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FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral
instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour
Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
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THY CONFIDENCE. Septuagint reads "in all thy ways".
KEEP. keep safe. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 3:1;
Proverbs 3:21....
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MY SON, LET NOT THEM DEPART, &C.— Wisdom gives life, health, safety,
to body and soul: it is the most precious ornament of those who
possess it: for the rest, when the wise man in so many places promi...
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TEXT Proverbs 3:13-26
13.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
And the man that getteth understanding.
14.
For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
And the profit thereof tha...
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Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the
wicked, when it cometh.
BE NOT AFRAID OF SUDDEN FEAR, NEITHER OF THE DESOLATION OF THE WICKED
(I:E., OF THE DESOLATION WHICH THE WICKE...
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THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT
The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good
conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20,
declares the profit...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 3
V1 My son, do not forget my law.
Keep my commands in your heart.
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This is another passage that compares life with a journey. This
passage teaches us that God will protect us. We have nothing to fear.
Many Psalms teach a similar lesson. See Psalms 121; Psalms 46:1, a...
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כִּֽי ־יְ֭הוָה יִהְיֶ֣ה בְ כִסְלֶ֑ךָ
וְ שָׁמַ
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CHAPTER 10
TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY
Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with
Prove
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WISDOM'S WAYS OF PLEASANTNESS
Proverbs 3:13-26
Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a _mine_ that needs to be
worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It
is comparab...
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As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in
view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal
consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
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Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked,
when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep
thy foot from being taken. Withhold not good from them to wh...
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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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FOR THE LORD SHALL BE THY CONFIDENCE,.... The object of it, in whom
thou shall put thy confidence, and be safe and secure from all fear
and danger: or "the Lord shall be in thy confidence" g; shall su...
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For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from
being taken.
Ver. 26. _For the Lord shall be thy confidence._] The Hebrew word
here used signifies both unconstant folly, Ecc 7:28 a...
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_When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid_ Of fire, or thieves,
or any of the terrors of the darkness, knowing that when thou and all
thy friends are asleep, yet He that keepeth Israel, and every...
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21-26 Let us not suffer Christ's words to depart from us, but keep
sound wisdom and discretion; then shall we walk safely in his ways.
The natural life, and all that belongs to it, shall be under the...
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THY CONFIDENCE; a sufficient and sure ground of confidence to thee.
FROM BEING TAKEN, in the snares either of sin or of mischief....
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Proverbs 3:26 LORD H3068 confidence H3689 keep H8104 (H8804) foot
H7272 caught H3921
Lord -...
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RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE,
PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS
OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE
W...
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CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a
blessing.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and
put themselves unde...
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Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they
add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate,
and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
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_Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the
wicked, when it cometh._
For the Lord shall be thy confidence.
CONFIDENT ATTITUDE OF GOD’S PEOPLE
When God is abroad in judgments, He...
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_Happy is the man that findeth wisdom._
WISDOM
I. The pleasures of wisdom.
1. Present happiness.
2. Lasting happiness.
II. The preciousness of wisdom (Proverbs 3:14). Many figures are
employed to...
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_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._
USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES
I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book
(Proverbs 3:1). Int...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:21. THEM, _i.e._ “sound wisdom and discretion;” SOUND
WISDOM, the same word as in chap. Proverbs 2:7 (see notes there).
Miller translates here, as there, “_something stabl...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 3:1
4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a
group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the
fourth admonitory discourse of the...
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Chapter 3 continues to
My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:
For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs
3:1-2).
Now these are the three. And...
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1 Samuel 2:9; Habakkuk 3:17; Habakkuk 3:18; Proverbs 14:26; Psalms 9
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SEEKING AFTER WISDOM
Proverbs 3:13
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself
to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the
sand....
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Shall be — A sure ground of confidence to thee. Taken — In the
snares either of sin or mischief....