Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 24:32
Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received (k) instruction.
(k) That I might learn by another man's fault.
Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received (k) instruction.
(k) That I might learn by another man's fault.
CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk mischief. This theme is repea...
SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 24:23. This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. It contains a short collection of sayings varying in form and...
SAW. gazed. CONSIDERED IT WELL. set my heart upon it....
The Sluggard's Vineyard. Comp. Proverbs 6:6-11, and notes....
DISCOURSE: 808 THE SLUGGARD’S VINEYARD Proverbs 24:30. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding: and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettle...
TEXT Proverbs 24:23-34 23. These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. 24. He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him,...
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. THEN I SAW, AND CONSIDERED IT WELL (APPLIED MY MIND TO IT) ... AND RECEIVED INSTRUCTION - (cf. margin.) I took no sup...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 24 V1 Do not be jealous of evil men. Do not try to meet them. V2
There ought to be crops in this field. But the lazy man did not sow any seed. There ought to be food in this garden. But the lazy man did not look after the food plants. Now the garden is wild. Now...
וָֽ אֶחֱזֶ֣ה אָ֭נֹכִֽי אָשִׁ֣ית לִבִּ֑י רָ֝אִ֗יתִי...
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to hi...
Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor to...
_Which. Septuagint, "at last I repented: I looked forward to receive instruction."_...
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I wi...
_THE FIELD OF THE SLUGGARD_ ‘I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and, Io, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THEN I SAW, [AND] CONSIDERED IT WELL,.... Or, "when I saw, I considered it well"; or "set my heart it" z; when he saw as he passed along the field and the vineyard, he, considered who was the owner an...
Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction. Ver. 32. _Then I saw and considered it well._] I made my best use of it for mine own instruction. A bee can suck...
_I went by the field of the slothful_ For the counsel intended to be conveyed by this paragraph, see note on Proverbs 6:6. _I looked upon it and received instruction_ I learned wisdom by his folly, an...
V. 32. THEN I SAW AND CONSIDERED IT WELL, observing the lesson taught by that neglected field; I LOOKED UPON IT AND RECEIVED INSTRUCTION, laying down the admonition conveyed by the scene of desolation...
CONSIDERED IT WELL: _ Heb._ set my heart...
I learned wisdom by his folly, and by his gross idleness was provoked to greater care and diligence....
Proverbs 24:32 saw H2372 (H8799) well H7896 (H8799) H3820 looked H7200 (H8804) received H3947 ...
Proverbs 24:32 I. When the learner in God's school goes out to observe mankind, he will think of the manner, and cautions, and rules for turning what he sees to the most beneficial account and of the...
Proverbs 24:30 I. The scene shows that if we will not have flowers and fruits, we shall certainly have thorns and nettles. II. The scene shows that the sluggard and the fool cannot hide the results...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the wicked? We are all g
_I went by the field of the slothful._ THE MORAL SLUGGARD Take these words as a pointed reproof of the negligent and immoral head of a family. The cause of prevailing irreligion is the deplorable ne...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:23 Further Sayings of “the Wise.” (See note on 22:17–24:22.) These sayings are grouped in a parallel fashion, as follows:...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:30 These verses illustrate how proverbs are applied. Upon walking by a FIELD and VINEYARD that has fallen into ruin through laziness (vv....
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 24:30_ THE SLUGGARD’S VINEYARD I. WE HAVE HERE A PRECIOUS POSSESSION IN THE HANDS OF AN UNWORTHY PROPRIETOR. A vineyard is not a heritage of little or no...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar warning is given, and comp....
Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in couplets or in phrases. Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studies destruction, and their...
1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 21:21;...
Received — I learned wisdom by his folly....