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The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Proverbs
1:10, but all who leave the straight path and the open day for crooked
ways, perverse counsels, deeds of darkness. “To delight etc.”...
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The pursuit of wisdom and its results (Proverbs 2:1)_
2. Preservation from the evil man and the strange woman (Proverbs
2:10)
3. The path of the righteous (Proverbs 2:20)...
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THIRD DISCOURSE. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings
of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears,
the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the know...
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DARKNESS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for
the evil which leads thither. Compare Romans 13:12.Ephesians 5:11....
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DISCOURSE: 756
BENEFITS OF TRUE WISDOM
Proverbs 2:10. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is
pleasant unto thy soul, discretion shall preserve thee, understanding
shall keep thee: to...
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TEXT Proverbs 2:10-22
10.
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart,
And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
11.
Discretion shall watch over thee;
Understanding shall keep thee:
12.
To deli...
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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
WHO LEAVE THE PATHS UPRIGHTNESS, TO WALK IN THE WAYS OF DARKNESS
Their love of darkness rather than light is the reason why they...
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2:13 uprightness, (b-8) From _ jashar_ . see ch. 3.32....
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THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM
1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort
to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'...
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THE JOURNEY OF LIFE
The Bible often compares life to a journey. Abraham’s whole life
was a journey. He travelled from Ur to Haran, and then to Canaan.
‘He searched for the city that God built.’ (Hebr...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 2
V1 My son, accept my words!
Hide my commands inside yourself!
v2
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הַ֭ עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְחֹ֣ות יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝
לֶ֗כֶת בּ
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CHAPTER 3
WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT
"To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from
the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12
WISDOM is concerned, as we have seen, with the whole u...
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WISDOM GUARDS FROM EVIL
Proverbs 2:1-22
Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its
treasures. _Understanding,_ Proverbs 2:2-3; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs
2:9; Proverbs 2:11.
If...
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From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels.
These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of
wisdom, and make many practical applications.
The first o...
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Who leave the (g) paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of
darkness;
(g) That is, the word of God, which is the only light, to follow their
own fantasies which are darkness....
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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To d...
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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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WHO LEAVE THE PATHS OF UPRIGHTNESS,.... Or "righteousness", or the
"right [and plain] ways" u; which the light of nature and the law of
God, and especially the Gospel of Christ, direct to; and in whic...
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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Ver. 13. _To walk in the ways of darkness._] As thieves, drunkards,
dicers, and our other _solifugae,_ that abuse even gospel ligh...
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_When wisdom entereth into thy heart_ When thou dost truly love it,
and hide its precepts in thy heart; _Discretion shall preserve thee_
From wicked courses, and the mischiefs which attend upon them;...
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who, that is, such people in general, LEAVE THE PATHS OF UPRIGHTNESS,
where their conduct was in agreement with the Word and will of God, TO
WALK IN THE WAYS OF DARKNESS, being habitually active in th...
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WISDOM PRESERVES FROM FOLLY...
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10-22 If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil
company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it
not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will pr...
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THE PATHS OF UPRIGHTNESS; the way of God's precepts. OF DARKNESS, i.e.
of sin, which is oft called darkness, as ROMANS 13:12, &c.; EPHESIANS
5:11, because it comes from darkness, ignorance, and error,...
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Proverbs 2:13 leave H5800 (H8802) paths H734 uprightness H3476 walk
H3212 (H8800) ways H1870 darkness H2822...
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DELIVERANCE FROM SINFUL MEN (PROVERBS 2:12).
The giving of wisdom, knowledge and understanding will deliver the
young man from the way of evil. This is necessary for the second voice
that speaks to th...
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CONTENTS: How wisdom is to be obtained and used. The unspeakable
advantage of true wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: God has provided that those who are sincerely disposed to
do...
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Proverbs 2:1. _Hide my commandments with thee,_ as a treasure is
secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the
ark in the holy place. The words of the law must be retained in th...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 2:12. DELIVER, “snatch,” as a brand out of the fire. EVIL
MAN, rather “an evil way.”
Proverbs 2:13. “Level” paths.
PROVERBS 2:16. STRANGE, “unknown,” “_wanton_” (se
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 2:1
3. _Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise
from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. _This
discourse divides itself into three...
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My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with
you; So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to
understanding; Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up...
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Darkness — Of sin....