PREPARATIONS. arrangements or plans. The Ellipsis (App-6) of the verb in the first clause must be supplied (as it is in the second clause): "To man [pertain] the plans of his heart; but from Jehovah [comes] the final decree. "Compare Proverbs 16:9. May be well rendered "the last word" (Compare Prove... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. CLEAN. pure OWN EYES. Compare Proverbs 12:15 Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 16:25; Proverbs 21:2. Conscience is no safe guide, for it depends on what. man _believes._ Illustrations: Hazael (2 Kings 8:13); Jehu (2 Kings 10:16;... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGHTS. plans. Compare Proverbs 16:1. SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. Illustrations: Jacob (Genesis 32:24; Genesis 46:1); Ruth (Ruth 2:12); David (1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Samuel 5:19); Ezra (Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:3 [ Continue Reading ]
HIMSELF. Same word as "answer" (Proverbs 16:1). His decree, or His own end. See note on Proverbs 16:1. THE WICKED =.. lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. EVIL. Hebrew. _raa'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOMINATION, &C. See note on Proverbs 3:32. HAND... HAND. Easterns walk thus: Westerns walk arm in arm. UN-PUNISHED. acquitted, or held innocent.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. iniquity. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. PURGED. covered: i.e. by. propitiatory covering. THE FEAR OF THE LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVISETH HIS WAY. See notes on Proverbs 16:1. DIRECTETH HIS STEPS. Illustrations: Joseph's brethren (Genesis 37:18, and Pro 45:5); Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:5); Saul (1 Samuel 9:3 1 Samuel 9:15, 1 Samuel 9:16; 1 Samuel 23:26. 1Sa 23:-28); Jesse (1 Samuel 16:8;... [ Continue Reading ]
A DIVINE SENTENCE. an oracle. LIPS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is uttered by them. TRANSGRESSETH NOT: or, will not be unfaithful.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORK. something made: i.e. His ordinance. Leviticus 19:36. Compare Proverbs 11:1. The shekel was the shekel "of the sanctuary".... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGS. Some codices, with Septuagint, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "a king". THEY LOVE, &C, or, kings love the words of uprightness.... [ Continue Reading ]
MESSENGERS, &C. Illustrations: Benaiah (1 Kings 2:25); Haman (Esther 7:8). PACIFY IT. get it covered.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLOUD. heavy cloud, &c. Specially valuable, falling just before harvest.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew. _binah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE UPRIGHT. upright ones. KEEPETH. guardeth.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIDE GOETH, &C. Illustrations: Asahel (2 Samuel 2:18); Ben-hadad (1 Kings 20:3; 1 Kings 20:11; 1 Kings 20:32); Babylon (Isaiah 47:10; Isaiah 47:11); Azariah (Jeremiah 43:2); Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:30; Daniel [ Continue Reading ]
LOWLY. wretched. Hebrew. _'anah._ See note on Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUSTETH. confideth. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. HAPPY. See note on Proverbs 3:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for understanding or discernment.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew. _sekel_ See note on Proverbs 1:2. FOOLS... FOLLY. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEACHETH. maketh wise. Illustrations: Eleazar (Genesis 24:34); Jacob (Pro 47:9); Peter (Acts 3:12, &c; Proverbs 4:19, &c); Paul (Acts 13:16; Acts 14:17; Acts 17:28; Acts 17:17; Acts 24:25; Acts 26:2. Phm.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. sayings. Hebrew. _'imrah._ App-73. HEALTH. healing. Compare Proverbs 6:8. BONES. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for whole body.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT LABOURETH. the soul of him who laboureth. Hebrew. _nephesh._ MOUTH. appetite. CRAVETH IT OF HIM. urgeth him on.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN UNGODLY MAN. A man of Belial.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOWETH. sendeth forth. Illustrations: Princes of Ammon (2 Samuel 10:3); Ziba (2 Samuel 16:3); Chaldeans (Daniel 3:8); Herodias (Mark 6:19).... [ Continue Reading ]
HOARY HEAD, &C. Illustrations: Jacob (Genesis 47:9; Genesis 48:1, &c.); Samuel (1 Samuel 12:2; 1 Samuel 25:1); Barzillai (2 Samuel 19:32; 2 Samuel 19:37); Elisha (2 Kings 13:14); Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:15;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MIGHTY. a mighty one. THAN HE THAT TAKETH. CITY. Illustration: Je-hoshaphat (1 Kings 22:3; 1 Kings 22:4. Even if the city had been taken, which it was not).... [ Continue Reading ]
LOT. stone. See next note. LAP. bosom (Proverbs 17:23; Proverbs 21:14). The reference is to the bag of the ephod, in which were the two stones by which Jehovah gave true judgment or decision. See notes on Exodus 28:30; Numbers 26:55. Illustrations: Haman (Esther 3:7); Jonah (Jonah 1:7); apostles (A... [ Continue Reading ]