Men are not to mingle revealed truth with their own imaginations and traditions. In speculating on the unseen, the risk of error is indefinitely great, and that error God reproves by manifesting its falsehoods.
Verse Proverbs 30:6. _ADD NOT THOU UNTO HIS WORDS_] You can no more increase their _value_ by any _addition_, than you can that of _gold_ by adding any _other metal to it_. Take care that you _do not...
VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH CHAPTER 30 Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the King: Sol...
PROVERBS 30. THE SAYINGS OF AGUR. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1, or Proverbs 30:1 only. Proverbs 30:1. The title is extremely obscure, and has been much...
ADD THOU NOT, &C.. solemn warning based on Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 12:32. Compare Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:8;...
_Add thou not_ Do not mix with the pure silver of His words the dross of human speculations. "Noli investigare res quæ mentem humanam transcendunt (Proverbs 30:4), ut doctrinam divinitus patefactam in...
ADD THOU NOT UNTO HIS WORDS— That is, "Do not any thing contrary to what he commands." See Deuteronomy 4:2, &c....
CHAPTER 30 TEXT Proverbs 30:1-10 1. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal: 2. Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the un...
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. ADD THOU NOT UNTO HIS WORDS - "above that which is written" (), with a view of completing the divinely revealed doctrine...
THE WORDS OF AGUR The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM, 'The man saith, I have wearied myself, O God;...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 30 THE PUZZLES OF AGUR AND LEMUEL (PROVERBS 30:1 TO PROVERBS 31:9) These passages are by Agur ...
Agur wanted someone to teach him. But Agur already knew some things. He knew that God’s word is perfect. And Agur was right. The Bible is perfect. Agur also knew that we must teach the Bible accurate...
LEST HE REPROVE THEE. — Or, _convict thee of thy falsehood. _...
אַל ־תֹּ֥וסְףְּ עַל ־דְּבָרָ֑יו פֶּן ־יֹוכִ֖יחַ...
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we must briefly indicate the view whic...
THE ADVICE OF A SHREWD OBSERVER Proverbs 30:1-17 This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the return from...
This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s th...
_And not any thing contrary, Deuteronomy iv. 2., and xii. 32. --- Liar. Our Saviour condemned the false explanations of the Pharisees, as his Church does those of all heretics._...
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w...
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...
ADD THOU NOT UNTO HIS WORDS,.... To the words of God; as the Jews did, by joining their oral law, or the traditions of the elders, to the written word, and preferring them before it; and as the Papist...
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Ver. 6. _Add thou not unto his words._] As the Jews at this day do by their traditions, which they arrogantly call _mashla...
_Add thou not unto his words_ As the word of God is pure, do not thou corrupt it, by adding to it thine own or other men's inventions, or opinions; _lest he reprove thee_ By words or deeds; by discove...
Add thou not unto His words, since the revelation of God in the Bible is fully adequate and sufficient for the needs of all men, LEST HE REPROVE THEE, convicting the intermeddler of his blasphemous co...
GOD'S WORD AS THE SOURCE AND DISPENSER OF ALL WISDOM...
In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in character, both being called "prophecies," and written b...
And as the word of God is pure, do not thou corrupt or abuse it, by adding to it thine own or other men's inventions and opinions, and delivering or receiving of them in the name and as the words of G...
Proverbs 30:6 add H3254 (H8686) words H1697 rebuke H3198 (H8686) liar H3576 (H8738) Add -...
CONTENTS: The words of Agur. CHARACTERS: God, Agur, Ithiel, Ucal. CONCLUSION: God's Word is sure and pure, and venturing our souls upon it, we shall find it a shield against temptations, a safe prot...
Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur._ The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided. H...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:1 The Sayings of Agur. The identity of Agur, son of Jakeh, is unknown. One claim is that the word translated ORACLE actually should be the proper name “Massa,” so that v....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:2 I AM TOO STUPID TO BE A MAN. Wisdom texts often begin with a teacher proclaiming that he is wise and so his words ought to be obeyed. Here, Agur does just the opposite:...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:5 EVERY WORD OF GOD PROVES TRUE (compare 2 Samuel 22:31). God’s WORDS are a proven foundation
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 30:1. AGUR. There have been many conjectures about this person. Many consider that it is a figurative name, and some have adopted the old Jewish tradition that it is an alleg...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 30:1 PART VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the source of wisdom ...
This is the end of the proverbs that were gathered by Hezekiah's men. Now in the thirtieth chapter we have, The words of Agur (Proverbs 30:1) Whoever he is. He tells us who he is, but it really does...
1 Corinthians 15:15; Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 4:2; Job 13:7;...