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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...
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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...
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EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.
SECURELY. confidently, or without suspicion....
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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...
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Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by
thee.
DEVISE NOT EVIL AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR, SEEING HE DWELLETH SECURELY BY
THEE. After having praised beneficence, Solomon pr...
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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...
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SECURELY] i.e. without suspicion....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 3
V1 My son, do not forget my law.
Keep my commands in your heart.
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אַל ־תַּחֲרֹ֣שׁ עַל ־רֵעֲךָ֣ רָעָ֑ה
וְ הֽוּא
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CHAPTER 10
TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY
Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with
Prove
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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...
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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),...
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Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth (n) securely
by thee.
(n) That is, puts his trust in you....
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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...
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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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DEVISE NOT EVIL AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR,.... Or, "plough not evil" i;
turn not up thy heart to find evil against thy neighbour, as the earth
is turned up by the plough; see Hosea 10:13. Do not contrive...
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Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by
thee.
Ver. 29. _Devise not evil against thy neighbour._] Heb. Plow not evil
- _i.e., _ plot not. One of the Rabbis renders it, su...
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_Devise not evil_, &c. Any thing injurious or hurtful; _against thy
neighbour_ Against any child of man. Having commanded the doing of
good, (Proverbs 3:27,) he here forbids the doing or designing any...
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WARNING AGAINST EVIL...
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Devise not evil against thy neighbor, by meditating upon wickedness
and contriving it, SEEING HE DWELLETH SECURELY BY THEE, without
suspicion....
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DEVISE NOT EVIL:
Or, practise no evil...
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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...
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DEVISE NOT EVIL; any thing injurious or hurtful. Having commanded
doing of good, PROVERBS 3:27,28, he here forbids doing or designing
any evil. DWELLETH SECURELY BY THEE; relying upon thine integrity:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:27. WITHHOLD NOT, &C., literally “hold not good back from
its master,” _i.e._, from him to whom it belongs.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 3:27_
DOING JUST...
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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...
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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...
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Jeremiah 18:18; Micah 2:1; Micah 2:2; Proverbs 16:29; Proverbs 16:30
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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....
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Securely — Relying upon thine integrity....