Darby's translation notes (1890)
Proverbs 3:32
3:32 perverse (d-3) Strictly, 'turned aside,' 'perverted,' as chs. 2.15; 14.2. It is the opposite of jashar , 'upright,' in this verse.
3:32 perverse (d-3) Strictly, 'turned aside,' 'perverted,' as chs. 2.15; 14.2. It is the opposite of jashar , 'upright,' in this verse.
Verse Proverbs 3:32. _BUT HIS SECRET_] סודו _sodo, his secret assembly_; godly people meet there, and God dwells there....
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. FROM THEM TO WHOM IT IS DUE - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought t...
FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
FROWARD. those who turn aside. The same word as in Proverbs 2:15. not as elsewhere in Proverbs. ABOMINATION TO THE LORD. Note all the things thus declared: Proverbs 3:32 (Proverbs 11:20);...
_his secret_ i.e., as R.V. margin explains, _his counsel_(Genesis 18:17), or _his friendship_(Exodus 33:11). Comp. Psalms 25:14 (and note there in this Series);...
FOR THE FROWARD IS ABOMINATION— "He that perversely departs from all the rules of truth and justice is above all expression abominable to the Lord, even in his highest prosperity: but the Lord is a fr...
TEXT Proverbs 3:27-35 27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 28. Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will giv...
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. FOR THE FROWARD IS ABOMINATION TO THE LORD: BUT HIS SECRET IS WITH THE RIGHTEOUS - Hebrew, the upright (note, Psalm...
THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...
SECRET] 'counsel' or 'friendship' (RM): they belong to His 'Privy Council' (Genesis 18:17; Job 19:19; Job 29:4; Psalms 25:14;...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
God has both friends and enemies. If we are evil, God hates us as enemies. This is because he hates our evil actions. However, God wants evil people to change their lives. God has great love, even for...
HIS SECRET IS WITH THE RIGHTEOUS — i.e., He holds confidential intercourse with them. (Comp. Psalms 25:14, and the reward of love and obedience to Christ, that both Father and Son will “come” unto the...
כִּ֤י תֹועֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה נָלֹ֑וז וְֽ אֶת ־יְשׁ
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THE COUNSELS OF EXPERIENCE. Proverbs 3:27-35; Proverbs 4:1-9 Here are many duties! _Be generous!_ Of course we must discriminate- _to whom it is due;_ and we must be prudent- _when it is in the powe...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his (p) secret [is] with the righteous. (p) That is, his covenant and fatherly affection which is hid and secret from the world....
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Withhold not good from them to wh...
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...
FOR THE FROWARD [IS] ABOMINATION TO THE LORD,.... The perverse man, that pleases not God, and is contrary to all men, as the Jews were; one froward in his words and actions: "who transgresses the law...
For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous. Ver. 32. _For the froward is abomination._] The _vitilitigator,_ the wrangler, the common barreter, though he may...
_Strive not_ Either by words before the magistrate, or otherwise by thine actions; _with a man without cause_ Without just and necessary cause; _if he have done thee no harm_ Whereby it is clearly imp...
For the froward, the malicious person, the deceiver, IS ABOMINATION, an abhorrence, TO THE LORD, wherefore his lot will be that of everlasting destruction; BUT HIS SECRET IS WITH THE RIGHTEOUS, litera...
WARNING AGAINST EVIL...
27-35 Our business is to observe the precepts of Christ, and to copy his example; to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness; to be ready for every good work, avoiding needless strif...
THE FROWARD; or, _perverse_, who walketh in crooked or sinful paths, as the oppressor last mentioned; opposed to the upright man, who is called _right_ or _straight_, as DEUTERONOMY 32:4 PROVERBS 29:2...
Proverbs 3:32 perverse H3868 (H8737) abomination H8441 LORD H3068 secret H5475 upright H3477 the froward -...
RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE, PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE W...
Proverbs 3:32 I. Consider the intimacy between God and man implied in this promise. To whom is it that we open our confidence, and explain our most secret purposes and objects? It is not to the strang...
CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...
Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
_Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give._ NEIGHBOURLINESS I. What is due to others? (Proverbs 3:27). There is a sense in which debt should be avoided, and a sense i...
_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:31. ENVY THOU NOT, &c., or “emulate not” (Vulg.) “_Do_ not anxiously covet” (Stuart). PROVERBS 3:32. SECRET. His “secret compact,” “familiar intimacy.” Proverbs 3:34
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...
Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...
John 14:21; John 15:15; Luke 16:15; Matthew 11:25; Matthew 13:11;...
SEEKING AFTER WISDOM Proverbs 3:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the sand....
Abomination — Therefore sooner or later he must be miserable. The righteous — They are God's friends, to whom he imparts the favours and comforts to which other men are strangers....