Verse Proverbs 6:23. For the commandment is a lamp] It illuminates our path. It shows us how we should walk and praise God.
And the law is light] A general light, showing the nature and will of GOD, and the interest and duty of MAN.
And reproofs of instruction] Or, that instruction which reproves us for our sins and errors leads us into the way of life.
Compare Psalms 119:105....
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,...
LAW IS LIGHT. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), _v. torah 'or._ In Latin it would be similar: _Lex est lux._ REPROOFS OF INSTRUCTION. what is directed. Compare Proverbs 6:20. WAY OF LIFE. way...
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...
_the commandment … the law_ or, _their_ COMMANDMENT … _their_ TEACHING, R.V. marg. The two renderings are practically the same. See on Proverbs 6:22. _reproofs of instruction_ "Light" is not enough:...
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...
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: FOR THE COMMANDMENT IS A LAMP; AND THE LAW IS LIGHT - illuminating the soul, and guiding us int...
6:23 instruction (n-15) Or 'discipline.'...
DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...
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....
This is similar to Psalms 119:105. ‘God’s word is like a lamp for my feet. God’s word is like a light for my path.’...
FOR THE COMMANDMENT IS A LAMP... — Comp. Psalms 19:8, and Psalms 119:98; Psalms 119:104. The servant of God may often feel much perplexity as to his duty, darkness may seem to have settled down upon h...
כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְ תֹ֣ורָה אֹ֑ור וְ
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...
For the (k) commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and (l) reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life: (k) By the commandment, he means the word of God; and by the instruction, the preac...
_Instruction. Given for our improvement, (Haydock) with charity. See Deuteronomy vi. 6., and Psalm xviii. 9._...
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...
FOR THE COMMANDMENT [IS] A LAMP,.... The law of God is a lamp or candle to see to work by and to walk by; it enlightens the eyes and directs the feet, and makes working more pleasant, and walking more...
For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life: Ver. 23. _For the commandment is a lamp._] Or, Candle, whereof there is no small use when m...
_Keep thy father's commandment_ So far as it is not contrary to God's command. _And forsake not the law of thy mother_ Which children are too apt to despise. _Bind them continually upon thy heart_ Con...
For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light, its instruction serving not only to enlighten the heart and mind of man, but also to guide him on his way, Psalms 119:105; AND REPROOFS OF INSTRUCT...
WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...
LAMP: Or, candle...
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...
IS A LAMP; it enlightens thy dark mind, and clearly discovers to thee the plain and right way. REPROOFS OF INSTRUCTION; wise and instructive reproofs or admonitions. THE WAY TO LIFE; both to preserve...
Proverbs 6:23 commandment H4687 lamp H5216 law H8451 light H216 Reproofs H8433 instruction H4148 way H1870 life H2416
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...
1). AN APPEAL TO ‘MY SON' TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENT AND NOT FORSAKE THE TORAH (PROVERBS 6:20). That Solomon sees ‘his' commandment and torah as based on the commandment and Torah as given by Moses is br...
Proverbs 6:23 _(with Psalms 119:105)_ The Divine lamp is: I. A light on the path. The best path in the world would be of no use without light enough to see our way. If we cannot have daylight, we sh...
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...
_The law is light _ THE LAW IS LIGHT The fitness and beauty of this comparison of the law of God with fight are seen immediately. If we consider the nature of law we find that it is like the nature...
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:21. Continually, “for evermore.” PROVERBS 6:22. _Lange’s Commentary_ translates into the imperative form, “let it lead thee,” etc. PROVERBS 6:22. Last clause, lit
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 Peter 1:19; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 21:8; Leviticus 19:17; Prover