Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 6:11
As one that travaileth, swiftly and unexpectedly. As an armed man, irresistibly or unavoidably.
As one that travaileth, swiftly and unexpectedly. As an armed man, irresistibly or unavoidably.
Verse Proverbs 6:11. _SO SHALL THY POVERTY COME AS ONE THAT TRAVELLETH_] That is, with slow, but surely approaching steps. _THY WANT AS AN ARMED MAN._] That is, with irresistible fury; and thou art n...
The similitude is drawn from the two sources of Eastern terror: the “traveler,” i. e., “the thief in the night,” coming suddenly to plunder; the “armed man,” literally “the man of the shield,” the arm...
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,...
POVERTY. need. There are six words rendered poor or poverty in Proverbs: (1) _rush_. in want of necessaries of life (Proverbs 6:11; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 10:15;...
_one that travelleth … an armed man_ The figure is two-fold. The doom of the sluggard travels swiftly and is inevitable. While he slumbers inertly, Poverty is coming on apace, drawing nearer to him ev...
Twelfth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:6. _The Sluggard_ 6 11. Comp. on this Section Proverbs 24:30-34....
AS ONE THAT TRAVELLETH— Dr. Grey would render this verse, _So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want_ [_shall overtake thee speedily_] _as a post,_ or _messenger._ See Jeremiah 51...
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...
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. SO SHALL THY POVERTY COME AS ONE THAT TRAVELETH - who actively and steadily advances nearer and nearer his journey's...
6:11 plunderer, (h-9) Or 'a tramp.'...
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...
ONE THAT TRAVELLETH] RV 'a robber.' The roads were insecure, as English ones were in the times when 'highwayman' meant 'robber.'...
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....
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...
AS ONE THAT TRAVELLETH. — The form of the Hebrew is intensive, “one who moves swiftly,” as in Psalms 104:3, it is applied to God’s “moving upon the wings of the wind.” While the sluggard sleeps, pover...
וּ בָֽא ־כִ מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝ מַחְסֹֽר
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...
So shall thy poverty come as one that (d) travelleth, and thy want as (e) an armed man. (d) That is, suddenly, and when you do not look for it. (e) It will come in such sort, as you are not able to...
_A traveller. Septuagint add, "wicked," and Hebrew gives the idea of a robber. (Menochius) --- But, &c. This is not in Hebrew, Complutensian, or St. Jerome. (Calmet)_...
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...
SO SHALL THY POVERTY COME AS ONE THAT TRAVELLETH,.... Either swiftly and suddenly, as a traveller makes haste to get to his journey's end, and comes upon his family or friends at an unawares; or thoug...
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Ver. 11. _As a traveller, and thy want as an armed man._] That is, Speedily and irresistibly. Men must sweat out a livi...
_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_...
So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, not merely a vagrant, but a footpad, and thy want as an armed man, one armed with a shield, prepared for both offense and defense, so that the sluggard...
WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
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...
Proverbs 6:11 poverty H7389 come H935 (H8804) prowler H1980 (H8764) need H4270 armed H4043 man H376...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:11 The POVERTY and WANT that the sluggard’s idleness causes are compared to external forces that will just as surely leave him in poverty (a ROBBER and an...
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...
Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4...
Travelleth — Swiftly and unexpectedly. Armed man — Irresistibly....