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Verse Proverbs 9:17. _STOLEN WATERS ARE SWEET_] I suppose this to be a
proverbial mode of expression, importing that _illicit pleasures_ _are
sweeter than those which are legal_. The meaning is easy t...
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The besetting sin of all times and countries, the one great proof of
the inherent corruption of man’s nature. Pleasures are attractive
because they are forbidden (compare Romans 7:7)....
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CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The invitation of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1)_
2. The contrast with Folly. (Proverbs 9:13)
Proverbs 9:1. The first section of Proverbs closeth with a contrast of
Wisdom and Folly, both pers...
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PROVERBS 9. THE INVITATIONS OF WISDOM AND FOLLY CONTRASTED. This
section closes with a couple of graphic pictures of Wisdom and Folly
personified, each bidding for the attention of the passers-by with...
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Proverbs 9:13. The Introduction, or first main division of the Book,
ends with the contrasted picture of Folly. She too has her house, at
the door of which she sits (Proverbs 9:14); she too, though th...
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_stolen waters_ Maurer compares what he calls "tristissimum illud
Ovidii,"
"Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata....
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STOLEN WATERS ARE SWEET— A proverbial expression for illicit
pleasures; the Greeks and Latins make use of the same phrase. See
chap. Proverbs 5:15 and Calmet. One of the profitable lessons to be
learn...
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TEXT Proverbs 9:10-18
10.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom;
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
And the years of thy lif...
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
STOLEN WATERS ARE SWEET, AND BREAD (EATEN) IN SECRET IS PLEASANT -
(cf. the answer to her lure, ; .) Wisdom sets forth her bread ()
o...
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THE RIVALS
Folly and Wisdom invite guests to their respective houses. The
consequences of accepting either of the two invitations are described.
We are reminded of the Greek parable, 'The choice of H...
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The forbidden is attractive....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 9
Solomon’s last, great lesson to his son is almost complete. Perhaps
Solomon paused here. Maybe he thought about whether he had taught
enough...
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The Foolish Woman also offers a meal to her guests. However, her meal
does not belong to her. She stole the water. She must eat in secret.
‘Water’ reminds us of Proverbs 5:15-18. In that passage,
‘wa...
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STOLEN WATERS ARE SWEET. — See above, on Proverbs 5:15.
BREAD EATEN IN SECRET. — The same figure is used in Proverbs 30:20....
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מַֽיִם ־גְּנוּבִ֥ים יִמְתָּ֑קוּ וְ
לֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים...
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CHAPTER 10
TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY
Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with
Prove
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CHAPTER 2
THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of
the Holy One is underst...
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TWO CONTRASTED INVITATIONS
Proverbs 9:1-18
There is an age-long competition between Wisdom and Folly, Virtue and
Vice. The palace of Wisdom is very attractive-well built and well
furnished. It is...
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The last address is a contrast between wisdom and folly. Each is
personified as a woman calling to youth. Wisdom has builded her house,
and spread her feast in the high places of the city. She calls t...
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_Pleasant. Impure pleasures are more delightful (Calmet) to sensual
men. (Haydock) --- The prohibition increases appetite. (Menochius)_...
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A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. For
she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of
the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: Who...
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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...
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STOLEN WATERS ARE SWEET,.... Wells and fountains of waters in those
hot countries were very valuable, and were the property of particular
persons; about which there were sometimes great strife and con...
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
Ver. 17. _Stolen waters are sweet._] Forbidden pleasures are most
pleasing to sensualists, who count no mirth but madness; no pleasur...
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_Whoso is simple_ Which title is not given to them by her; for such a
reproach would not have allured them, but driven them away; but by
Solomon, who represents the matter of her invitation in his own...
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EATEN IN SECRET:
_ Heb._ of secrecies...
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13-18 How diligent the tempter is, to seduce unwary souls into sin!
Carnal, sensual pleasure, stupifies conscience, and puts out the
sparks of conviction. This tempter has no solid reason to offer; a...
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STOLEN WATERS; by which he understandeth, either,
1. Idolatry, or other wickednesses, which in Solomon's time before his
fall were publicly forbidden and punished, but privately practised; or
rather,...
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Proverbs 9:17 Stolen H1589 (H8803) water H4325 sweet H4985 (H8799)
bread H3899 secret H5643 pleasant H5276 ...
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THE APPEAL OF WOMAN FOLLY TO THE NAIVE (PROVERBS 9:13).
There is no suggestion that Woman Folly's house is opulent or
well-provisioned. And indeed she herself is described as ‘turbulent'
and ‘knowing...
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CONTENTS: Wisdom (Christ) and sin, as rivals for the soul of man.
CHARACTERS: God, Wisdom.
CONCLUSION: Christ and sin are both seeking to have the uppermost
place in the soul of man. We are therefor...
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Proverbs 9:1. _Wisdom hath builded her house._ This chapter opens with
a sublime allegory. We see the princess, the mother of angels and men,
enthroned in her temple, “the church which is the pillar a...
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_But he knoweth not that the dead are there._
THE FATAL BANQUET
Here two texts. Preach concerning a couple of preachers; one by
usurpation, the other by assignation: the world’s chaplain, and the
Lor...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 9:13. A FOOLISH WOMAN, rather, “the woman of folly,” an
exact opposition of the personified wisdom of the former part of the
chapter. CLAMOROUS, “violently excited” _(Zöckle...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 9:1
15. _Fifteenth admonitory discourse, _containing in a parabolic form
an invitation of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1), and that of her rival Folly
(Proverbs 9:13). Th
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Chapter 9 continues in its praise of wisdom.
Wisdom hath built her house, she has hewn out the seven pillars: She
has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; and she has furnished
her table. And...
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2 Kings 5:24; Ephesians 5:12; Genesis 3:6; James 1:14; James 1:15;...
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Sweet — From the difficulty of obtaining them; and because the very
prohibition renders them more grateful to corrupt nature....