Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 1:33
Shall dwell safely... — Comp. Psalms 37 throughout for similar promises.
Shall be quiet from fear of evil — Comp. Ps. cxii 7: “He shall not be afraid of any evil tidings,” &c
Shall dwell safely... — Comp. Psalms 37 throughout for similar promises.
Shall be quiet from fear of evil — Comp. Ps. cxii 7: “He shall not be afraid of any evil tidings,” &c
Verse Proverbs 1:33. _BUT WHOSO HEARKENETH UNTO ME SHALL DWELL SAFELY_] The man who hears the voice of wisdom in preference to the _enticements_ of the _wicked_. He shall dwell in _safety_, ישכן בטח...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS A detailed analysis, as we have made it in other books, cannot be fully made in this collection of proverbs. Most of them are detached and each has a message by itself. To int...
PROVERBS 1-9. FIRST SECTION. THE PRAISE OF WISDOM. Proverbs 1:1. Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for PROVERB, _mâ shâ l,_ has a wide significance _in Heb....
SHALL DWELL SAFELY. Illustrations: Noah (Genesis 6:22; Genesis 7:23.Hebrews 11:7; Hebrews 11:7); Shadrach, &c. ...
_from_ Rather, WITHOUT, R.V., timore malorum sublato, Vulg....
TEXT Proverbs 1:20-33 20. Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places; 21. She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city...
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. BUT WHOSE HEARKENETH UNTO ME SHALL DWELL SAFELY, AND SHALL BE QUIET FROM FEAR OF EVIL - temporarily, mentally,...
The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6. Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledge. I...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF PROVERBS King Solomon ruled the nation of Israel for 40 years. He brought peace and wealth to the nation. Solomon’s workmen built pa...
She obtains judgement. Their punishment is severe. This is because they refused wisdom. They did evil things. Now they will suffer a terrible punishment. Their punishment is sudden, like a storm. It...
וְ שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֭י יִשְׁכָּן ־בֶּ֑טַח וְ֝ שַׁא
CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is understa...
THE CALL OF WISDOM Proverbs 1:20-33 The word _Wisdom_ and the description of her standing _atthe head of the noisy streets-_ see Proverbs 1:21, r.v., margin-remind us of our Lord, who, as the Word o...
The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
_Evils. Both the just and the wicked, (ver. 31.; Haydock) shall be treated according to their deserts, 2 Corinthians v. 10. (Worthington) --- Even in this world, the just enjoy the peace of a good con...
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple...
REFLECTIONS. READER! Is it indeed Jesus that thus crieth Without and uttereth his voice in the streets? And shall not you and I go to him, and attend to him, and listen with suitable earnestness of so...
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...
BUT WHOSO HEARKENETH UNTO ME,.... To Wisdom, or Christ; to the cry and call above; to the voice of his Gospel, not only externally, but internally; so as spiritually and experimentally to understand i...
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. Ver. 33. _Shall be quiet from fear of evil._] _Impavidum ferient ruinae._ _a_ "He shall not be afraid of evil ti...
_But whoso hearkeneth unto me_ Unto the counsels and instructions of wisdom, and will be ruled thereby, _shall dwell safely_ Hebrew, בשׂח, _in security_, or _confidence and peace_, resting himself upo...
But whoso hearkeneth unto Me, yielding a glad obedience, SHALL DWELL SAFELY, AND SHALL BE QUIET FROM FEAR OF EVIL, at ease and without fear in the midst of dangers threatening on all sides. Such is th...
THE INVITATION OF WISDOM...
20-33 Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Th...
SAFELY; or _securely_, or _confidently_; resting himself upon the conscience of his own integrity, and upon the promises and favour of God. FROM FEAR OF EVIL; from sinful and tormenting cares and fear...
Proverbs 1:33 listens H8085 (H8802) dwell H7931 (H8799) safely H983 secure H7599 (H8768) fear H6343 evil...
DISCOURSE 1. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. THOSE WHO SEEK TO WALK IN THE FEAR OF YHWH WILL LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTION OF GODLY AUTHORITY, AND WILL AVOID THE ENTICEMENTS OF SINNERS MOTIVATED BY GREED. WISDOM I...
But If They Refuse To Respond To Wisdom's Voice And Fail To Choose The Fear Of YHWH Then One Day, When They Suffer The Consequences Of Their Refusal As They Surely Will, Wisdom Will Mock At Them, And...
WISDOM IS DEPICTED AS CRYING OUT TO BE HEARD, LONGING FOR RESPONSE, PROMISING INCULCATION OF HER OWN SPIRIT, AND WARNING OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSAL (PROVERBS 1:20). We have here the first of the w...
Proverbs 1:33 I. The fear of evil is the element of it, with which man has most directly to do. II. It is precisely this fear of evil which, by God's help, we are to conquer; the evil itself is whol...
CONTENTS: Wisdom's reasoning with the children of men and the certain ruin of those who turn a deaf ear to Wisdom's call. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son, Wisdom, (Christ). CONCLUSION: Of all thin...
Proverbs 1:1. _Proverbs,_ apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use, pa...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 1:20 Wisdom is personified here as a woman. She is pictured appealing to simple ones, scoffers, and fools to pay attention to her words. Wisdom speaks in a way that recalls t...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 1:1 PART I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION. The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short and concise language of...
Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Proverbs, chapter 1. The first six verses are sort of a preface to the book, as authors many times write a preface to their work. The Proverbs of Solomon the so...
1 Peter 1:5; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 55:3; John 10:27;...
WISDOM'S CALL Proverbs 1:20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Where the voice of Wisdom is heard. Wisdom doth not speak alone among the wise. She doth not sound forth her voice alone in cloistered circles, whe...