Proverbs 17:1
BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11. SACRIFICES. slain beasts. Hebrew. _zebach._ App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11. SACRIFICES. slain beasts. Hebrew. _zebach._ App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. TRIETH THE HEARTS. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 22:1); Israel (Deuteronomy 8:2); Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:31); Martha and Mary (John 11:5; John 11:6); young man (Matthew 19:16); woman (Matthew 15:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. mischief maker. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. LIAR. Hebrew "lie". Text not "corrupt"; but "lie "is put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for the man who habitually lies: i.e.. liar is always ready to believe. lie. Illustrations: Ahab (1 Kings 22:6); Jews (Isaiah 30:9.Jeremiah 5:... [ Continue Reading ]
MOCKETH. Illustrations: princes of Judah (Isaiah 3:14; Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 10:1; Isaiah 10:2.Jeremiah 34:10; Jeremiah 34:11); rich (James 5:4). THE POOR. a needy one. Hebrew. _rush._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. MAKER. See note on... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN'S. Sons'.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEECH. Hebrew "lip", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it. FOOL. Hebrew. _nabal._ See note on Proverbs 1:7. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 17:10; Proverbs 17:12; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 10:24; Proverbs 10:25. LIPS. See above note.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM THAT HATH IT. its owner (the bribed, not the briber). PROSPERETH. it sparkles. And he loves to look at it and keep it. Compare "gift", Proverbs 17:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44. VERY FRIENDS. true friends.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISE MAN. Hebrew. _binah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. FOOL. Hebrew. _kesil_. See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. evil worker. Same word as "wicked", Proverbs 17:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
A BEAR. a he-bear (masculine because it is always construed with. masculine verb). HER WHELPS. his mate. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. FOLLY. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEGINNING OF STRIFE. Illustrations: Ephraimites (Judges 12:1); Abner (2 Samuel 2:14); Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 10:1); Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:17); the Twelve (Matthew 20:24). WHEN ONE LETTETH OUT. the letting loose (as by making. breach in. dam). BE MEDDLED WITH. gathereth volume.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUSTIFIETH THE WICKED, &C. Illustrations: the counsellors (Ezra 4:1); Tertullus (Acts 24:1); Ahab and Jezebel (1 Kings 21:5). Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). _Mazdik rasha' umarshia' zadik,_ which may be Englished, "he who wrongs the right and rights the wrong". THE WICKED. a lawle... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE IS THERE. PRICE, &C.. Why is this ready money in the hand of. fool to get wisdom when he has no sense? Illustrations: Israel (2 Chronicles 30:10); the Jews (Luke 4:28); Herod Antipas (Luke 23:11); Jews (John 5:40; John 8:45); Athenians (Acts 17:32; Acts 17:33); Felix (Acts 24:25); Agrippa... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVETH AT ALL TIMES. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 14:14. Compare Proverbs 13:11); Joseph (Genesis 45:5; Genesis 50:21); Moses (Exodus 32:11.Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 9:25. Compare Acts 7:40); Jonathan ... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew "heart", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the understanding in it. See note on Proverbs 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT EXALTETH HIS GATE, &C.: i.e.. rich man, who thus proclaimed his wealth (Eastern doors being generally low-pitched and uninviting), COURTED DESTRUCTION. This explains 2 Kings 25:9, where "every great man's house he (Nebuchadnezzar) burnt with fire".... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOL. Hebrew. _nabal,_ as in Proverbs 17:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIFT. bribe. Compare Proverbs 17:8. This is the act of the briber, not the bribed. BOSOM. lap. See note on Proverbs 16:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. is the goal of.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPARETH HIS WORDS. Illustrations: Aaron (Leviticus 10:3); Moses (Numbers 16:4; Numbers 20:6); Samuel (1 Samuel 8:6); Christ (1 Peter 2:23). UNDERSTANDINGS DISCERNING. Hebrew. _binah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. EXCELLENT. quiet.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOL. Hebrew. _'evil,_ as in verses: Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 17:22. See note on Proverbs 1:7. UNDERSTANDINGS. wisdom (i.e.. wise man).... [ Continue Reading ]