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Verse Proverbs 20:25. WHO _DEVOURETH_ THAT WHICH IS _HOLY_] It is a
sin to take that which belongs to _God_, his _worship_, or his _work_,
and devote it to one's own use.
_AND AFTER VOWS TO MAKE INQ...
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Better, It is a snare to a man to utter a vow (of consecration)
rashly, and after vows to inquire whether he can fulfill them. Both
clauses are a protest against the besetting sin of rash and hasty
vo...
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CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT
Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found
mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if
applied to Solomon....
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PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs
20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self
characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought.
P...
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DEVOURETH. rashly promises.
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5....
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who _devoureth_that which is _holy_ This rendering is retained in R.V.
marg., as is also another, _rashly to utter holy_words. But it is
better to render, RASHLY TO SAY, _It is_ HOLY (R.V. text), i.e....
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IT IS A SNARE TO THE MAN WHO DEVOURETH THAT WHICH IS HOLY— _It is a
snare to a man, if he swallow down a vow, or an oath._ Or, as
Houbigant renders it, _The man is ensnared who rashly vows a holy
thin...
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TEXT Proverbs 20:21-30
21.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he wil...
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after
vows to make inquiry.
(IT IS) A SNARE (ENTAILING GUILT AND PENALTIES ON BOTH BODY AND SOUL)
TO THE MAN (WHO) DEVOURETH (THAT WHI...
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20:25 hallowed, (i-13) Or 'to appropriate to himself a holy thing.'...
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RV 'It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,' etc. Reflect
before vowing (Sir 15:1.; Matthew 15:8). There is a Greek story of one
who found a gold mine, and thereupon vowed a gold ram to Juno...
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1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man
sneer, quarrel and reel about....
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IT IS A SNARE TO A MAN WHO DEVOURETH THAT WHICH IS HOLY. — Rather,
_It is a snare for a man_ (_i.e.,_ gets him into trouble) _rashly to
say,_ “_It is dedicated”_ (i.e., when he thoughtlessly dedicates...
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מֹוקֵ֣שׁ אָ֭דָם יָ֣לַע קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְ
אַחַ֖ר נְדָ
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CHAPTER 21
IDLENESS
"After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in
the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4
WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is...
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CHAPTER 17
A JUST BALANCE
"A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag
are His work."- Proverbs 16:11
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is...
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“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN”
Proverbs 20:16-30
What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a
row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine
Nature ever bent...
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Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one
answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour.
Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
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[It is] a snare to the man [who] (g) devoureth [that which is] holy,
and after vows to make enquiry.
(g) That is, to apply or take for his own use, that which was
appointed to God's and then ask how...
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_Ones. Hebrew, "the saint or holy thing." (Haydock) --- Chaldean, "to
make a vow for the sanctuary, and afterwards repent;" having acted
inconsiderately at first. To attack the persons or relics of th...
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after
vows to make enquiry. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth
the wheel over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the L...
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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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[IT IS] A SNARE TO THE MAN [WHO] DEVOURETH [THAT WHICH IS] HOLY,....
Which is separated to sacred uses, is devoted to the Lord, as
firstfruits, tithes, offerings, c. which if a man converts to his own...
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Proverbs 20:25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which
is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Ver. 25. _It is a snare to a man who devoureth, &c._] He doeth as a
fish that swallows...
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_It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy_ He is
insnared in a crime, who takes away, and applies to his own use, any
thing consecrated to God, and intended to be used in support of h...
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V. 25. IT IS A SNARE TO THE MAN WHO DEVOURETH THAT WHICH IS HOLY, if
he is over-hasty in making a vow to the Lord and in devoting some of
his substance to the Temple-service, AND AFTER VOWS TO MAKE EN...
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IT IS A SNARE; it brings guilt and God's curse and vengeance upon him.
THAT WHICH IS HOLY, i.e. those meats or drinks which were devoted or
consecrated to God; under which one kind he comprehends and...
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Proverbs 20:25 snare H4170 man H120 rashly H3216 (H8804) holy H6944
afterward H310 reconsider H1239 (H8763) vows
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be
sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book
of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with
harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
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_It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy._
SELFISHNESS IN RELIGION
There were under the Levitical dispensation certain things prescribed
by the law as consecrated to God; such as ti...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:22 These four proverbs teach that God,
not people (v. Proverbs 20:22), is the judge and avenger. He detests
all unfair bias in human judgment, as represented by
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 20:25. The first clause of this verse should be, “_It is a
snare to a man to cry out hastily ‘holy,’ i.e._, to vow without
thought and consideration.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF P...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 20:1
WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from
the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing
what men do under its influence. Thus...
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Into chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1).
He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next
week,...
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Ecclesiastes 5:4; Leviticus 22:10; Leviticus 27:10; Leviticus 27:30;...
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A snare — It brings guilt upon him. After — After a man has made
vows to enquire for ways to break them....