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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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,...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6:11 plunderer, (h-9) Or 'a tramp.'...
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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...
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ONE THAT TRAVELLETH] RV 'a robber.' The roads were insecure, as
English ones were in the times when 'highwayman' meant 'robber.'...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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וּ בָֽא ־כִ מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝
מַחְסֹֽר
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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)_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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_...
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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...
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WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
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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...
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AS ONE THAT TRAVAILETH, swiftly and unexpectedly. As an armed man,
irresistibly or unavoidably....
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Proverbs 6:11 poverty H7389 come H935 (H8804) prowler H1980 (H8764)
need H4270 armed H4043 man H376...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4...
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Travelleth — Swiftly and unexpectedly. Armed man — Irresistibly....