CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:1. KEEP. This word, says Miller, primarily means to look
_hard at_, and generally to _keep watch over_, as over a vineyard.
PROVERBS 3:2. LENGTH OF DAYS, properly “extension of days.”
PROVERBS 3:3. GOOD UNDERSTANDING, or “good success,” “good
reputation.” Some read “go... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:6. ACKNOWLEDGE, “take notice of,” “recognise” Him.
DIRECT, “make level” or “smooth.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 3:5_
EXHORTATION TO CONFIDENCE IN GOD
Man is so constituted that, in some respects, he must have objects
outside of himself to lean upon. As... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:8. NAVEL, “body” or “muscles.” MARROW, literally
“refreshing,” “moistening,” in contrast to the condition
described in Psalms 32:3.
PROVERBS 3:11. DESPITE NOT, or “loathe not,” “shrink not.” The
word, according to Miller, means “to melt.” CHASTENING,
“discipline,” “corr... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:13. GETS, “draws out.”
PROVERBS 3:13. LAY HOLD, “grasp,” from a Hebrew root _strong_.
RETAINETH, “holds her fast.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 3:13_
WISDOM AND HER GIFTS
I. WISDOM IS TO BE FOUND. She does exist. Precious metals and choice
stones are t... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:20. DEPTHS, &c., “were the floods divided” into rivers
and streams for the blessing of man. DEW, or “gentle rain,” or
else the clouds signify the lower regions of the atmosphere where the
dew is formed.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 3:19_
ONE OF THE PROO... [ Continue Reading ]
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 stable_”
PROVERBS 3:25. DESOLATION OF THE WICKED. This is interpreted in two
ways.
1. The desolation in... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:27. WITHHOLD NOT, &C., literally “hold not good back from
its master,” _i.e._, from him to whom it belongs.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 3:27_
DOING JUSTICE AND LOVING MERCY
True wisdom in the heart will show itself in right dealing between man
and man.... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 3:30_
UNLAWFUL STRIFE FORBIDDEN
I. STRIFE IS UNLAWFUL WHEN NO GOOD CAN COME FROM STRIVING. The purpose
or end of the strife must be the test as to whether it is right or
wrong. Mere assertion of our rights or material gain is not the
highest good. If Abraham had pushed... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:31. ENVY THOU NOT, &c., or “emulate not” (Vulg.)
“_Do_ not anxiously covet” (Stuart).
PROVERBS 3:32. SECRET. His “secret compact,” “familiar
intimacy.”
Proverbs 3:34. “If,” or “Seeing that He scorneth the
scorners,” &c.
PROVERBS 3:35. THE PROMOTION, &c., literally “sha... [ Continue Reading ]