Free from distracting cares and terrors, which ofttimes haunt sinners even in their sleep, because thy mind shall be composed and serene through the sense of God's favour and providence, and the conscience of thine own integrity.
Verse Proverbs 3:24. _WHEN THOU LIEST DOWN_] In these verses (Proverbs 3:23-20) the wise man describes the confidence, security, and safety, which proceed from a consciousness of innocence. Most peop...
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)...
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...
LIEST DOWN. Septuagint reads "sittest"....
DISCOURSE: 760 TRUE RELIGION DELINEATED Proverbs 3:21. _My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Then...
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...
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...
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. THEN SHALT THOU WALK IN THY WAY SAFELY, AND THY FEET SHALL NOT STUMBLE - (Psalms 91:11; . When thou liest down, thou shalt...
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...
Not affrighted by horrible dreams (Job 7:14)....
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...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
אִם ־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב לֹֽא ־תִפְחָ֑ד וְ֝ שָׁכַבְתָּ֗...
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
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...
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),...
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall no...
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...
WHEN THOU LIEST DOWN THOU SHALT NOT BE AFRAID,.... That is, when thou liest down on thy bed at night in order to take sleep, having committed thyself into the hands of a faithful Creator and covenant...
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Ver. 24. _Thou shalt not be afraid._] See this exemplified in David; Psa 3:5-6 Peter; Act 12:6...
_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...
THE HAPPINESS OF POSSESSING TRUE WISDOM...
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, be filled with anxious trembling; YEA, THOU SHALT LIE DOWN, AND THY SLEEP SHALL BE SWEET, untroubled by any notion of impending danger, like that of a c...
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...
Proverbs 3:24 down H7901 (H8799) afraid H6342 (H8799) down H7901 (H8804) sleep H8142 sweet H6149 ...
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...
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...
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...
_Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet._ THE PEACEFUL SLUMBERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS Slumber is the common privilege of thousands undistinguished by any great virtue. But slumber may be...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Thessalonians 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; Acts 12:6; Ezekiel 34:15;...
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....