CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 1:1. PROVERBS. See Introduction. PROVERBS 1:2. INSTRUCTION, properly “chastisement,” signifying moral training, admonition, then good habits, the practical side of wisdom. PROVERBS 1:3. WISDOM. A different word from that in Proverbs 1:2. It means “prudence.” JUSTICE rela... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 1:5. WISE COUNSELS, or “capability to guide,” literally “_helmsmanship_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 1:5_ THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A WISE MAN I. HE WILL HEAR. He shows that he values what he has already attained by giving heed to those who are able to ad... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 1:7. FOOLS, derived from a word meaning to be gross and dull of understanding. Gesenius understands it to signify “one who turns away,” the “perverse.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 1:7_ THE ROOT OF TRUE KNOWLEDGE AND THE MEANS OF ITS ATTAINMENT When the... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 1:10. ENTICE THEE, “lay thee open.” Miller here reads “if sinners would make a door of thy simplicity, afford thou no entrance.” PROVERBS 1:17. Some interpret this verse as referring to the godly who escape the snares laid for them, others to the wicked, who, not so wise... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 1:20. The word _wisdom_ is in the plural form in the Hebrew. PROVERBS 1:27. DESOLATION, or “tempest.” PROVERBS 1:28. To seek early denotes “earnestly.” See ch. Proverbs 8:17, Hosea 5:15. The person now changes from the second to the third, “as though wisdom were increasi... [ Continue Reading ]