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Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? lying abed in laziness. When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? And now the conduct of the lazy is graphically described,
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? lying abed in laziness. When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? And now the conduct of the lazy is graphically described,
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 ...
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,...
Twelfth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:6. _The Sluggard_ 6 11. Comp. on this Section Proverbs 24:30-34....
DISCOURSE: 767 THE SLUGGARD REPROVED Proverbs 6:6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider her ways and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathere...
CHAPTER 6 TEXT Proverbs 6:1-11 1. My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast striken thy hands for a stranger; 2. Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art tak...
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? HOW LONG WILT THOU SLEEP (LITERALLY, LIE), O SLUGGARD? WHEN WILT THOU ARISE OUT OF THY SLEEP? The ant even at night, by...
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...
Solomon emphasises that we must not be lazy. When it is time to work, we must not sleep. In verse 9, Solomon asks the sleeper how long he will sleep. In verse 10, we hear what the sleeper thinks. He d...
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....
עַד ־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם...
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...
AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH Proverbs 6:1 A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be responsible for the other...
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...
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sle...
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...
HOW LONG WILT THOU SLEEP, O SLUGGARD?.... Or "lie" q in bed, indulging in sloth and ease; while the industrious ant is busy in getting in its provisions, even by moonlight, as naturalists r observe;...
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Ver. 9. _How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?_] The ear, we say, is first up in a morning: call a sleeping man by his nam...
_How long_, &c. O the strange idleness of mankind! who have so many monitors and governors, that call upon them again and again, to excite them to diligence, but in vain! _Wilt thou sleep, O sluggard_...
6-11 Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more dilig...
HOW LONG WILT THOU SLEEP? when the ants are watchful and labour, not only in the day time, but even by night, when the moon shineth....
Proverbs 6:9 slumber H7901 (H8799) sluggard H6102 rise H6965 (H8799) sleep H8142 How - Prove
A WARNING TO THE LAZY (PROVERBS 6:6). The urgency required of the surety in dealing with his problem in Proverbs 6:1, and the possibility that he might be slack in doing so, may well have raised in So...
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...
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...
_How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?_ when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? THE SLEEPER AROUSED The various authors of Scripture are accurately acquainted with the human character. Among numerou...
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:11. One that travelleth, “a highwayman,” “a footpad.” ARMED MAN, literally, “a man of the shield. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 6:6_ INDUSTRY AND INDOLENC...
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 ...
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...
1 Thessalonians 5:2; Ephesians 5:14; Jeremiah 4:14; John 1:6;...