Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 6:20
Keep thy father's commandment, so far as it is not contrary to God's command. Forsake not the law of thy mother, whom children are too apt to despise. See Proverbs 1:8.
Keep thy father's commandment, so far as it is not contrary to God's command. Forsake not the law of thy mother, whom children are too apt to despise. See Proverbs 1:8.
Verse Proverbs 6:20. _KEEP THY FATHER'S COMMANDMENT_] See on Proverbs 1:8....
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,...
Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_ The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs 6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which...
TEXT Proverbs 6:12-22 12. A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; 13. That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his...
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: MY SON, KEEP THY FATHER'S COMMANDMENT, AND FORSAKE NOT THE LAW OF THY MOTHER. Grown sons are apt to despise the mother...
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...
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....
We should love wisdom. Wisdom should be in our hearts and in our minds. We cannot physically keep wisdom in our hearts. We might not physically carry wise words about our necks. But we can live in a w...
נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְ אַל ־תִּ֝
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...
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...
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...
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...
MY SON, KEEP THY FATHER'S COMMANDMENT,.... These are not the words of David to Solomon continued from Proverbs 4:4; but the words of Solomon to his son; and not to his son only, in a strict natural re...
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Ver. 20. My son, keep thy father's commandment.] The commandments of religious parents are the very commandments of God h...
_Keep thy father's commandment_ So far as it is not contrary to God's command. _And forsake not the law of thy mother_ Which children are too apt to despise. _Bind them continually upon thy heart_ Con...
WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...
My son, keep thy father's commandment, the function of parents consisting also in this, that they guide and guard their growing children with reference to the dangers here described, AND FORSAKE NOT T...
20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...
Proverbs 6:20 son H1121 keep H5341 (H8798) fathers H1 command H4687 forsake H5203 (H8799) law H8451 mother...
1). AN APPEAL TO ‘MY SON' TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENT AND NOT FORSAKE THE TORAH (PROVERBS 6:20). That Solomon sees ‘his' commandment and torah as based on the commandment and Torah as given by Moses is br...
DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...
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...
_My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother._ WORDS OF COUNSEL TO SCHOOLBOYS While your recollections of home are fresh I am anxious to direct your thoughts to one...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:20 YOUR MOTHER’S TEACHING. In chs. Proverbs 1:1, usually only the father is mentioned. The mother as teacher appears here and in...
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:21. Continually, “for evermore.” PROVERBS 6:22. _Lange’s Commentary_ translates into the imperative form, “let it lead thee,” etc. PROVERBS 6:22. Last clause, lit
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...
Deuteronomy 21:18; Deuteronomy 27:16; Ephesians 6:1; Proverbs 1:8;...
The law — The word of God, which thy parents delivered to thee....