Proverbs 1:2
1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is _ chokmah_ . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is _ chokmah_ . 'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job 36:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:3 wisdom, (k-6) _ Sachal_ , it means 'intelligence,' 'circumspection,' and 'understanding,' as in ch. 3.4, also 'success,' 'good esteem.' see 'succeeded better,' 1 Samuel 18:30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:4 simple, (l-6) 'Simple,' in this book, means one lacking in the powers of the soul and mind, and hence easily enticed and misled. discretion. (m-13) Or 'reflection,' 'sagacity.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:5 gain (n-15) Or 'get.' so ch. 4.5,7.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:7 fools (o-10) _ Eveel_ . It is the generic word, but has two shades of meaning according as it is opposed to _ chakam_ , 'wise,' or _ aroom_ , 'prudent,' 'wary,' ch. 12.16. But the idea of 'wickedness' is not absent from it. As to details, _ kesil_ is usually rendered 'foolish,' as ver. 22; ch. 1... [ Continue Reading ]
1:8 teaching (q-13) Or 'law,' and so chs. 3.1; 6.20; 7.2; 13.14.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:12 Sheol, (a-8) See Note h, Psalms 6:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:20 Wisdom (b-1) A feminine plural form as Psalms 49:3 . so chs. 9.1; 14.1; 24.7, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:25 rejected (c-4) Or 'avoided.' see ch. 4.15.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:28 early, (d-17) Or 'earnestly,' as Job 8:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:32 away (e-4) Or 'turning back.'... [ Continue Reading ]