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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_
2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6)
3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12)
4. The strange woman ...
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A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It
consists of four short subsections
Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs
6:12 against talebearing,...
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IN THE SUMMER. True of Eastern ants....
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The LXX. addition to this verse is interesting, both as illustrating
their tendency to gloss, and also because it exhibits the bee in a
favourable light, as an example of industry and wisdom, whereas,...
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Twelfth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:6. _The Sluggard_
6 11. Comp. on this Section Proverbs 24:30-34....
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DISCOURSE: 767
THE SLUGGARD REPROVED
Proverbs 6:6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider her ways and be
wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in
the summer, and gathere...
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CHAPTER 6
TEXT Proverbs 6:1-11
1.
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast striken thy hands for a stranger;
2.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art tak...
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest.
PROVIDETH HER MEAT IN THE SUMMER, (AND) GATHERETH HER FOOD IN THE
HARVEST. The heat of summer does not prevent her toiling w...
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DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS
Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain
warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15),
evils which the Lordhates (1...
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As Christians, we should work. We might have a job. We might look
after people, for example our families. We might do God’s work,
perhaps as a church leader. We might do various tasks. Whatever we do,...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 6
V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake.
Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
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תָּכִ֣ין בַּ † קַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑הּ
אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝...
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CHAPTER 7
CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS
"The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1;
Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12
FROM the solemn principle announc...
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AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH
Proverbs 6:1
A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him,
consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be
responsible for the other...
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The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are
directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain
specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming
s...
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Harvest. The economy and diligence of this littel republic is
admirable. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xxx. 11.) --- Some copies of the
Septuagint add with St. Ambrose, (Hex. v. []1., &c.; Calmet) "or go...
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which
having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer,
and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sle...
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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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PROVIDETH HER MEAT IN THE SUMMER,.... Against the winter, of which it
is mindful, when it never comes out of its place, having in the summer
time got a sufficiency laid up in cells for its use: she to...
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Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the
harvest.
Ver. 8. _Provideth her meat in the summer._] She devours indeed much
grain, made chiefly for the use of man; but deserves, s...
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_Go to the ant_, &c. “Nor are industry and diligence requisite in
this alone, but in all thy affairs; to which, therefore, if thou art
slothful, I must excite thee by the example of the ants; whose or...
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WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
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provideth her meat, her winter's supply of food, IN THE SUMMER AND
GATHERETH HER FOOD IN THE HARVEST, in the heat of late summer, storing
it away carefully for the time of need....
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6-11 Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so
much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden
to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more dilig...
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Proverbs 6:8 Provides H3559 (H8686) supplies H3899 summer H7019
gathers H103 (H8804) food H3978 harvest H7105...
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A WARNING TO THE LAZY (PROVERBS 6:6).
The urgency required of the surety in dealing with his problem in
Proverbs 6:1, and the possibility that he might be slack in doing so,
may well have raised in So...
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CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness,
and whoredom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and
ruin are ofte...
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Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has
gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy
covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending
w...
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CRITICAL NOTES,—
Proverbs 6:11. One that travelleth, “a highwayman,” “a
footpad.” ARMED MAN, literally, “a man of the shield.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 6:6_
INDUSTRY AND INDOLENC...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 6:1
The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is
a warning. The subjects treated of are
(1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1);
(2) sloth ...
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Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs
is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And
chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
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1 Timothy 6:19; Proverbs 30:25...