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Proverbs 25 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Proverbs 25, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Proverbs 25 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
רֵעַ rêaʻ H7453 4 associate
כָּבוֹד kâbôwd H3519 4 weight, splendor
טוֹב ṭôwb H2896 4 good
רִיב rîyb H7378 3 toss, grapple
חֵקֶר chêqer H2714 2 examination, enumeration
רוּחַ rûwach H7307 3 wind, breath
הָגָה hâgâh H1898 2 remove

How preachers through history handled this text

16 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 9 Spurgeon 4 Alexander MacLaren 2 John Wesley 1

“Heaven is a country afar off; how refreshing is good news from thence, in the everlasting gospel, which signifies glad tidings, and in the witness of the Spirit with our spirits that we are God's children!”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 25:25–27 (Public Domain)

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