MY SON. Note this guide to the Structure on p. 864. WORDS. sayings. Hebrew. _'imrah._ App-73. HIDE. lay up. More than listening. hide as in. treasury. Illustrations: Deuteronomy 6:6; Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:11.Matthew 13:44.Luke 2:19; Luke 2:51; Luke 9:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
INCLINE THINE EAR. hearken. Hebrew prick up or point thine ear. Not the same word as in Proverbs 2:18. WISDOM. Hebrew. _chokma._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. AND APPLY. [then] thou shalt incline or bend thy heart, &c. This is the first step, as Proverbs 2:5 is the result. UNDERSTANDING. discernment.... [ Continue Reading ]
YEA. For if. (Hebrew. _ki'im)._ If thou goest further and criest and seekest, &c. Then the result is shown in Proverbs 2:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS SILVER: or money. Probably the reference is to Job 28.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. In that case. See notes above. THE FEAR, &C. That is only "the beginning of wisdom", not the end. See note on Proverbs 1:7. FIND. What He has hidden (Proverbs 2:7). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVETH. The cry of Proverbs 2:3 implies. Giver. Illustrations: Joseph (Genesis 41:38; Genesis 41:39); Moses (Exodus 4:12); Solomon (1 Kings 3:12; 1 Kings 4:29); Daniel (Proverbs 1:17. Pro 2:23); Stephen (Acts 6:5; Acts 6:10); Lydia ... [ Continue Reading ]
HE LAYETH UP. Same word as "hide" in Proverbs 2:1. The wicked cannot find. The righteous must dig. It is in safety from the enemy. SOUND WISDOM. something stable. Hebrew. _tushiyah =_ that which is, or stability. May be so rendered in all its twelve occurrences. Compare Job 5:12 (enterprise. anythin... [ Continue Reading ]
HE KEEPETH. for preserving. See note on Proverbs 4:23. THE PATHS OF JUDGMENT. righteous paths. PRESERVETH, &C. Illustrations: David (1 Samuel 25:32; 1 Samuel 27:1. Compare 2 Samuel 22:1); Paul (2 Corinthians 12:7). SAINTS. favoured ones. Hebrew. _chasidim._ The first occurrence in Proverbs of thi... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN, &C. Another conclusion, as in Proverbs 2:2 and Proverbs 2:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN, &C.: or because. Commencing the particular instructions as to the practical power of wisdom, to keep from evil men (verses: Proverbs 2:10) and the foreign woman _(verses:_ 16-19); and in the way of good men (verses: Proverbs 2:20). See App-74. THY SOUL. thee. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. pluck, or rescue. evil. evil [man]. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ FROWARD. perverse. Hebrew occurs nine times in Proverbs (verses: Proverbs 2:12; Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 10:31; Proverbs 10:32; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 16:30;... [ Continue Reading ]
DARKNESS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for the evil which leads thither. Compare Romans 13:12.Ephesians 5:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. Same word as "evil", Proverbs 2:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGE WOMAN. Hebrew. _zur_. apostate to. false religion, of which prostitution formed part. STRANGER. foreigner. Hebrew. _nakar_. foreign woman. Not of Abraham's seed (Genesis 17:12): ever. snare to Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for household. THE DEAD. Hebrew Rephaim, who have no resurrection. Compare Isaiah 26:14 ("deceased"), Isaiah 26:19 ("the dead"); and see App-25. This shows that. Canaanite woman is referred to here.... [ Continue Reading ]
RETURN AGAIN. Compare "rooted out", Proverbs 2:22, with Isaiah 26:19. TAKE... HOLD. attain to.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELL IN THE LAND. Not be "cast out", as in Proverbs 2:22. PERFECT: or blameless.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. lawless. Not the same word as in Proverbs 2:14. Hebrew. _rasha'._ TRANSGRESSORS. traitors, treacherous or faithless ones. Hebrew. _bagad._... [ Continue Reading ]