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Verse Proverbs 3:33. _THE CURSE OF THE LORD_] No godly people meet in
such a house; nor is God ever an _inmate_ there.
_BUT HE BLESSETH THE HABITATION OF THE JUST._] He considers it as his
_own templ...
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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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THE CURSE, &C. Illustrations: Baasha (1 Kings 16:1; 1 Kings 16:12; 1
Kings 16:13); Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:13); Coniah ...
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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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The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth
the habitation of the just.
THE CURSE OF THE LORD IS IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED: BUT HE BLESSETH
THE HABITATION OF THE JUST - (;...
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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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God deals with different people differently....
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God will do good things for us if we obey him. He is kind to us, and
he is kind to our homes too. The word ‘home’ shows that God will
help our families also.
Contrast this with the evil man. God curs...
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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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HE BLESSETH THE HABITATION OF THE JUST. — The word rendered
“habitation” often signifies “pasture,” “sheepfold,” and
this is a relic of the time when the Israelites led a nomad life and
had no fixed h...
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מְאֵרַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה בְּ בֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע וּ
נְוֵ֖ה
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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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_Want. Hebrew, "a curse." --- Shall be. Hebrew, "he blesseth."
(Haydock)_...
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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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THE CURSE OF THE LORD IS IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED,.... The wicked
man, being a transgressor of the law, is under the curse of it; and
all that he has, his house, his substance, his very blessings ar...
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The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth
the habitation of the just.
Ver. 33. _In the house of the wicked._] His wife, children, family,
possessions, all are accursed; h...
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The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, in spite of all
outward semblance of prosperity and happiness; BUT HE BLESSETH THE
HABITATION OF THE JUST, His blessing abiding with them....
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WARNING AGAINST 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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IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED; not only upon his own person, but also
upon his posterity, and upon all his domestical concerns....
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Proverbs 3:33 curse H3994 LORD H3068 house H1004 wicked H7563 blesses
H1288 (H8762) home H5116 just H6662...
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YHWH'S DEALINGS WITH BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED (PROVERBS
3:33).
As regularly in the first four Chapter s (Proverbs 1:32; Proverbs
2:21;...
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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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_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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_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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_The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked._
IN WHAT SENSE, AND IN WHAT CASES, A CURSE MAY STILL EXTEND TO
CHRISTIANS
I. Christians are most certainly exposed to the Divine curse, if
guilty...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:31. ENVY THOU NOT, &c., or “emulate not” (Vulg.)
“_Do_ not anxiously covet” (Stuart).
PROVERBS 3:32. SECRET. His “secret compact,” “familiar
intimacy.”
Proverbs 3:34
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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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2 Samuel 6:11; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:2; Deuteronomy 29:19;...
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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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The house — Not only upon his own person, but also upon his
posterity....