Proverbs 1:23

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. TURN YOU AT MY REPROOF - to the God from whom ye have turned away. BEHOLD, I WILL POUR OUT, [like a gushing, bubbling stream, abundant, continuous, and clear ( 'abiy`aah (H5042))] MY SPIRIT UNTO YOU - I will turn the floods of the Spirit toward you, giving you the power, if ye will avail yourselves of it, to be converted, and leaving you without excuse if ye will not. Here the Gospel outpouring of the Spirit is alluded to (John 7:38; John 4:14; Zechariah...

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. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners. Proud, jovial people, that make a jest of every thing. Scoffers at religion, that run down every thing sacred and serious. 3. Fools. Those are the worst of fools that hate to be taught, and have a rooted dislike to serious godliness. The precept is plain; Turn you at my reproof. We do not make a right use of reproofs, if we do not turn from evil to that which is good. The promises are very encouraging. Men cannot turn by any power of their own; but God answers, Behold,...

Verse Proverbs 1:23. _TURN YOU AT MY REPROOF_] לתוכחתי _lethochachti_, at my _convincing mode_ of _arguing_; attend to my _demonstrations_. This is properly the meaning of the original word. _I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UNTO YOU_] "I wil expresse my mynde unto you;" COVERDALE. _Loo I shall bryngen to you my Spirit; Old_ _MS. Bible_. If you will hear, ye shall have ample instruction....

The teaching of Divine Wisdom is essentially the same as that of the Divine Word John 7:38. “Turning,” repentance and conversion, this is what she calls the simple to. The promise of the Spirit is also like His John 14:26. And with the spirit there are to be also the “words” of Wisdom. Not the “spirit” alone, nor “words” alone, but both together, each doing its appointed work - this is the divine instrumentality for the education of such as will receive it....

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 the general scope and bearing of the book, and points out its specific utility, both to the inexperienced and to those already wise. Thus (1) in Proverbs 1:1 it gives the name of the author to whom the proverbs are attributed; (2) in Proverbs 1:2 it declares the aim, object, or design of the collection, which is to lead to the acquirement of wisdom genera

TURN YE AT MY REPROOF,.... Or rather "to my reproof", for the words are not an exhortation to the conversion of the heart, or to him repentance; but to an attendance to the external ministry of the word preached, which reproves of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and does not design the turning of the heart to it, which is God's work, but the turning of the face and ears to hear it; and so the Targum, "turn your face to my reproof,'' and not your backs, as they did, showing a dislike of it; or, as Aben Ezra, "turn ye to hear my reproof;'' turn your ears and listen to it, and do not pull away the shoulder, or stop your ears that you may not hear it; BEHOLD, I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UNTO YOU; not "upon you", but "unto you": for the Holy Spirit of God is not here designed, and the effusion of his gifts, ordinary and extraordinary, or of his special grace; but the mind of Wisdom, or C...

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 interpret each separately, to point out the many spiritual lessons, as well as prophetic application, to show their relation to other portions of the Word of God and to explain them by incidents taken from the Bible, would require volumes; and even then the spiritual meaning would not be exhausted. All we can do is to hint at their meaning and give some annotations which, under God, may be helpful in the closer study of this book I. INSTRUCTIONS OF WISDOM GIVEN TO SOLOMON CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction (Proverbs 1:1)_ 2. Warning against evil companions and covetousness (Pro

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. (see BDB)._ Probably it originally expressed a comparison or allusion, drawn from history or nature, and employed to convey a taunt or satire, hence the rendering taunt-song. For different meanings _cf._ Numbers 21:27; Deuteronomy 28:37; Job 13:12; Isaiah 14:4;...

TURN, &C.. Turn [and listen to] my reproof. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), to emphasize the conditional promise. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject) for all spiritual blessings....

We have here the germ both of later prophecies (Isaiah 44:3; Joel 2:28 [Hebrews 3:1]), and of their fulfilment in Christ (John 7:37-39; Acts 2:33; John 7:17)....