to understand a proverb and the interpretation, that is, enigma, figurative speech, readily to see and apply the lessons contained in the maxims of this book; the words of the wise and their dark sayings, the lessons which they clothe in such figures and parabolic utterances that they require careful study. No true wisdom is easily acquired, least of all that pertaining to a God-fearing conduct in life.
Verse Proverbs 1:6. _DARK SAYINGS._] חידת _chidoth_, enigmas or riddles, in which the Asiatics abounded. I believe _parables_, such as those delivered by our Lord, nearly express the meaning of the or...
The book has yet a further scope; these proverbs are to form a habit of mind. To gain through them the power of entering into the deeper meaning of other proverbs, is the end kept in view. Compare Mat...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS A detailed analysis, as we have made it in other books, cannot be fully made in this collection of proverbs. Most of them are detached and each has a message by itself. To int...
PROVERBS 1-9. FIRST SECTION. THE PRAISE OF WISDOM. Proverbs 1:1. Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for PROVERB, _mâ shâ l,_ has a wide significance _in Heb....
THE INTERPRETATION. satire, or the point of what is said. Occurs only here and Habakkuk 2:6. WORDS. Hebrew. _dabar._ App-73....
The Introduction. Chap. Proverbs 1:2-7 The Introduction consists of a statement of the object of the Book (Proverbs 1:2), which is primarily to instruct the young in Wisdom (Proverbs 1:4), but at the...
This verse intimates that the aim of the Book is to confer an initiation which will make its possessor free of all the mysteries of the Wise. By understanding these proverbs he will acquire the power...
TO UNDERSTAND A PROVERB, &C.— _By understanding a proverb,_ or, _That he may understand a proverb._ Schultens and Houb. "My lessons," says Wisdom, "will discover to him the sense of parables and enigm...
CHAPTER 1 TEXT Proverbs 1:1-9 1. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 2. To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; 3. To receive instruction in...
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. TO UNDERSTAND A PROVERB, AND THE INTERPRETATION - connected in construction with Proverbs 1:1, as are...
The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6. Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledge. I...
INTERPRETATION] RV 'figure' (Habakkuk 2:6). DARK SAYINGS] RV 'riddles' (Judges 14:18; Numbers 12:8; Ezekiel 17:2;...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF PROVERBS King Solomon ruled the nation of Israel for 40 years. He brought peace and wealth to the nation. Solomon’s workmen built pa...
THE WISE PERSON A wise person loves wisdom. ‘He loves God’s law. He is always thinking about it.’ (Psalms 1:2). He always wants to learn more. He is never too tired to think about wisdom. He still...
INTERPRETATION. — Or an obscure thing which needs interpretation, so corresponding to “dark sayings.” DARK SAYINGS. — Literally _knots,_ intricate sayings, like Samson’s riddle (Judges 14:12)....
לְ הָבִ֣ין מָ֭שָׁל וּ מְלִיצָ֑ה דִּבְרֵ֥י חֲ֝
CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is understa...
“THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE” Proverbs 1:1-19 Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse. _Wisdom_ as used in this book is more...
The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
_Sayings. This science was much esteemed, 3 Kings x. l., and Ecclesiasticus xxxix. 2._...
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowle...
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...
TO UNDERSTAND A PROVERB, AND THE INTERPRETATION,.... This may be connected either with the first verse, "the proverbs of Solomon", c. are written, as for the above ends and purposes, so for these or w...
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. Ver. 6. _To understand a proverb, and the interpretation._] Or, The sweetness thereof; there being noth...
_A wise man will hear_ Is not self-conceited, as fools are, but willing to learn from others, and, therefore, will attend to the following instructions; _and will increase learning_ Thereby he will ga...
THE INTERPRETATION: Or, an eloquent speech...
1-6 The lessons here given are plain, and likely to benefit those who feel their own ignorance, and their need to be taught. If young people take heed to their ways, according to Solomon's Proverbs, t...
THE INTERPRETATION, i.e. the interpretation of a proverb, by a figure called _hendiaduo_, or the meaning and use of the wise sayings of God, or of men; to know this practically, and for his direction...
Proverbs 1:6 understand H995 (H8687) proverb H4912 enigma H4426 words H1697 wise H2450 riddles H2420 a proverb -...
INTRODUCTION TO THE PROLOGUE (PROVERBS 1:1). The book commences with an introduction which explains its purpose in some depth. Its aim is to pass on ‘the sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of...
Proverbs 1:6 A great deal of the world's wisdom is contained in proverbs. But it must be allowed that some of the world's proverbs are faulty and imperfect, and therefore unsafe rules for a Christian...
CONTENTS: Wisdom's reasoning with the children of men and the certain ruin of those who turn a deaf ear to Wisdom's call. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son, Wisdom, (Christ). CONCLUSION: Of all thin...
Proverbs 1:1. _Proverbs,_ apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use, pa...
_The words of the wise and their dark sayings._ THE WORDS OF THE WISE Nothing can give a deeper insight into the character and genius of people than their household words--those current maxims and sa...
_The proverbs of Solomon._ THE BOOK OF PROVERBS 1. The book does not consist of proverbs entirely. Much of it is the language of pious exhortation and spiritual precept. 2. The book contains many w...
PROVERBS 1:1 Title, Goal, and Motto. After the title (v. Proverbs 1:1), there is an introduction that describes the goal of the whole book (vv....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 1:2 These verses give the purpose and benefit of the book: it instills wisdom in the reader. The wisdom offered here is practical (INSTRUCTION IN WISE DEALING), intellectual...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 1:5. WISE COUNSELS, or “capability to guide,” literally “_helmsmanship_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 1:5_ THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A WISE MAN I. HE WILL HE...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 1:1 PART I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION. The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short and concise language of...
Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Proverbs, chapter 1. The first six verses are sort of a preface to the book, as authors many times write a preface to their work. The Proverbs of Solomon the so...
2 Peter 3:16; Acts 8:30; Acts 8:31; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Hebrews 5:14;...
THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON Proverbs 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall give thee...