THROUGH DESIRE, &C.. Seeking his own pleasure, the recluse (or separatist) breaketh forth (or quarreleth) with everything that is stable. INTERMEDDLETH. breaketh forth. Hebrew. _gala'._ See note on "meddle", Proverbs 17:14. ALL WISDOM. everything that is stable. See note on Proverbs 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOL. Hebrew. _keslt._ See note on Proverbs 1:7. Same word as in verses: Proverbs 18:6; Proverbs 18:7. not the same as in Proverbs 18:13. DISCOVER. vent.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. IGNOMINY. disgrace, or shame (i.e. outward). REPROACH. reproachfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. Hebrew. _dabar._ App-73. WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. FLOWING BROOK. a gushing torrent. Hebrew. _nahal._... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT GOOD. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis_ (App-6), meaning it is very bad. TO ACCEPT THE PERSON. to show partiality. TO. Repeat the Ellipsis: "[It is not good] to". OVERTHROW. turn aside: i.e. pervert. the righteous. a righteous one.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIPS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is spoken by them. MOUTH. See above note. Illustrations: Judges 8:4. 2Ki 2:23, 2 Kings 2:24; Luke 19:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. OWN SELF. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
TALEBEARER. whisperer, or tattler. ARE AS WOUNDS. are as dainty morsels: i.e. are greedily swallowed.... [ Continue Reading ]
A GREAT WASTER. a master of destruction: i.e. an absolute destroyer.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAME. person. See note on Psalms 20:1. SAFE. set on high. Illustrations: Job (Job 19:25; Job 19:26); Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3:17; Habakkuk 3:19); Asa (2 Chronicles 14:11); Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:14; 2 Kings 19:32. [ Continue Reading ]
AS. [it is]as. CONCEIT. imagination. See note on Proverbs 25:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS HAUGHTY. Illustration: Jezebel (2 Kings 9:30). HUMILITY. Compare Proverbs 15:33. Illustration: contrast Goliath (1Sa 17:8-10, 1 Samuel 17:43; 1 Samuel 17:44) with 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 17:47.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE HE HEARETH IT. Illustrations: David (2 Samuel 16:4; 2 Samuel 19:24); Ahasuerus (Esther 3:10. Compare Proverbs 8:5, &c.); Darius (Daniel 6:9. Compare Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 6:18); magistrates (Acts 16:37).... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. SUSTAIN, &C. Illustrations: Job (Job 1:20; Job 1:21; Job 2:8; Job 2:9; Job 2:10); Paul (2 Corinthians 12:9; Acts 22:24.Romans 5:3; Romans 5:3); Paul and Silas ... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRUDENT. a prudent one. THE WISE. wise ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN'S. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST IN HIS OWN CAUSE. Illustrations: Saul (1 Samuel 15:13. Compare Pro 18:26); Ziba (2 Samuel 16:1. Compare Proverbs 19:26).... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFENDED. dealt falsely with.... [ Continue Reading ]
POWER. Hebrew "hand", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the power put forth by it. THE TONGUE. Illustrations: the ten spies (Numbers 14:36; Numbers 14:37); Doeg (1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 22:10); Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:28; 2 Kings 18:35; 2 Kings 19:22;... [ Continue Reading ]
A WIFE. Some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read, "a good wife". Compare Proverbs 19:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POOR. a needy one. Hebrew. _rush_. See note on Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN.. special various reading called _sevir_ reads _yesh,_ instead of _ish_, which means "there is", or "there are "instead of "a man". It occurs three times: here, 2 Samuel 14:19, and Micah 6:10. FRIENDS. Hebrew. _re'im =_ feeders, from _ra'ah_ to feed (Psalms 23:1, shepherd). MUST SHEW HIMSELF... [ Continue Reading ]