Proverbs 3:1
MY SON. See note on Proverbs 2:1. KEEP. watch, guard. See note on Proverbs 4:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SON. See note on Proverbs 2:1. KEEP. watch, guard. See note on Proverbs 4:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY. Not the "law" and "commandments" of Proverbs 3:1, for they are feminine, but the "days" of Proverbs 3:2 (which are masculine, agreeing with the verb "add", which is masculine also). See App-74. ADD TO THEE. This, in the Hiphil. make increase for thee, or cause thee to increase or grow [in wisd... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. BIND. Like the phylacteries. Compare Proverbs 6:21; Proverbs 7:3. and see Exodus 13:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDERSTANDING. insight. Hebrew. _sekel._ See note on "wisdom" (Proverbs 1:2), No. 6. Not the same word as in Proverbs 3:5. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST. Confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. WITH ALL THINE HEART. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 24:1. compare Proverbs 19:14); Eleazar (Genesis 24:12); Jephthah (Judges 11:11); David (1 Samuel 30:6); Asa (2 Chronicles 14:9); Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:4;... [ Continue Reading ]
ACKNOWLEDGE. recognize, or own. DIRECT. rightly divide: i.e. dividing and thus showing what is right or pleasing to God. Hebrew. _yashar._ Numbers 23:27. Compare Judges 14:3; Judges 14:7. 1Sa 18:20, 1 Samuel 18:26. Rendered by Septuagint _orthotomeo,_ the same word as in 2 Timothy 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE NOT WISE, &C. Illustrations: Ahab (1Ki 22:30, 1 Kings 22:34; 1 Kings 22:35); Jeroboam (1Ki 12:26-33. 1 Kings 13:33; 1 Kings 13:34. Asa (1 Kings 15:19); Ben-hadad (1 Kings 20:10; 1 Kings 20:11); quoted Romans 11:25;... [ Continue Reading ]
HEALTH. healing. Occurs only here. NAVEL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part) for the whole body (App-6). But Septuagint and Syriac, following. different spelling, read "body". MARROW. moistening.... [ Continue Reading ]
HONOUR... SUBSTANCE. This proverb has led to. universal custom. Compare 1Ti 5:3, 1 Timothy 5:17; Acts 5:2 ("price". honour); Proverbs 19:19. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 14:20; Hebrews 7:2); Jacob (Genesis 28:22); David (1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 29:28); Widow ... [ Continue Reading ]
PRESSES. wine-vats. Hebrew. _yekeb._ Not _gath_. a wine-press. BURST OUT. overflow. NEW WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESPISE NOT. shrink not from. Quoted from Job 1:20, and in Hebrews 12:5; Hebrews 12:6; James 5:17. Compare Job 34:31; Job 34:32. One of the passages quoted in the NT. from Proverbs, viz. Proverbs 3:11; Proverbs 3:12 (in Hebrews 12:5;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOM, &C. Joseph (Genesis 37:23; Genesis 39:20; Genesis 40:23. Compare Psalms 105:18); Israel (Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 8:15; Deuteronomy 8:16); Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:35); Paul ... [ Continue Reading ]
HAPPY. Oh, the blessedness, as in Psalms 1:1. Note the eight occurrences of this Beatitude in Proverbs: Proverbs 3:13; Proverbs 8:32; Proverbs 8:34 (blessed); Proverbs 14:21; Proverbs 16:20; Proverbs 20:7 (blessed); Proverbs 28:14;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MERCHANDISE OF IT: i.e. literal, her merchandise.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE. Emphatic. She, in herself. RUBIES. corals, or pearls.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HER RIGHT HAND. in her power; "hand" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for use as. grand agency for good of all kinds. Not necessarily. long life conferred. See note on Proverbs 3:2 and App-75. RICHES, &C.. to be used aright. See App-75.... [ Continue Reading ]
HER WAYS, &C. Illustration: Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:36; 2 Chronicles 30:26. Contrast 2 Chronicles 28). Compare Acts 2:46; Acts 8:6; Acts 13:52; 2 Corinthians 8:2. PEACE. well-being, or prosperity.... [ Continue Reading ]
A TREE OF LIFE. See Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 3:24 and compare Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4.Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:2; Revelation 22:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLOUDS, &C.. skies. DEW. night mist. See note on Psalms 133:3. "Dew" falls only when there are no clouds.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM. Is masculine, and so perhaps refers to the "mercy and truth" of Proverbs 3:3. SOUND WISDOM. what is stable. See note on Proverbs 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. NECK. Septuagint adds, "Yea, it shall be healing to thy flesh; and refreshing to thy bones".... [ Continue Reading ]
LIEST DOWN. Septuagint reads "sittest".... [ Continue Reading ]
BE NOT AFRAID, &C. Illustrations: Moses (Exodus 14:13; Exodus 14:14); Rahab (Joshua 6:24; Joshua 6:25.Hebrews 11:31; Hebrews 11:31); Elisha (2 Kings 6:16; 2 Kings 6:17); Ebedmelech (Jeremiah 39:15). the w [ Continue Reading ]
THY CONFIDENCE. Septuagint reads "in all thy ways". KEEP. keep safe. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 3:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHHOLD NOT. Illustrations: Ammonites, &c. (Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4); Nabal (1 Samuel 25:10; 1 Samuel 25:11. Compare Proverbs 3:15); Widow (1 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 4:7); Parable (Luke 10:30); Corinthians ... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. SECURELY. confidently, or without suspicion.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF HE, &C. (Hebrew. _'im lo_. verily). Render: "he hath already done thee enough harm".... [ Continue Reading ]
ENVY THOU NOT, &C.. Do not become excited against, &c. Illustrations: Moses (Hebrews 11:25; Hebrews 11:26); Jezebel (1 Kings 21:7. Compare 2 Kings 9:30). Psalms 34:21. THE OPPRESSOR. the man (Hebrew. _'ish)_ of violence. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROWARD. those who turn aside. The same word as in Proverbs 2:15. not as elsewhere in Proverbs. ABOMINATION TO THE LORD. Note all the things thus declared: Proverbs 3:32 (Proverbs 11:20); Proverbs 6:16; Proverbs 8:7; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 12:22; Proverbs 15:8 ... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CURSE, &C. Illustrations: Baasha (1 Kings 16:1; 1 Kings 16:12; 1 Kings 16:13); Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:13); Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24); Jehu (2 Kings 19:8.Hosea 1:4; Hosea 1:4); Hazael (Amos 1:4); Jeroboam II ... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SCORNETH, &C. Quoted in James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL INHERIT, &C. Render: "the wise shall inherit glory, but. fool is piling up disgrace". Illustrations: Asaph (Psalms 73:24); Paul (2 Timothy 4:8); others (James 1:12.3 John 1:12; 3 John 1:12; 3 John 1:12 :26). SHAME, &C. Illustrations: Jeroboam (1 Kings 21:22. 2Ki 13:2, 2 Kings 13:11;... [ Continue Reading ]