being dug; the figure would be hypocatastasis if digging a pit is being compared to laying a trap, but no pit is being dug). Likewise, “rolling a stone” on someone means to destroy that individual.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A27/1"}
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{"id":3234,"verse_id":"PRO.26.28","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":26,"verse":28,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"26.28","text":"The verse makes it clear that only pain and ruin can come from deception. The statement that the lying tongue “hates those crushed by it” suggests that the sentiments of hatred help the deceiver justify what he says about people. The ruin that he brings is probably on other people, but it could also be taken to include his own ruin.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2026%3A28/2"}
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