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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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_whose ways_, &c. Rather, with R.V.:
WHO ARE CROOKED IN THEIR WAYS,
AND PERVERSE IN THEIR PATHS....
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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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WHOSE WAYS, &C.— Or, _who are perverse in their ways, and froward in
their paths._...
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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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Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
WHOSE WAYS ARE CROOKED, AND (THEY) FROWARD IN THEIR PATHS. Rather, as
the noun is feminine and the adjective masculine, 'Who are crooked in...
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2:15 perverted (c-8) See Note, ch. 3.32. course. (d-11) See Note i,
ver. 9....
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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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אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים
וּ֝ נְלֹוזִ֗ים בְּ...
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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 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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WHOSE WAYS [ARE] CROOKED,.... Which swerve from and are not agreeably
to the rule of the divine word, either the law of God or the Gospel of
Christ; sin is an aberration, a straying from the rule of G...
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Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
Ver. 15. _Whose ways are crooked._] How justly may God say to such, as
the crab in the fable did to the serpent, when he had given him his...
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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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WISDOM PRESERVES FROM FOLLY...
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whose ways are crooked, literally, "who with respect to their ways are
crooked," AND THEY FROWARD, full of malice and deceit, in their paths;...
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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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WHOSE WAYS ARE CROOKED, or, _who make their ways crooked_, i.e. whose
course of life swerves from the right and straight way of God's law....
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Proverbs 2:15 ways H734 crooked H6141 devious H3868 (H8737) paths
H4570
Deuteronomy 32:5;...
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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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Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 30:8; Isaiah 59:8; Philippians 2:15;...