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A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, “he that
soweth discord” (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead us to
identify the sketch as taken from the same character. With the
reco...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_
2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6)
3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12)
4. The strange woman ...
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A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It
consists of four short subsections
Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs
6:12 against talebearing,...
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Thirteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:12. _The Worthless Person_
This short section might seem at first sight to break itself into two
(Proverbs 6:12). But the note of character, "he soweth discord...
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See Proverbs 6:12_; Proverbs 6:14_notes....
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TEXT Proverbs 6:12-22
12.
A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
13.
That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet,
That maketh signs with his...
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A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren.
A FALSE WITNESS THAT SPEAKETH LIES - literally, 'blows out' or
'breathes out lies' (cf. , "He puffeth at them" - his...
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6:19 uttereth (m-5) Lit. 'that breatheth out.' see Psalms 27:12 ....
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DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS
Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain
warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15),
evils which the Lordhates (1...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 6
V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake.
Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
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Contrast this verse with Psalms 133:1. ‘It is good when brothers
live together calmly.’ The evil man wants to start an argument, or
even a war.
‘Brothers’ does not only mean family members here. It c...
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CHAPTER 7
CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS
"The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1;
Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12
FROM the solemn principle announc...
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AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH
Proverbs 6:1
A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him,
consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be
responsible for the other...
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The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are
directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain
specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming
s...
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These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination
unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent
blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be...
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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...
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A FALSE WITNESS [THAT] SPEAKETH LIES,.... Or, "that speaketh lies,
[even] a false witness" f; and so this is distinguished from a lying
tongue, the second of these evils: this is the sin of bearing fa...
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A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren.
Ver. 19. _A false witness that speaketh lies._] Heb., That blows
abroad lies, - as with a pair of bellows; that vents...
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_These six things_ Generally found in those men of Belial, described
in the foregoing verses; _doth the Lord hate_ Namely, above many other
sins, which have a worse name in the world; _a proud look_ P...
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a false witness that speaketh lies, literally, "breatheth out lies,"
since he is addicted to that habit, AND HE THAT SOWETH DISCORD AMONG
BRETHREN, turning friends and relatives against one another. A...
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WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
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12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more
those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is
described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. H...
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THAT SPEAKETH LIES, to wit, in judgment; whereby this differs from the
former lying, PROVERBS 6:17. _Brethren_; dear relations or friends....
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Proverbs 6:19 false H8267 witness H5707 speaks H6315 (H8686) lies
H3577 sows H7971 (H8764) discord H4090 brethren
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SEVEN THINGS WHICH YHWH HATES (PROVERBS 6:16).
We now have listed seven thing which YHWH hates. The ‘six things --
yes seven' was a technique saying ‘more than six' (double
completeness) and emphasisi...
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THE WORTHLESS MAN (PROVERBS 6:12).
We now come to the third person in the triumvirate. The first one
committed as a surety what he did not have. He was naive. The second
was too lazy to do anything to...
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CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness,
and whoredom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and
ruin are ofte...
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Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has
gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy
covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending
w...
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_These six things doth the Lord hate._
THE SEVEN ABOMINABLE THINGS
A catalogue of evils specially odious to the Infinite One.
I. Haughty bearing. “A proud look.” Pride is frequently
represented in...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:16 The literary device of naming SIX
THINGS... SEVEN indicates that the list is representative rather than
exhaustive (compare Proverb
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CRITICAL NOTES,—
Proverbs 6:12. A naughty person, “a worthless man.”
PROVERBS 6:13. TEACHETH, “motions.”
PROVERBS 6:14. FROWARDNESS, “perverseness.”...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 6:1
The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is
a warning. The subjects treated of are
(1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1);
(2) sloth ...
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Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs
is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And
chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
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1 Kings 21:10; 2 Timothy 2:23; 3 John 1:10; 3 John 1:9; Acts 6:13;...