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Verse Proverbs 4:16. _EXCEPT THEY HAVE DONE MISCHIEF_] The _night_ is
their time for spoil and depredation. And they must gain some _booty_,
before they _go to rest_. This I believe to be the meaning...
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The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father.
Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles
29:17;...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Solomon's training (Proverbs 4:1)_
2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10)
3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20)...
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FOR. Hebrew. _im l'o_. because; i.e. the reason why they sleep not is
because they mean mischief, and because they intend an occasion of
stumbling....
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_their sleep is taken away_ Comp.:
"Ergo non aliter poterit dormire; quibusdam
Somnum rixa facit." Juv. _Sat_. III. 281, 2....
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TEXT Proverbs 4:10-19
10.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;
And the years of thy life shall be many.
11.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;
I have led thee in paths of uprightness....
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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep
is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
FOR THEY SLEEP NOT, EXCEPT THEY HAVE DONE MISCHIEF; AND THEIR SLEEP
IS TAKEN AWAY,...
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ANCESTRAL WISDOM. THE TWO PATHS
In Proverbs 4:1 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his
instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought
valuable save that which was handed do...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 4
V1 My sons, listen to your father’s instruction.
As you listen to me, you will understand more....
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As Solomon emphasises the lesson, he uses humour. He tells us to
imagine the evil man. This man is a very evil man. So, he cannot even
sleep until he has done an evil action. At midnight he gets up. H...
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FOR THEY SLEEP NOT... — The practice of evil has become as it were a
second nature to them, they cannot live without it....
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כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ אִם ־לֹ֣א
יָרֵ֑עוּ וְֽ
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CHAPTER 5
EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT
"Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth.
"He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4
THIS chapter begins with a...
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GUIDE-POSTS ON THE WAY OF LIFE
Proverbs 4:10-27
One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special
attention. _The path of the just, etc_., Proverbs 4:18. We may compare
this beautiful...
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In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature
of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are
exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his
own...
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For they (f) sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their
sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
(f) Meaning that to do evil is more proper and natural to the wicked
than to s...
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Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life
shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led
thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be
strait...
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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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FOR THEY SLEEP NOT, EXCEPT THEY HAVE DONE MISCHIEF,.... Or they cannot
sleep, as Jarchi and Gersom interpret it. Oftentimes they cannot sleep
on their beds for devising mischief, their thoughts are so...
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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is
taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
Ver. 16. _For they sleep not._] So much are they set upon it. Or as
empty stomachs...
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_Enter not into the path of the wicked_ Avoid their practices and
company; _and go not in the way of evil men_ Do not proceed further
therein. If thou hast unadvisedly entered into it, do not persist...
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For they, the wicked, SLEEP NOT EXCEPT THEY HAVE DONE MISCHIEF, the
fact that they have not committed some trespass keeps the sleep from
their eyes; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause som...
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WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS...
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14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to
compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou
love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a d...
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THEY SLEEP NOT; they cannot compose themselves to sleep with quietness
and satisfaction to their own minds. To fall into their own snares,
either into sin or into mischief....
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GOD'S WISDOM TEACHES MEN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD GO, A WAY IN
WHICH THEY WILL NOT STUMBLE AND WHICH LEADS TO LIFE, THEY ARE THUS TO
AVOID THE WAY OF THE WICKED IN WHICH MEN STUMBLE AND WHERE DEAT...
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CONTENTS: Earnest exhortation to the study of true wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: True wisdom from God is the principle thing. It is that
which recommends us to God, which be...
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Proverbs 4:1. _Hear, ye children,_ a Hebraism, equivalent to wash,
cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the
domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his
ch...
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_Their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall._
THE PROSELYTISM OF ERROR
It is of the wicked that Solomon here speaks. What a restlessness does
this indicate! What a zeal in a bad cause!...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:10 This passage gives one of the main
teachings of Proverbs 1:1: the doctrine of the two ways. Everyone has
a choice between entering the way of wisdom and the way of foll
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:14 One should avoid the way of the
WICKED, for it creates a hunger that is destructive and that cannot be
satisfied (v. Proverbs 4:16
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:14. GO NOT. The Heb. is literally “to go
straightforward;” also, “to pronounce happy.”
PROVERBS 4:15. AVOID, “Let it go,” reject it.” TURN FROM IT,
_i.e._, even if thou h...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 4:1
7. _Seventh admonitory discourse. _We here enter upon the second group
of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my
children," and which occurs again...
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Continuing to his son.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you
might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake
my law. For I was my father's son, ten...
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2 Peter 2:14; Isaiah 57:20; John 18:28; Luke 22:66; Micah 2:1;...
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SACRED EXHORTATIONS
Proverbs 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to
say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to
their fath...
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For — They cannot sleep with quietness....