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Verse Proverbs 24:14. _SO_ SHALL _THE KNOWLEDGE OF WISDOM_ BE _UNTO
THY SOUL_] True religion, experimental godliness, shall be to thy soul
as the honey-comb is to thy mouth.
_THEN THERE SHALL BE A R...
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THE KNOWLEDGE OF WISDOM - Better, Know that thus (like the honey) is
wisdom to thy soul....
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CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED
In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description
of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk
mischief. This theme is repea...
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PROVERBS 24:7 A. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a
change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made
of an obviously corrupt stanza.
Proverbs 24:9. thought: the wor...
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CUT OFF. Compare Proverbs 24:20 with Proverbs 23:18....
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_so shall the knowledge of wisdom be_ Rather, SO KNOW WISDOM TO BE.
With like avidity as you eat honey (Proverbs 24:13), know, get to
know, pursue the knowledge of, wisdom. Comp. Psalms 19:10 (Hebrews...
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MY SON, EAT THOU HONEY, &C.— It is well known in how high esteem
honey was among the ancients for food, for drink, for medicine, for
preserving of dead bodies, and particularly for infants. See Isaiah...
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TEXT Proverbs 24:13-22
13.
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good;
And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
14.
So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul;
If thou ha...
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My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which
is sweet to thy taste:
EAT THOU HONEY, BECAUSE IT IS GOOD (A GRACIOUS INVITATION TO PARTAKE
OF THE SPIRITUAL HONEY, ; PSALMS 19:...
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5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge
than a man of strength.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 24
V1 Do not be jealous of evil men.
Do not try to meet them.
V2
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Honey was a valuable food. Other foods do not taste like honey. And
honey is useful as a food and as a medicine.
Wisdom is also special. Wisdom is precious. Sometimes we must study
hard to become wis...
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SO SHALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF WISDOM BE UNTO THY SOUL. — Rather, _Know_
(or understand) _that wisdom is such_ (equally sweet and good) _for
thy soul._
A REWARD. — Literally, _a future._ (Comp. Proverbs 2...
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כֵּ֤ן ׀ דְּעֶ֥ה חָכְמָ֗ה לְ
נַ֫פְשֶׁ֥ךָ אִם ־
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to hi...
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Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil
companionships, against excess in passion, against all false
exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest
endeavor to...
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_Thou shalt. Hebrew, "yea, it is the last." (Montanus) --- "Then there
shall be a reward." (Protestants) --- Thou shalt enjoy old age, or
have posterity. (Calmet)_...
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If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those
that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not;
doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that k...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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SO [SHALL] THE KNOWLEDGE OF WISDOM [BE] UNTO THY SOUL,.... Or let it
be taken in as greedily and with as good an appetite; as pleasant,
useful, delightful, and profitable; even the knowledge of Christ...
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_My son, eat thou honey_ This is not a command, but a concession, and
is here expressed only to illustrate the following verse. Do not
slight, much less nauseate, such precepts as these; but, as honey...
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V. 14. SO SHALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF WISDOM BE UNTO THY SOUL, altogether
agreeable and full of rich nourishment and therefore well worth
acquiring; WHEN THOU HAST FOUND IT, THEN THERE SHALL BE A REWARD, A...
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TO THY TASTE:
_ Heb._ upon thy palate...
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WHEN THOU HAST FOUND IT; whereby he implies that there is indeed some
difficulty and trouble in the pursuit of wisdom, but that it is
abundantly compensated with the sweetness and advantage of it when...
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Proverbs 24:14 knowledge H3045 (H8798) wisdom H2451 soul H5315 found
H4672 (H8804) is H3426 prospect H319 hope...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do
as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
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Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts
occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the
wicked? We are all g
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_So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul._
SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE
I. It is wholesome. “My son, eat thou honey, because it is good.”
Honey was one of the choice productions of Canaan. It was us...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:13 Just as HONEY is SWEET to the taste
and good for the body, so WISDOM is pleasant to the SOUL that feeds on
i
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 24:14. THERE SHALL BE A REWARD, rather, “_there is a
future_,” as in chap. Proverbs 23:18.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 24:13_
HONEY AND WISDOM
I. An ana
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 24:1
We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU
ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar
warning is given, and comp....
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Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in
couplets or in phrases.
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For
their heart studies destruction, and their...
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James 1:25; Jeremiah 15:16; Matthew 19:21; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 2:
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A reward — It is not only sweet for the present, but brings a sure
and everlasting reward....