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Verse Proverbs 3:9. _HONOUR THE LORD WITH THY SUBSTANCE_] The
מנחה MINCHAH or gratitude-offering to God, commanded under the
_law_, is of endless obligation. It would be well to give a portion of
the...
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“Substance” points to capital, “increase” to revenue. The
Septuagint as if to guard against ill-gotten gains being offered as an
atonement for the ill-getting, inserts the quaifying words, “honor
the...
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CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_
2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11)
3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...
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FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral
instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour
Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
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HONOUR... SUBSTANCE. This proverb has led to. universal custom.
Compare 1Ti 5:3, 1 Timothy 5:17; Acts 5:2 ("price". honour); Proverbs
19:19. Illustrations: Abraham ...
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Fourth Address. Chap. Proverbs 3:1-10
Be obedient to my instruction, so shalt thou live long and prosper
(Proverbs 3:1). Trust, not in thyself, but in God (Proverbs 3:5). Seek
His direction ...
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_substance … increase_ Perhaps (as _Speaker's Comm_.) capital, and
revenue. It is interesting that (as there pointed out) the LXX.
qualify both words, by restricting them to "righteous," well-gotten
w...
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DISCOURSE: 758
THE REWARD OF CHARITY
Proverbs 3:9. _Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the
first-fruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with
plenty, and thy presses shal...
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HONOUR THE LORD WITH THY SUBSTANCE— According to the manners of the
east, a subject was to pay his homage and shew his attachment to his
lord and sovereign by presents. To make presents to a king, is...
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CHAPTER 3
TEXT Proverbs 3:1-12
1.
My son, forget not my law;
But let thy heart keep my commandments:
2.
For length of days, and years of life,
And peace, will they add to thee.
3.
Let not kind...
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Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all
thine increase:
HONOUR THE LORD WITH THY SUBSTANCE, AND WITH THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ALL
THINE INCREASE - by offering freely gifts fo...
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TO HONOUR is to pay the dues (Isaiah 43:28; Daniel 11:38; 1 Timothy
5:7)....
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THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT
The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good
conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20,
declares the profit...
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In Malachi 3:6-12, Malachi accuses the people. He says that they have
stolen from God. This is because they have not given their gifts for
God’s work.
The truth is that all our possessions belong to...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 3
V1 My son, do not forget my law.
Keep my commands in your heart.
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כַּבֵּ֣ד אֶת ־יְ֭הוָה מֵ הֹונֶ֑ךָ וּ֝
מֵ
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CHAPTER 4
THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM
Proverbs 3:1
THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the
"ways of Wisdom are pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." We are
taug...
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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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THE RESULTS OF TRUSTING JEHOVAH
Proverbs 3:1-12
How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this
paragraph! The _young_ of both sexes are invited to be merciful in
their judgments...
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As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in
view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal
consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
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(f) Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of
all thine increase:
(f) As was commanded in the law, (Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 26:2) and
by this they acknowledged that God was th...
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_Fruits. Septuagint add, "of justice;" to intimate that no presents
will be acceptable, which have been unjustly acquired._...
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Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It
shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD
with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine...
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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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HONOUR THE LORD WITH THY SUBSTANCE,.... Or, "out of thy substance" n;
for as it should be a man's own that he gives, and not another's, and
therefore called "thy substance"; or, as the Septuagint vers...
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_Honour the Lord with thy substance_ Lay out thy estate, not to please
thyself, but to glorify God; _and with the first-fruits of all thy
increase_ Or, with _the chief_, or _best;_ which answers to th...
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OBEDIENCE, FAITH, AND LIBERALITY URGED...
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Honor the Lord with thy substance, with the riches which one enjoys as
His blessing, repaying Him from tile gifts granted by Him, AND WITH
THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ALL THINE INCREASE, the yield of one's wo...
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7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the
heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety
which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul,...
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WITH THY SUBSTANCE; or, _with thy riches_. Lay out thy estate not only
to please and advance thyself or family, but also to glorify God;
which is done by the payment of all those offerings and dues wh...
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Proverbs 3:9 Honor H3513 (H8761) LORD H3068 possessions H1952
firstfruits H7225 increase H8393...
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INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOLLOWED BY THE REQUIREMENT TO TRUST IN YHWH,
TO FEAR YHWH AND TO HONOUR YHWH (PROVERBS 3:1).
Solomon here speaks of wisdom and understanding in terms of ‘my
torah -- my comma...
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CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a
blessing.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and
put themselves unde...
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Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they
add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate,
and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
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_Honour the Lord with thy substance._
THE HIGHEST GIVING, THE CONDITION OF THE HIGHEST GETTING
I. The highest giving.
1. Giving to the Best Being.
2. Giving the best things to the Best Being. The...
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_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._
USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES
I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book
(Proverbs 3:1). Int...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:8. NAVEL, “body” or “muscles.” MARROW, literally
“refreshing,” “moistening,” in contrast to the condition
described in Psalms 32:3.
PROVERBS 3:11. DESPITE NOT, or “loathe...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 3:1
4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a
group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the
fourth admonitory discourse of the...
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Chapter 3 continues to
My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:
For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs
3:1-2).
Now these are the three. And...
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1 Corinthians 16:2; 1 John 3:17; 1 John 3:18; 2 Corinthians 8:2;...
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LEST WE FORGET
Proverbs 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting
God and His Commandments. We are firmly convinced that herein is a
danger that w...
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Substance — Lay out thy estate not to please thyself, but to glorify
God. First — fruits — Or, with the chief or best; which answers to
the first — fruits under the law....