Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (Matt. vi: 34). "Sufficith to the dai, his owne malice."—John Wickliffe (1380). "The daye present hath ever ynough of his awne trouble."-William Tyndale (1534). "Sufficient unto the daye, is the travayle thereof." -Thomas Cranmer (1539). "The day present hath euer inough to do with its owne grief."-The Genevan New Testament (1557). "Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.”—The Renish New Testament (1582). "Sufficient for the day is its own evil."-Syriac Peshitto Version. The dog turning to his own vomit again. See Prov. xxvi: 11; Matt. vii : 6. (II Pet. ii: 22). "The world is a carcass and they who seek it are dogs. (Arabian). "The dogs had enough and then made presents to each other of their leavings. (Arabian). "Cheap meat, the dogs eat it." (Modern Greek). "They seated the dog in the palankin; on seeing filth it jumped down and ran after it." (Telugu). "Scornful dogs eat dirty pudding." (Scotch). The sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. (II Pet. ii: 22). See Matt. vii : 6. The Arabians and Bengalese have the proverb: "The thief and the hog have one path.' While one delights in evil practices, the other seeks physical uncleanness. At "The inhabitants of this warm country well know the benefit arising from the constant washing of those sheep which they are fattening for winter food; and certainly the flesh of swine would be equally improved by frequent ablutions. present we do not witness this, for the people do not raise hogs. We may be quite sure, however, that swine washed in the purest of fountains would turn again to their wallowing in the first mud hole they could find with all the eagerness of their swinish instincts."-W. M. Thomson in The Land and the Book. The tree is known by its fruit. (Matt. xii: 33). See Matt. vii: 15-20; Luke vi : 44; James iii: 12. See also proverb: "Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap," and Proverbs Suggested by the Bible: "Good fruit never comes from a bad tree." "The kind of fruit and its form depend on the tree." "Though the water of life from the clouds fell in And the ground was strewn over with paradise loam; Yet in vain would you seek, from a garden of willows, To collect any fruit as beneath them you roam." They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. (Matt. ix: 12). See Mark ii: 17; Luke v : 31. There is some question as to whether this was a common proverb in Jesus' day, but, as it has a usual proverbial form and was possibly a wellknown saying quoted by Christ, it is given here. It has certainly found a place among the proverbs of the people since Jesus used it in justification of Himself when he sat at meat with publicans and sinners. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the (I Cor. ix : 9). corn. See Deut. xxv :4; Luke x :7; I Tim. v : 18. "The ox that ploughs is not to be muzzled," is an Arabian saying current in Cairo. The muzzle is made of rope that is tied to the mouth of oxen to prevent them from grazing on the land of strangers as they pass along the road. "The command not to put a muzzle upon the ox when threshing is no doubt proverbial in its nature and even in the context before us is not intended to apply merely literally to an ox employed in threshing, but to be understood in the general sense in which the Apostle Paul used it in I Cor. ix : 9 and I Tim. v : 18-that a labourer was not to be deprived of his wages.' Keil and Delitzsch: (Commentary Deut. xxv: 4). Vengeance belongeth unto me: I will recompense, saith the Lord. (Rom. xii : 19). See Deut. xxxii: 35; Ps. xciv: 1; Isa. xxxv : 4; "The only hypothesis which we can form without Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. (Gal. vi : 7). See Job iv: 8; Prov. xxii : 8; xxvi : 27; Hos. viii : 7; See also proverb, “The tree is known by its fruit,” "He who sows thorns will not gather grapes from (Persian). "Suffering is the necessary consequence of sin, just as when you eat a sour fruit a stomach complaint ensues.' "Put your hand in the fire, whether willingly or no, you will get burnt." (Bengalese). "Doing with this hand and receiving the reward with that." (Telugu). 'When anyone has learned to steal, he must also learn hanging." (Malabar). "As you give, so you will get; as you sow, so you will reap.' (Hindustani). "He who sows in this world, in the other would reap.' (Osmanli). "As we sow, so it comes up." (Marathi). Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. (Matt. xxiv: 28). See Job xxxix: 27-30; Ezek. xxxix : 17; Hab. i: 8; By "the eagle" is meant "carrion vultures," which were included among eagles by the ancients. "Where the corpse is, there will the vulture be." (Bengalese). "The carrion which the eagle has left feeds the crow." (Latin). "Only decaying food has the power to charm their [vultures'] palates, though it is said that under stress of hunger these birds attack and kill defenceless small birds and animals by piercing their eyes. Putrid matter, the choicest item in the vulture's menu, is earnestly sought and eagerly devoured by them. This is generally supposed to be due to lack of strength in claws incapable of tearing flesh that has not been weakened by decay."-Margaret Coulson Walker. Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. (Matt. xiii : 12). See Matt. xxv: 29; Mark iv : 25; Luke viii : 18; xix: 26. "Who hath the head hath the shoes." (Hindi). Why beholdest thou the mote in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye. (Matt. vii : 3). See Luke vi: 41, 42. See also Quotation Proverbs: "The kettle reproached the kitchen spoon, 'Thou blackee,' he said, "Thou babbler'" and "He who has done eating will say, 'He who eats at night is a sor cerer. The habit of fault-finding is so common that hundreds of proverbs closely allied to this old saying are used under various forms in all parts of the world. A few are here given: ness. "A pig came up to a horse and said, 'Your feet are crooked and your hair is worth nothing.' (Russian). "The sieve says to the needle, 'You have a hole in your tail.' (Bengalese). "Let everyone sweep the snow from his own door, and not busy himself with the frost on his neighbour's tiles." "The crow mocks the pig for his black(Chinese). "The ass said to the cock, 'Big-headed.' (Modern Greek). “They know not their own defects who search for the defects of others." (Sanskrit). "Chase flies away from your own head." "With a mote in the eye one cannot see the Himalayas." (Japanese). "Though he sees the splinter in people's eyes he does not see the beam that is in his own eyes." (Osmanli). "The pan says to the pot, 'Keep off or you'll smutch me. (Italian). "The raven bawls hoarsely to the crow, 'Get out, blackmoor. (Spanish). "Death said to the man with his throat cut, 'How ugly you look."" (Catalan). "One ass nicknamed another 'Long ears.' (German). "He sees the speck in another's eyes but not the film on his own," or "The blind of one eye perceives not the film on her own eye, but sees the speck on another's," or "The one-eyed woman does not see the speck on her own eye, but can distinguish the cataract on another's." (Hindustani). "Take the pestle-made of wood and very heavy-from your own eye, then take the mote a tiny blade of spear grass-from another's." (Marathi). "The pot calls the kettle black.” "The frying-pan says to the kettle, 'Avaunt, Blackbrows."" (English). "The mortar complaining to the drum." (Telugu). "The sieve with a thousand holes finds fault with the sup, "-a basket used in sifting grain. (Behar). "The mud laughs at the puddle." |