Proverbs 24:1
BE NOT THOU ENVIOUS. Do not get excited. Compare Proverbs 23:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE NOT THOU ENVIOUS. Do not get excited. Compare Proverbs 23:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _'amal._ App-44. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:8 and Proverbs 24:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAMBERS. inner chambers.... [ Continue Reading ]
A WISE MAN, &C.. A strong man [if wise] is strong indeed. Aramaean, Syriac, and Septuagint read "[Better]. wise man than. mighty". MAN. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. INCREASETH STRENGTH. Aram, and Syriac read "than one who is strong".... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDE, &C. But they must all be "counsellors". Compare Proverbs 11:10 with Proverbs 15:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISDOM. Hebrew, plural. true wisdom. See notes on Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 9:1. and Compare Proverbs 14:1. IS TOO HIGH. seems to be, or is regarded as coral: i.e. as an ornament costly, and, to him, unattainable. Occurs three times (here, Job 28:18, and Ezekiel 27:16). FOOL. Hebrew. _'evil._ See no... [ Continue Reading ]
MISCHIEVOUS PERSON. a genius at plots. Hebrew. _zimmah_. plots. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:2 and Proverbs 24:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGHT, &C. Compare Proverbs 4:23.Job 1:5.Jeremiah 4:14.Matthew 9:3; Matthew 9:4; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 15:20. FOOLISHNESS. the foolish. Hebrew. _'evil_ (Proverbs 24:7). SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. SCORNER. scoffer. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ A [ Continue Reading ]
IF THOU FAINT, &C. Adversity is sent to try our strength; and, if we fail, it is proved to be weakness. Illustrations: Jacob (Genesis 42:36); David (1 Samuel 27:1); Elijah (1 Kings 19:3; 1 Kings 19:4); Jonah (Jonah 4:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THOU FORBEAR. This is counsel for. ruler or judge, and is FOR Solomon. See the Structure (p. 891). Illustrations: Doeg (1 Samuel 22:18); Pilate (Luke 23:22). DELIVER. snatch, or rescue. DRAWN, &C.. being taken to execution.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNEW IT NOT. we knew not of it. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SON. Confirming the Structure (p. 891).... [ Continue Reading ]
CUT OFF. Compare Proverbs 24:20 with Proverbs 23:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. (singular), Proverbs 24:16 (plural) THE RIGHTEOUS. a just one.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUST. righteous. THE WICKED. lawless ones. MISCHIEF. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:2 and Proverbs 24:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
REJOICE NOT. Illustrations: Tyre (Ezekiel 26:2); Ammon (Ezekiel 25:6); David (2 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 1:12). Compare Psalms 35:13; Psalms 35:14); Jeremiah (Jeremiah 9:1); Edom (Obadiah 1:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM HIM. Supply Ellipsis, "from him [to thee]".... [ Continue Reading ]
FRET NOT. Chafe not thyself. Compare Psalms 37:1; Psalms 37:7; Psalms 37:8. EVIL MEN. evil-doers. Compare Psalms 37:1; Psalms 37:7; Psalms 37:8. Same word as in Proverbs 24:8. ENVIOUS. excited. THE WICKED. lawless ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
REWARD. posterity, or future. CANDLE. lamp. The idiom is used for having no posterity.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEDDLE NOT. mingle not, i.e. have nothing to do with. THEM THAT ARE GIVEN TO CHANGE. with them that make. difference [between. wicked king and. wicked common man].... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR: i.e. the king and. common man. CALAMITY. overthrow. RUIN. catastrophe. BOTH: i.e. the two who are the subjects of this counsel.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELONG TO. are [the words of] the wise (plural) See the Structure, p. 891, and note on Proverbs 22:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WICKED. Unto. wicked [king]: i.e. as well as to an ordinary man. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
REBUKE HIM: i.e. rebuke. wicked king.... [ Continue Reading ]
KISS HIS LIPS. do homage with his lips to him. RIGHT. straightforward.... [ Continue Reading ]
DECEIVE. Hebrew. _pathah._ See note on Proverbs 11:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew "heart": put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the discernment coming from it. See note on Proverbs 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. gazed. CONSIDERED IT WELL. set my heart upon it.... [ Continue Reading ]
POVERTY. need. Hebrew. _rush._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. AN ARMED MAN. a man with. shield.... [ Continue Reading ]