Verse Proverbs 3:33. The curse of the Lord] No godly people meet in such a house; nor is God ever an inmate there.
But he blesseth the habitation of the just.] He considers it as his own temple. There he is worshipped in spirit and in truth; and hence God makes it his dwelling-place.
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. FROM THEM TO WHOM IT IS DUE - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought t...
FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
THE CURSE, &C. Illustrations: Baasha (1 Kings 16:1; 1 Kings 16:12; 1 Kings 16:13); Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:13); Coniah ...
TEXT Proverbs 3:27-35 27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 28. Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will giv...
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. THE CURSE OF THE LORD IS IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED: BUT HE BLESSETH THE HABITATION OF THE JUST - (;...
THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
God will do good things for us if we obey him. He is kind to us, and he is kind to our homes too. The word ‘home’ shows that God will help our families also. Contrast this with the evil man. God curs...
God deals with different people differently....
HE BLESSETH THE HABITATION OF THE JUST. — The word rendered “habitation” often signifies “pasture,” “sheepfold,” and this is a relic of the time when the Israelites led a nomad life and had no fixed h...
מְאֵרַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה בְּ בֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע וּ נְוֵ֖ה
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove
THE COUNSELS OF EXPERIENCE. Proverbs 3:27-35; Proverbs 4:1-9 Here are many duties! _Be generous!_ Of course we must discriminate- _to whom it is due;_ and we must be prudent- _when it is in the powe...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
_Want. Hebrew, "a curse." --- Shall be. Hebrew, "he blesseth." (Haydock)_...
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Withhold not good from them to wh...
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...
THE CURSE OF THE LORD IS IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED,.... The wicked man, being a transgressor of the law, is under the curse of it; and all that he has, his house, his substance, his very blessings ar...
The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. Ver. 33. _In the house of the wicked._] His wife, children, family, possessions, all are accursed; h...
_The curse of the Lord is in the house_, &c. Not only upon his own person, but upon his posterity, and upon all his domestic concerns. _But he blesseth the habitation_ Hebrew, נוה, _the cottage_, or _...
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, in spite of all outward semblance of prosperity and happiness; BUT HE BLESSETH THE HABITATION OF THE JUST, His blessing abiding with them....
WARNING AGAINST EVIL...
27-35 Our business is to observe the precepts of Christ, and to copy his example; to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness; to be ready for every good work, avoiding needless strif...
IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED; not only upon his own person, but also upon his posterity, and upon all his domestical concerns....
Proverbs 3:33 curse H3994 LORD H3068 house H1004 wicked H7563 blesses H1288 (H8762) home H5116 just H6662...
YHWH'S DEALINGS WITH BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED (PROVERBS 3:33). As regularly in the first four Chapter s (Proverbs 1:32; Proverbs 2:21;...
RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE, PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE W...
CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...
Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...
_Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give._ NEIGHBOURLINESS I. What is due to others? (Proverbs 3:27). There is a sense in which debt should be avoided, and a sense i...
_The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked._ IN WHAT SENSE, AND IN WHAT CASES, A CURSE MAY STILL EXTEND TO CHRISTIANS I. Christians are most certainly exposed to the Divine curse, if guilty...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:31. ENVY THOU NOT, &c., or “emulate not” (Vulg.) “_Do_ not anxiously covet” (Stuart). PROVERBS 3:32. SECRET. His “secret compact,” “familiar intimacy.” Proverbs 3:34
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...
Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...
2 Samuel 6:11; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:2; Deuteronomy 29:19;...
SEEKING AFTER WISDOM Proverbs 3:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the sand....
The house — Not only upon his own person, but also upon his posterity....