Proverbs Chapter 27 verse 6 Holy Bible
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; Although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Faithful are the wounds of friend. This and the next verse afford examples of the antithetic form of proverb, where the second line gives, as it were, the reverse side of the picture presented by the first. The wounds which a real friend inflicts by his just rebukes are directed by truth and discriminating affection (see Psalm 141:5). But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. So St. Jerome, Fraudulenta oscula odientis. But the verb here used (עתר) has the meaning, among others, "to be abundant or frequent;" hence it is better to take it in this sense here, as "plentiful, profuse." An enemy is lavish with his Judas kisses to hide his perfidy and hatred. Septuagint, "More to be trusted are the wounds of a friend than the spontaneous (ἑκούσια) kisses of an enemy." "Non omnis qui parcia," wrote St. Augustine ('Ep.,' 48, 'ad Vincent.'), "amicus est, neque omnis qui verberat, inimicus."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Faithful are the wounds of a friend--i.e., the "open rebuke" of the previous verse, the "smiting" and "reproof" of Psalm 142:5.The kisses of an enemy are deceitful.--Rather, plentiful, showered upon one, but all meaningless.
