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Verse Proverbs 6:6. _GO TO THE ANT, THOU SLUGGARD_] נמלה
_nemalah_, the _ant,_ is a remarkable creature for _foresight,
industry_, and _economy_. At the proper seasons they collect their
food-not in...
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The warning against the wastefulness of the prodigal is followed by a
warning as emphatic against the wastefulness of sloth. The point of
comparison with the ant is not so much the foresight of the in...
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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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_Go to the ant_ Comp. Proverbs 30:25; where however the foresight of
the little insect is chiefly in view. Here its ceaseless activity, and
that of its own free-will, without being set on work or kept...
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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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GO TO THE ANT— Horace has made use of the same similitude:
———Thus the little ant (to human lore No mean example) forms her
frugal store, Gather'd with mighty toils on every side, Nor ignorant,
nor ca...
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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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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
GO TO THE ANT, THOU SLUGGARD; CONSIDER HER WAYS, AND BE WISE. From
the particular exhortation of the surety to sleepless energy (),
Sol...
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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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לֵֽךְ ־אֶל ־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה
דְרָכֶ֣יהָ...
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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 (b) ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
(b) If the word of God cannot instruct you, learn from the little ant
to labour for yourself and not to burden others....
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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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GO TO THE ANT, THOU SLUGGARD,.... That art become surety for another,
and got into a snare and net, and yet takest no pains to get out. Or
this may be directed, not to the surety, but the debtor; who,...
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Ver. 6. _Go to the ant, thou sluggard._] Man, that was once the
captain of God's school, is now, for his truantcy, turned down into
the l...
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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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Go to the ant, the proverbial emblem of industry, THOU SLUGGARD;
CONSIDER HER WAYS, carefully observing how she makes provision for
herself, AND BE WISE, learning wisdom from the irrational insect;...
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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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This is another distinct precept; and it is for the most part as
needless to seek, as hard to find, coherence in the proverbs and
counsels of this book. HER WAYS; her actions and manner of living,
esp...
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Proverbs 6:6 Go H3212 (H8798) ant H5244 sluggard H6102 Consider H7200
(H8798) ways H1870 wise H2449 ...
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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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_Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise._
LITTLE PREACHERS AND GREAT SERMONS
There is a twofold revelation of God--in the Bible and in nature. In
relation to this revelation, m...
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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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Hebrews 6:12; Isaiah 1:3; Job 12:7; Job 12:8; Matthew 25:26;...