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The words express the wonder with which the Hebrew observer looked on
the phenomena of insect life. “Guide,” better captain, as in
Joshua 10:24. The Septuagint introduces here a corresponding referenc...
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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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Twelfth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:6. _The Sluggard_
6 11. Comp. on this Section Proverbs 24:30-34....
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_guide_ Rather, CHIEF, R.V. (_judge_, marg.) to appoint its work. LXX.
ἐκείνῳ γὰρ γεωργίου μὴ ὑπάρχοντος,
in keeping with "the summer" and "the harvest" of the next verse.
_overseer_ The Heb. word is...
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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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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
WHICH HAVING NO GUIDE, OVERSEER, OR RULER - i:e., no leader of any
kind; whereas bees and cranes have. It is the more marvelous that the
ants should have...
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Ants really have an elaborately organised society: in some species
there is a king and queen; others keep slaves....
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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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(j)_. Tenth Discourse:_ — _Against Sloth_ (Proverbs 6:6)
(7) GUIDE. — Properly, _judge_ (the Arabic _cadi_)_,_ then _leader,
prince.
_...
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אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין ־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר
וּ מֹשֵׁ
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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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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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WHICH HAVING NO GUIDE, OVERSEER, OR RULER. None to guide and direct
her what to do; nor any to overlook her, to see that she does aright,
or to oblige her to work, and keep her to it; nor any to call...
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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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which, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, none of the officials who
were and are required in Oriental countries to oversee the average
workman,...
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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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Which might direct them in or quicken them to the work, as the bees
have their kings, and many other creatures have their leaders. This
heightens their commendation....
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Proverbs 6:7 captain H7101 Overseer H7860 (H8802) ruler H4910 (H8802)
Job 38:39-41,...
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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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_Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler._
OVERSEERS NEEDED
When I began to employ workmen in this country (Palestine), nothing
annoyed me more than the necessity to hire also an overseer, or to
fu...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:7 The fact that the ant has no CHIEF,
OFFICER, OR RULER shows that it has initiative, which the sluggard
lacks.
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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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Job 38:39; Job 39:1; Job 39:26; Job 41:4...