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Verse Proverbs 24:6. _BY WISE COUNSEL THOU SHALT MAKE THY WAR_]
Proverbs 20:18....
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CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED
In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description
of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk
mischief. This theme is repea...
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PROVERBS 24:7 A. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a
change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made
of an obviously corrupt stanza.
Proverbs 24:9. thought: the wor...
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MULTITUDE, &C. But they must all be "counsellors". Compare Proverbs
11:10 with Proverbs 15:22....
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CHAPTER 24
TEXT Proverbs 24:1-12
1.
Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
2.
For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.
3.
Through wi...
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For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellors there is safety.
THOU SHALT MAKE THY WAR - in accordance with thine own desires (cf. ;
, notes)....
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24:6 advice (b-4) Or 'wise counsels,' as chs. 1.5; 11.14; 20.18.
safety. (c-18) Or 'victory,' as ch. 11.14....
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5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge
than a man of strength.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 24
V1 Do not be jealous of evil men.
Do not try to meet them.
V2
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You can count the number of soldiers in an army. But the number of
soldiers does not win the battle. Your soldiers may be strong and
brave. But this does not win the battle. The army needs a wise
comm...
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WISE COUNSEL. — See above on Proverbs 1:5. In the great spiritual
fight also (Ephesians 6:12) we need wise counsel, to see the end to be
aimed at, and the means of attaining it....
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כִּ֣י בְ֭ תַחְבֻּלֹות תַּעֲשֶׂה
־לְּךָ֣ מִלְחָמָ֑ה...
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to hi...
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Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil
companionships, against excess in passion, against all false
exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest
endeavor to...
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_Counsels. "Consult many what ought to be done, but only a few of the
most faithful, or rather thyself alone, what thou art about to do."
(Veget. iii. 9., and 27.)_...
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Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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FOR BY WISE COUNSEL THOU SHALL MAKE THY WAR,.... Counsel, as well as
strength, is necessary for war: kings and states, before they enter on
a war, should not only well consider the justness of their c...
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For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellors [there is] safety.
Ver. 6. _For by wise counsel._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 20:18 _"_ This
Salust delivers as the sentence of...
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_Through wisdom is a house built_ There is no need that thou shouldst
raise thyself and family by ruining others, as the manner of wicked
men is; for thou mayest more easily and effectually do it by w...
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V. 6. FOR BY WISE COUNSEL THOU SHALT MAKE THY WAR, carry it forward to
a successful issue, AND IN MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS, all of whom
contribute good advice, THERE IS SAFETY, matters are sure to go
f...
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War is better managed by wisdom than by strength. So this proves what
he said in the last verse....
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Proverbs 24:6 counsel H8458 wage H6213 (H8799) war H4421 multitude
H7230 counselors H3289 (H8802) safety H8668...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do
as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
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Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts
occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the
wicked? We are all g
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:5 Wisdom is the source of true
strength. Strength and might apart from wisdom will be ineffective.
WISE GUIDANCE obtained from an ABUNDANCE OF COUNSELORS is the key to...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 24:5. A MAN OF KNOWLEDGE, rather “_a man of
understanding_,” INCREASETH STRENGTH, literally “_maketh power
strong_.” Miller translates the entire verse thus:—“_A strong
man,...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 24:1
We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU
ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar
warning is given, and comp....
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Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in
couplets or in phrases.
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For
their heart studies destruction, and their...
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1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Timothy 6:11; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7;...
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Thy war — War is better managed by wisdom than by strength....