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Verse Proverbs 3:3. _LET NOT MERCY AND TRUTH FORSAKE THEE_] Let these
be thy constant _companions_ through life.
_BIND THEM ABOUT THY NECK_] Keep them constantly _in view_. _Write_
_them upon the tab...
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The two elements of a morally perfect character:
(1) “Mercy,” shutting out all forms of selfishness and hate.
(2) “Truth,” shutting out all deliberate falsehood, all hypocrisy,
conscious or unconsci...
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CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_
2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11)
3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...
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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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MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.
BIND. Like the phylacteries. Compare Proverbs 6:21; Proverbs 7:3. and
see Exodus 13:16....
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Fourth Address. Chap. Proverbs 3:1-10
Be obedient to my instruction, so shalt thou live long and prosper
(Proverbs 3:1). Trust, not in thyself, but in God (Proverbs 3:5). Seek
His direction ...
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_mercy and truth_ The phrase is often used to represent the character
of Almighty God as exhibited in His dealings with men (Genesis 24:17;
Genesis 32:11; Exodus 34:6;...
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LET NOT MERCY, AND TRUTH FORSAKE THEE— _Virtue and fidelity,_
Schultens; who observes, that these words are often joined together
concerning God; see Psalms 25:10; Psalms 89:14 concerning man; Genesis...
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CHAPTER 3
TEXT Proverbs 3:1-12
1.
My son, forget not my law;
But let thy heart keep my commandments:
2.
For length of days, and years of life,
And peace, will they add to thee.
3.
Let not kind...
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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write
them upon the table of thine heart:
LET NOT MERCY AND TRUTH FORSAKE THEE: BIND THEM ABOUT THY NECK; WRITE
THEM UPON THE TABLE O...
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MERCY] RM 'kindness.' He is to retain kindness and faithfulness, as he
would the signet-ring which hangs from his neck by a cord (Genesis
38:18; Song of Solomon 8:6), or as the phylacteries on arm and...
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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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Love and trust should always be with us. As Solomon writes this, he is
thinking about Deuteronomy 6:7-9. ‘Teach God’s law to your
children. Talk about God’s law at home! Talk about it, when you
travel...
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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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MERCY. — Or rather, _love,_ shown by God to man (Exodus 34:7), by
man to God (Jeremiah 2:2), and to his fellow man (Genesis 21:23);
“truth,” or rather, _faithfulness,_ especially in keeping
promises,...
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חֶ֥סֶד וֶ אֱמֶ֗ת אַֽל ־יַעַ֫זְבֻ֥ךָ
קָשְׁרֵ֥ם...
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CHAPTER 4
THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM
Proverbs 3:1
THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the
"ways of Wisdom are pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." We are
taug...
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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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THE RESULTS OF TRUSTING JEHOVAH
Proverbs 3:1-12
How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this
paragraph! The _young_ of both sexes are invited to be merciful in
their judgments...
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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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Let not (b) mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy (c)
neck; write them upon the table of thine (d) heart:
(b) By mercy and truth he means the commandments of the first and
second table, o...
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_Truth. Be kind and faithful to all, Genesis xxiv. 27., and Psalm
xxiv. 10._...
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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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LET NOT MERCY AND TRUTH FORSAKE THEE,.... Or, forsake not them, and
the exercise of them; show "mercy" to fellow creatures, to sinful men,
to the bodies of men, by relieving their wants; and to their...
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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write
them upon the table of thine heart:
Ver. 3. _Let not mercy and truth forsake thee,_] That is, True mercy;
not that which is natur...
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_My son, forget not my law_ My doctrine or counsel; _but let thy heart
keep_, &c. By diligent meditation and hearty affection. _For length of
days_, &c. God will add these blessings which he hath prom...
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1-6 In the way of believing obedience to God's commandments health
and peace may commonly be enjoyed; and though our days may not be long
upon earth, we shall live for ever in heaven. Let not mercy a...
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LET NOT MERCY AND TRUTH FORSAKE THEE: either,
1. God's mercy and truth. So it is a promise, God's mercy and truth
shall not forsake thee. Or rather,
2. That mercy and truth which is man's duty. So it...
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Proverbs 3:3 mercy H2617 truth H571 forsake H5800 (H8799) Bind H7194
(H8798) neck H1621 Write H3789 ...
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INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOLLOWED BY THE REQUIREMENT TO TRUST IN YHWH,
TO FEAR YHWH AND TO HONOUR YHWH (PROVERBS 3:1).
Solomon here speaks of wisdom and understanding in terms of ‘my
torah -- my comma...
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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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_Let not mercy and truth forsake thee._
MERCY AND TRUTH
As the wings of the cherubim touched one another in the midst of the
house, so Mercy and Truth are such a pair as will either lodge
together or...
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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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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 3:3 STEADFAST LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS. These
terms are used together in the Lord’s description of himself in
Exodus 34:6 (“abounding in steadfast love and
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:1. KEEP. This word, says Miller, primarily means to look
_hard at_, and generally to _keep watch over_, as over a vineyard.
PROVERBS 3:2. LENGTH OF DAYS, properly “extens...
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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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2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Samuel 15:20; Deuteronomy 11:18; Deuteronomy 6:8;...
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LEST WE FORGET
Proverbs 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting
God and His Commandments. We are firmly convinced that herein is a
danger that w...
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Mercy — Mercy denotes all benignity, charity, and readiness to do
good to others: truth or faithfulness respects all those duties which
we owe to God or man, which we have special obligation from the...