Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are crooked, or, who make their ways crooked, i.e. whose course of life swerves from the right and straight way of God's law.
Whose ways are crooked, or, who make their ways crooked, i.e. whose course of life swerves from the right and straight way of God's law.
The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Proverbs 1:10, but all who leave the straight path and the open day for crooked ways, perverse counsels, deeds of darkness. “To delight etc.”...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The pursuit of wisdom and its results (Proverbs 2:1)_ 2. Preservation from the evil man and the strange woman (Proverbs 2:10) 3. The path of the righteous (Proverbs 2:20)...
THIRD DISCOURSE. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the know...
_whose ways_, &c. Rather, with R.V.: WHO ARE CROOKED IN THEIR WAYS, AND PERVERSE IN THEIR PATHS....
DISCOURSE: 756 BENEFITS OF TRUE WISDOM Proverbs 2:10. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: to...
WHOSE WAYS, &C.— Or, _who are perverse in their ways, and froward in their paths._...
TEXT Proverbs 2:10-22 10. For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; 11. Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: 12. To deli...
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: WHOSE WAYS ARE CROOKED, AND (THEY) FROWARD IN THEIR PATHS. Rather, as the noun is feminine and the adjective masculine, 'Who are crooked in...
2:15 perverted (c-8) See Note, ch. 3.32. course. (d-11) See Note i, ver. 9....
THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM 1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'...
THE JOURNEY OF LIFE The Bible often compares life to a journey. Abraham’s whole life was a journey. He travelled from Ur to Haran, and then to Canaan. ‘He searched for the city that God built.’ (Hebr...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 2 V1 My son, accept my words! Hide my commands inside yourself! v2
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝ נְלֹוזִ֗ים בְּ...
CHAPTER 3 WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT "To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12 WISDOM is concerned, as we have seen, with the whole u...
WISDOM GUARDS FROM EVIL Proverbs 2:1-22 Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. _Understanding,_ Proverbs 2:2-3; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 2:9; Proverbs 2:11. If...
From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels. These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of wisdom, and make many practical applications. The first o...
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To d...
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...
WHOSE WAYS [ARE] CROOKED,.... Which swerve from and are not agreeably to the rule of the divine word, either the law of God or the Gospel of Christ; sin is an aberration, a straying from the rule of G...
Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths: Ver. 15. _Whose ways are crooked._] How justly may God say to such, as the crab in the fable did to the serpent, when he had given him his...
_When wisdom entereth into thy heart_ When thou dost truly love it, and hide its precepts in thy heart; _Discretion shall preserve thee_ From wicked courses, and the mischiefs which attend upon them;...
WISDOM PRESERVES FROM FOLLY...
whose ways are crooked, literally, "who with respect to their ways are crooked," AND THEY FROWARD, full of malice and deceit, in their paths;...
10-22 If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will pr...
Proverbs 2:15 ways H734 crooked H6141 devious H3868 (H8737) paths H4570 Deuteronomy 32:5;...
DELIVERANCE FROM SINFUL MEN (PROVERBS 2:12). The giving of wisdom, knowledge and understanding will deliver the young man from the way of evil. This is necessary for the second voice that speaks to th...
CONTENTS: How wisdom is to be obtained and used. The unspeakable advantage of true wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: God has provided that those who are sincerely disposed to do...
Proverbs 2:1. _Hide my commandments with thee,_ as a treasure is secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the ark in the holy place. The words of the law must be retained in th...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 2:12. DELIVER, “snatch,” as a brand out of the fire. EVIL MAN, rather “an evil way.” Proverbs 2:13. “Level” paths. PROVERBS 2:16. STRANGE, “unknown,” “_wanton_” (se
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 2:1 3. _Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. _This discourse divides itself into three...
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with you; So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up...
Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 30:8; Isaiah 59:8; Philippians 2:15;...
Crooked — Who swerve from the straight way of God's law, and have windings and turnings, to escape conviction....