In (Proverbs 10:8) the relation between the two clauses was one of contrast; here it is one of resemblance. Cunning, reticence, and dec…

Causes sorrow to the person who is the butt of his ridicule, or against whom his malice is directed.

He that winketh with the eye The Syriac and Arabic versions add, "with fraud". A descriptive character of a wicked man, (…

To be hasty in beginning strife will bring difficulties. War must eventually end, and is better prevented. The same is true in private quarrels; do…