Passage Research
Proverbs 26 — Sermon Preparation
A concentrated chapter of sayings about fools, sluggards, and troublemakers, with vivid comparisons including the dog that returns to its vomit and snow in summer. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 26, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 28
- verses
- 211 / 145
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 26 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּסִיל | kᵉçîyl | H3684 | 11 | fat, stupid |
| עָצֵל | ʻâtsêl | H6102 | 4 | indolent |
| אִוֶּלֶת | ʼivveleth | H200 | 3 | silliness |
| פֶּה | peh | H6310 | 4 | mouth, blowing |
| חָכָם | châkâm | H2450 | 3 | wise |
| נִרְגָּן | nirgân | H5372 | 2 | slanderer |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 4 | turn, return |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 26, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Every creature must be dealt with according to its nature, but careless and profligate sinners never will be ruled by reason and persuasion. Man indeed is born like the wild ass's colt; but some, by the grace of God, are changed.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 26:3–9 (Public Domain)
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