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Proverbs 24:33
v. 33. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, that being the thought governing the actions of the slothful;
v. 33. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, that being the thought governing the actions of the slothful;
See the Proverbs 6:11 note....
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...
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,...
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Compare the same, Proverbs 6:10. SO SHALL THY POVERTY COME AS ONE THAT TRAVELETH; AND THY WANT AS AN ARMED MAN. 'At fi...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...
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...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 24 V1 Do not be jealous of evil men. Do not try to meet them. V2
מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נֹות מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמֹ֑ות מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק...
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...
[Yet] a little sleep, (l) a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (l) See Proverbs 6:10...
_Said I, is not in Hebrew, chap. vi. 10. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "I will slumber a while," to rest. Septuagint, "I will enfold my breast in my hands a little." (Haydock)_...
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 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...
[YET] A LITTLE SLEEP, A LITTLE SLUMBER,.... The sight of the field and vineyard of the slothful put Solomon in mind of an observation he had made before, which fitly describes the disposition and gest...
Proverbs 24:33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Ver. 33. _Yet a little sleep._] Mercer makes this to be the lesson that the wise man both learnt himself...
_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...
See this and the following verse in PROVERBS 6:10,11....
Proverbs 24:33 little H4592 sleep H8142 little H4592 slumber H8572 little H4592 folding H2264 hands H3027 rest H790
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 Thessalonians 5:6; Ephesians 5:14; Proverbs 6:4; Romans 13:11...