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Verse Proverbs 6:30. _MEN DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF IF HE STEAL_] Every
man pities the poor culprit who was perishing for lack of food, and
stole to _satisfy his hunger_; yet no law _clears_ him: he is...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_
2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6)
3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12)
4. The strange woman ...
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A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It
consists of four short subsections
Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs
6:12 against talebearing,...
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DESPISE. Hebrew. _buz_ (from _bazah),_ is here followed by (-L). for.
Render it therefore: "Men will not think it. trifle (or. light matter)
for. thief that he should steal: [even] to satisfy", &c.......
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_despise_ Some render, _make light of, let go unpunished_("non impunis
dimittitur fur," Maur.). But the proper meaning of the Heb. word is to
be retained with A.V. and R.V.
"The argument appears to be...
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Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_
The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs
6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which...
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TEXT Proverbs 6:23-35
23.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24.
To keep thee from the evil woman,
From the flattery of the for...
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DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS
Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain
warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15),
evils which the Lordhates (1...
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The OT. never treats theft leniently. Read, 'Do not men despise,' etc.
Yes! and much more an adulterer....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 6
V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake.
Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
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This thief is hungry. He has no food. His family also have no food.
So, this thief steals, because he needs food. We can sympathise with
him. However, the law will punish him. The law does not forgive...
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MEN DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF... — A man who is driven to theft by
poverty is more worthy of pity than disdain; not so the adulterer.
Again, the thief can make retribution, while the adulterer can have
n...
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לֹא ־יָב֣וּזוּ לַ֭ † גַּנָּב כִּ֣י
יִגְנֹ֑וב...
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CHAPTER 7
CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS
"The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1;
Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12
FROM the solemn principle announc...
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The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are
directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain
specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming
s...
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[Men] do not (o) despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his (p)
soul when he is hungry;
(o) He does not reprove theft, showing that it is not as abominable as
whoredom, for theft can be restored,...
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The fault is not so great, &c. The sin of theft is not so great, as to
be compared with adultery: especially when a person pressed with
hunger (which is the case here spoken of) steals to satisfy natu...
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My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy
mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy
neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9.
There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter
s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly
so...
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[MEN] DO NOT DESPISE A THIEF, IF HE STEAL,.... They do not discommend
or reproach him for it, or fix a mark of infamy upon him, or expose
him to public shame by whipping him; but rather excuse him and...
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Proverbs 6:30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his
soul when he is hungry;
Ver. 30. _Men do not despise a thief._] We used to say, A liar is
worse than a thief; _a_ and Siracides...
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_Men do not despise a thief_ That is, abhor or reproach him, but
rather pity and pardon him, who is urged by mere necessity to these
practices, but the adulterer is abhorred by all. _If he_ The thief;...
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Men do not despise a thief, literally, "heap contempt and shame upon
him," although they do insist upon his punishment, IF HE STEAL TO
SATISFY HIS SOUL WHEN HE IS HUNGRY, that is, when only the greate...
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WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...
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20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions.
Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how
much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...
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DESPISE, i.e. abhor or reproach him, but rather pity and pardon him,
who is urged by mere necessity to these practices....
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Proverbs 6:30 despise H936 (H8799) thief H1590 steals H1589 (H8799)
satisfy H4390 (H8763) himself H5315 starving...
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DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE
COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS
WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...
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TO STEAL A MAN'S WIFE BY ADULTERY IS FAR WORSE AND FAR MORE COSTLY
THAN TO STEAL HIS POSSESSIONS, FOR COMPENSATION CAN BE MADE FOR STOLEN
POSSESSIONS, BUT NO COMPENSATION WILL BE CONSIDERED AS SATISFA...
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CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness,
and whoredom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and
ruin are ofte...
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Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has
gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy
covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending
w...
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_If he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry._
THEFT THROUGH NECESSITY
The deceitful and perverting influence of sin requires careful
consideration. While as yet it is only a principle in the m...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:27 The father uses two comparisons to
show how adultery leads to disaster. First, he says that one who
engages in foolish behavior will suffer for it (vv. Proverbs 6:27
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CRITICAL NOTES,—
Proverbs 6:24. Evil woman, literally. “the woman of evil.”
PROVERBS 6:26. Last clause means “an adulteress allures to that
which may cost a man his life” (_Stuart_).
Proverbs 6:30
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 6:1
The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is
a warning. The subjects treated of are
(1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1);
(2) sloth ...
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Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs
is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And
chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
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Deuteronomy 24:7; Exodus 20:15; Exodus 22:2; Exodus 22:7; Genesis
31:19
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Despise — Abhor, but rather pity him....