Proverbs 11 - Introduction
1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is _ chokmah_ . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is _ chokmah_ . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:1 just (p-11) Or 'perfect.' lit. 'whole,' 'full.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:2 lowly (a-10) Or 'modest.' see 'humbly,' Micah 6:8 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:3 unfaithful (b-13) Or 'treacherous,' as ver. 6. see ch. 2.22.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:9 hypocrite (c-5) Or 'an impious man.' neighbour; (d-8) Or 'friend,' as often. so ver. 12.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:12 heart; (e-9) Or 'sense.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:14 safety. (f-16) Or 'victory;' and so ch. 21.31; 24.6.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:15 another; (g-10) Or 'a stranger.' see Note, chs. 5.10; 27.2. suretyship (h-15) Lit. 'those that strike [hands].'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:16 gracious (i-2) Or 'graceful.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:17 soul; (k-9) Or 'The kind man doeth good to himself.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:18 work; (l-6) Or 'a work that deceiveth him.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:19 righteousness (m-2) Or 'true righteousness.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:21 hand! (n-3) Or 'Certainly,' as in ch. 16.5.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:25 soul (o-3) Lit. 'The blessing soul.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:30 souls. (a-15) Or 'he that winneth souls is wise.' All the adjectives in vers. 29-31 are in the singular. In general this is denoted by the addition of '[man].'... [ Continue Reading ]