Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Proverbs 6:25
The beauty of an Eastern woman's eyes is enhanced by being painted round with kohl in the shape of an almond.
The beauty of an Eastern woman's eyes is enhanced by being painted round with kohl in the shape of an almond.
Verse Proverbs 6:25. _NEITHER LET HER TAKE THEE WITH HER EYE-LIDS._] It is a very general custom in the East to _paint the eye-lids_. I have many Asiatic drawings in which this is expressed. They hav...
EYELIDS - Possibly pointing to the Eastern custom of painting the eyes on the outside with _kohl_ so as to give brightness and languishing expression....
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...
Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_ The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs 6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which...
_eyelids_ Painted probably after the Eastern fashion. Comp. 2 Kings 9:30. "They paint or blacken the eyelids with _kǒhl_, and prolong the application in a descending pencil, so as to lengthen and redu...
WITH HER EYELIDS— Women in the east used to be particular in painting and beautifying their eyelids; and as their motive was by that means to ensnare and captivate the men, the expression seems to be...
TEXT Proverbs 6:23-35 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the for...
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. LUST NOT AFTER HER BEAUTY IN THINE HEART. Not only the outward act but the inward desire is sin (; cf. ). Suppres...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
אַל ־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֭פְיָהּ בִּ לְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְ אַל
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her (m) eyelids. (m) With her wanton looks and gesture....
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
LUST NOT AFTER HER BEAUTY IN THINE HEART,.... Do not look upon it with the eye, nor dwell upon it in the thought; the one will lead on to and kindle last in the heart, and the other will cherish it an...
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. Ver. 25. _Lust not after her beauty._] _Aureliae Orestillae praeter formam nihil unquam bonus laudavit._ Aurelia...
_To keep thee from the evil woman_ Which is mentioned as a great commendation of God's word, because neither worldly discretion, nor a good education, nor moral precepts, nor any other considerations,...
WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, for the inward unchastity is also sinful and has evil consequences; NEITHER LET HER TAKE THEE WITH HER EYELIDS, with the wanton and captivating glances with w...
20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...
LUST NOT AFTER HER BEAUTY IN THINE HEART; do not give way to, nor delight thyself with, unchaste thoughts or affections. Compare MATTHEW 5:28. WITH HER EYELIDS; either with her beauty, which consists...
Proverbs 6:25 lust H2530 (H8799) beauty H3308 heart H3824 allure H3947 (H8799) eyelids H6079 Lust -...
ONE INTENTION OF THE COMMANDMENT AND TORAH IS TO KEEP HIM FROM THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN WHO WILL SEEK TO LEAD HIM ASTRAY (PROVERBS 6:24). In contrast with ‘woman wisdom' (e.g. Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 3:13...
DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...
CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...
Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:24. Evil woman, literally. “the woman of evil.” PROVERBS 6:26. Last clause means “an adulteress allures to that which may cost a man his life” (_Stuart_). Proverbs 6:30
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...
Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
2 Kings 9:30; 2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 3:16; James 1:14; James 1:15;...
Eye — lids — With her wanton glances,...