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Proverbes 27:6

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6 Les blessures faites par celui qui aime, sont fidèles; mais les baisers de celui qui hait sont trompeurs.

Proverbes 27:6 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 27:6

Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend
That is, friendly reproofs; which, though they may be severe, at least thought so, and may grieve and wound, and cause pain and uneasiness for the present, yet, proceeding from a spirit of love, faithfulness, and integrity, and designed for the good of the person reproved, ought to be kindly received; see ( Psalms 141:5 ) ;

but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful;
flow from a deceitful heart, and not to be confided in, as the kisses of Joab and Judas. It may be rather rendered, "are to be deprecated" F25; prayed against, as real evils, hurtful and pernicious; and so the Targum renders it, "are evil". Good is the advice of Isocrates F26,

``reckon them faithful, not who praise everything thou sayest or doest, but those that reprove what is amiss.''


FOOTNOTES:

F25 (twrten) "deprecanda", Junius & Tremillius, Piscator, Cocceius, Amama.
F26 Ad Nicoclem, p. 38.

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Proverbes 27:6 In-Context

4 La colère est cruelle; et la fureur est comme une inondation; mais qui pourra subsister devant la jalousie?
5 Une réprimande ouverte vaut mieux qu'une amitié cachée.
6 Les blessures faites par celui qui aime, sont fidèles; mais les baisers de celui qui hait sont trompeurs.
7 Celui qui est rassasié, foule aux pieds les rayons de miel; mais celui qui a faim trouve doux même ce qui est amer.
8 Tel qu'est un oiseau qui erre loin de son nid, tel est l'homme qui s'éloigne de sa demeure.

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