PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:6 TRAIN UP A CHILD. This proverb, founded on the covenant with Abraham (see Genesis 18:19), encourages parents to guide their children IN THE WAY (the right moral orientation). It points out the kinds of conduct that please or displease the Lord. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docu... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:7 THE RICH... LENDER who rules the POOR... BORROWER is seen in contrast to the BOUNTIFUL person who SHARES with the POOR. Between these two, v. Proverbs 22:8 describes the powerful man who will come to ruin. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:10 The SCOFFER, who will be driven out, is contrasted with the person of pure HEART and gracious SPEECH, who will be welcomed by the KING. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:14 The FORBIDDEN woman is a DEEP PIT—something from which a man cannot escape by himself. She ruins him financially, and probably in other ways relating to health, strength, relationships, and above all the man’s relationship to God. She is thus a means God uses to punis... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:17 The Thirty Sayings of “the Wise.” This section easily divides into 30 distinct teachings, as indicated in Proverbs 22:20. These reflect an awareness of the Egyptian wisdom text, _The Instruction of Amenemope_, dated to about 1250 B.C. The most significant difference b... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:22 CRUSH THE AFFLICTED AT THE GATE. The gate was the place of legal transactions. One should not use the courts to take the property of the poor. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:28 The LANDMARK was the boundary stone for a piece of property (Deuteronomy 19:14). To move it was to steal a man’s land as well as his ancestral heritage. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]