16 If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
19 Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.
20 Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.
21 If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 25:16-21
Commentary on Proverbs 25:16
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God has given us leave to use grateful things, but we are cautioned against excess.
Commentary on Proverbs 25:17
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We cannot be upon good terms with our neighbours, without discretion as well as sincerity. How much better a Friend is God than any other friend! The oftener we come to him, the more welcome.
Commentary on Proverbs 25:18
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A false testimony is dangerous in every thing.
Commentary on Proverbs 25:19
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Confidence in an unfaithful man is painful and vexatious; when we put any stress on him, he not only fails, but makes us feel for it.
Commentary on Proverbs 25:20
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We take a wrong course if we think to relieve those in sorrow by endeavouring to make them merry.
Commentary on Proverbs 25:21-22
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The precept to love even our enemies is an Old Testament commandment. Our Saviour has shown his own great example in loving us when we were enemies.