But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors be rooted out of it. Metaphor from trees. They shall not only be cut off by the axe, but plucked up by the roots (, "Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up").
Verse Proverbs 2:22. _TRANSGRESSORS_] בוגדים _bogedim_. The _garment men_, the _hypocrites_; those who _act borrowed characters_, who go under a _cloak; dissemblers_. All such shall be _rooted out of...
Noticeable here is the Hebrew love of home and love of country. To “dwell in the land” is (compare Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 25:18, etc.) the highest blessing for the whole people and for individual men...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The pursuit of wisdom and its results (Proverbs 2:1)_ 2. Preservation from the evil man and the strange woman (Proverbs 2:10) 3. The path of the righteous (Proverbs 2:20)...
THIRD DISCOURSE. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the know...
WICKED. lawless. Not the same word as in Proverbs 2:14. Hebrew. _rasha'._ TRANSGRESSORS. traitors, treacherous or faithless ones. Hebrew. _bagad._...
_transgressors_ Rather, TREACHEROUS, or PERFIDIOUS, with special reference perhaps to Proverbs 2:16....
_land … earth_ The Heb. word is the same, and should have the same rendering, either land or earth, in both verses. To a Jew this would of course mean "the _land_which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee...
DISCOURSE: 756 BENEFITS OF TRUE WISDOM Proverbs 2:10. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: to...
TEXT Proverbs 2:10-22 10. For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; 11. Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: 12. To deli...
2:22 land, (g-10) Or 'earth.' unfaithful (h-13) More exactly, 'faithless,' 'perfidious,' 'treacherous,' but used as towards God. see Psalms 78:57 ; Jeremiah 3:20 ....
THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM 1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 2 V1 My son, accept my words! Hide my commands inside yourself! v2
THE LAND God gave land to the nation of Israel. He warned them to follow his commands. If the nation turned away from God, then they would lose their land. (Deuteronomy 28) Solomon knew that God had...
וּ֭ רְשָׁעִים מֵ אֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝ בֹוגְ
CHAPTER 3 WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT "To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12 WISDOM is concerned, as we have seen, with the whole u...
WISDOM GUARDS FROM EVIL Proverbs 2:1-22 Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. _Understanding,_ Proverbs 2:2-3; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 2:9; Proverbs 2:11. If...
From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels. These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of wisdom, and make many practical applications. The first o...
REFLECTIONS. My soul! ponder well the striking contrast which this chapter hath drawn between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God, and him that serveth Him not! How truly lovel...
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To d...
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 THE WICKED SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM THE EARTH,.... Suddenly by death; or in a judicial way by the hand of the civil magistrate, before they have lived out half their days; and shall not enjoy the goo...
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. Ver. 22. _But the wicked shall be cut off._] Certainly, suddenly, utterly, _cum maxime velint vivere,_...
_That thou mayest walk_, &c. This depends upon Proverbs 2:11, and is mentioned as another happy fruit of wisdom, the former being declared, from Proverbs 2:12. _In the way of good men_ Mayest follow t...
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, utterly destroyed, AND THE TRANSGRESSORS SHALL BE ROOTED OUT OF IT, this punishment being all the greater in the case of the Israelites because their la...
WISDOM PRESERVES FROM FOLLY...
ROOTED OUT: Or, plucked up...
10-22 If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will pr...
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Proverbs 2:22 wicked H7563 off H3772 (H8735) earth H776 unfaithful H898 (H8802) uprooted H5255 (H8799)...
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE UPRIGHT, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WICKED (PROVERBS 2:21). Each of the first three Chapter s of Proverbs, together with Proverbs 4:1, ends with a contrast betwee...
CONTENTS: How wisdom is to be obtained and used. The unspeakable advantage of true wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: God has provided that those who are sincerely disposed to do...
Proverbs 2:1. _Hide my commandments with thee,_ as a treasure is secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the ark in the holy place. The words of the law must be retained in th...
_Transgressors shall be rooted out of it._ THE PRESENT PUNISHMENTS OF EVIL MEN The metaphor “rooted out” is taken from a tree. If a wild tree and offensive grow in a garden, and the gardener cut off...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 2:21 THE UPRIGHT WILL INHABIT THE LAND describes the inheritance that will belong to those who continue on the wise path. This is contrasted with the WICKED being...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 2:21_ THE CONTRAST IN THE END FROM THE CONTRAST IN THE WAY If men walk in two directly opposite directions they cannot possibly arrive at the same goal....
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 2:1 3. _Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. _This discourse divides itself into three...
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with you; So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up...
Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10; Isaiah 3:11; Jo