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.
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Proverbs 26:3
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 26:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 26:1-3Sayings against folly I. THE INAPTNESS OF HONOURS TO THE FOOLISH MAN. (Proverbs 26:1.) According to Jerome, it is something unheard of or impossible to experience, rain in the harvest time (see 1 Samuel 12:17, sqq.). Th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 26:1-12Certain proverbs concerning the fool (kesil), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22).Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 26:3Here, 1. Wicked men are compared to the horse and the ass, so brutish are they, so unreasonable, so unruly, and not to be governed but by force or fear, so low has sin sunk men, so much below themselves. Man indeed is b…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass. We should be inclined to invert the words, and say a bridle for the horse, and a whip for the ass; but it must be remembered that in early times the horse was not ridden, but…Joseph S. Exell and contributors