Proverbs 5 - Introduction
_ We have in this chapter,_ _A.M. 3004. B.C. 1000._(1,) _ A further exhortation to Wisdom, vv1, vv2._ (2,) _ A caution against whoredom, Proverbs 5:3._ (3,) _ Remedies against it, Proverbs 5:15._... [ Continue Reading ]
_ We have in this chapter,_ _A.M. 3004. B.C. 1000._(1,) _ A further exhortation to Wisdom, vv1, vv2._ (2,) _ A caution against whoredom, Proverbs 5:3._ (3,) _ Remedies against it, Proverbs 5:15._... [ Continue Reading ]
_My son, attend unto my wisdom_ “There being nothing,” says Bishop Patrick, “to which youth is so prone as to give up themselves to satisfy their fleshly desires, and nothing proving so pernicious to them; the wise man gives a new caution against those impure lusts which he had taken notice of befor... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the lips of a strange woman_, &c. It concerns thee to get and to use discretion, that thou mayest be able to resist those manifold temptations to which thou art exposed; _drop as a honeycomb_ Her words and discourses are sweet, pleasing, and prevalent. _But her end is bitter as wormwood_ Her de... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come not nigh the door of her house_ Lest thine eyes affect thy heart, and her allurements prevail over thee. _Lest thou give thine honour_ Thy dignity and reputation, the strength and vigour of thy body and mind; _unto others_ Unto whores, and their base attendants; _and thy years_ The flower of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Drink waters out of thine own cistern_ “The allegory here begun is carried on through several verses. It has been differently understood; but the interpretation which seems most generally followed, is that of those who conceive that the wise man here subjoins a commendation of matrimony, and the ch... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let thy fountains_ Rather, _thy streams_, as Dr. Waterland renders the word, that is, thy children, proceeding from thy wife, called _thy fountain, Proverbs 5:18_, and from thyself; _be dispersed abroad_ They shall be multiplied, and in due time appear abroad in the world, to thy comfort and honour... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let thy fountain be blessed_ Thy wife, as the next clause explains it, _shall be blessed_ with children; or rather, she shall be a blessing and a comfort to thee, as it follows, and not a curse and snare, as a harlot would be. _And rejoice_, &c. Seek not to harlots for that comfort and delight whic... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let her be as the loving hind_ Hebrew, _as the hind of loves;_ as amiable and delightful as the hinds are to princes and great men, who used to make them tame and familiar, and to take great delight in them, as has been observed by many writers. “The wise man,” says Bishop Patrick, “describes alleg... [ Continue Reading ]
_And why wilt thou be ravished with a strange woman?_ Consider a little, and deny, if thou canst, that it is an unaccountable folly to seek that satisfaction and comfort in a vile harlot, which thou mayest enjoy more pleasantly, securely, and constantly, as well as more innocently, in a pious wife o... [ Continue Reading ]
_His own iniquities shall take the wicked_ “Let him not think to escape, because he is so cunning that nobody observes him, or so powerful that no one can call him to an account; for his own manifold iniquities shall arrest and apprehend him.” _And he shall be holden with the cords of his sins_ “He... [ Continue Reading ]