Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Compare Proverbs 16:28).
as wounds--not sustained by the Hebrew; better, as "sweet morsels," which men gladly swallow.
innermost . . . belly--the mind, or heart (compare Proverbs 20:27-30; Psalms 22:14).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 15:2
Proverbs 16:28
Proverbs 20:27
Proverbs 20:30
Proverbs 26:22
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