John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 25:17

A historical reference excerpt for this verse. Read it alongside the biblical text and other available sources.

Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
Source: BibleWord.ai's local reference edition of this named work.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house, etc.] Not but that it is commendable to be neighbourly and friendly, or for one neighbour to visit another; but then it should not be very frequent; a man should not be always or often at his neighbour’s house. So the words may be rendered, “make thy foot precious” or “rare at thy neighbour’s house”f686; be seldom there; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee; or, “lest he be sated with thee”f687; filled with thy company to a loathing of it, as the stomach with eating too much honey, and so his friendship be turned into hatred.

Read Proverbs 25:17 →Read the full chapter →Barnes' Notes →Wesley's Explanatory Notes →Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge →Keil & Delitzsch →

How to use this source
This excerpt is attributed to its named commentary. It is included as a historical study resource and should be evaluated in light of Scripture and other relevant evidence.