Proverbs 22:1
NAME. Note the Ellipsis (App-6), and supply "good" from Ecclesiastes 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAME. Note the Ellipsis (App-6), and supply "good" from Ecclesiastes 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. needy. Hebrew. _rush._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. Same word as in Proverbs 22:7. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 22:9; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 22:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. mischief. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. SIMPLE. See note on Proverbs 1:4. ARE PUNISHED. suffer for it, or pay the penalty.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY HUMILITY, &C.. The reward of humility [that is] the fear of the Jehovah, will be, &c. THE FEAR OF THE LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7. LIFE: i.e. resurrection and eternal life. See note on Leviticus 18:5. not necessarily long life on earth.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read this "and" in the text. FROWARD. perverse. See note on Proverbs 2:12; Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 3:32. Illustrations: Israel (Judges 2:2; Judges 2:3.Joshua 23:12; Joshua 23:13. contrast with Joshua 21:43;... [ Continue Reading ]
TRAIN UP. Hedge in: i.e. straiten him in, as cattle are guided. IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO. concerning his way. Hebrew at the mouth of his way: "mouth" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the opening or beginning of his way.. H. Spurgeon applied it to "the way you wish yo... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RICH. a rich one. THE POOR. poor ones. IS SERVANT, &C. Illustrations: the widow (2 Kings 4:1); the Jews (Nehemiah 5:3; Nehemiah 5:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. trickery. Hebrew. _'aval._ App-44. Illustration: Rebekah (Genesis 27:6; Genesis 27:41). SHALL FAIL. Illustrations: Balak (Numbers 24:10); Solomon (1 Kings 11:14; 1 Kings 11:23, and 1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 11:40); Ahaziah (2 Kings 1:9); Sennacherib ... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POOR. a weak one. Hebrew. _dal._ Same word as in verses: Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 22:22. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 22:2; Proverbs 22:7. See note on Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
SCORNER. scoffer. SHALL GO OUT. Illustration: Ishmael (Genesis 21:9. Compare Galatians 1:4, Gal 1:29).... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT, &C. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Jehovah". PURENESS OF HEART. one pure of heart.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRESERVE. guard. WORDS: or affairs. Hebrew. _dabar._ App-73. TRANSGRESSOR. traitor. Hebrew. _bagad._ Illustrations: Ahithophel (2 Samuel 17:14); Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14); Ezra's opponents (Ezra 3:3; Ezra 3:13. Compare Proverbs. and Proverbs 6); the Sanhedrin (Acts 5:34).... [ Continue Reading ]
STREETS. open places.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGE. apostate. Hebrew. _zur._. ee notes on Proverbs 2:16 with Proverbs 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOLISHNESS. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS OF THE WISE. See the Structure of the whole book (p. 864). Referring to the wise men by whom Solomon was surrounded, such as Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol (1 Kings 4:31). THINE. Note the continuation of the second person, "the words of the wise" being addressed to Solomo... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST. confidence. Hebrew. _batah_. See App-69. BE. come to be. THEE. Note the emphasis on the second person.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THEE. for thee. See the Structure (p. 891). EXCELLENT THINGS. Hebrew margin reads "formerly", or "before". IN. With.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. sayings, or utterances. Hebrew. _'imrah._ See App-73. SEND UNTO. inquire of. Illustration: the queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE AFFLICTED. a wretched one. Hebrew. _'ani._ See note on Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN ANGRY MAN. a lord, or master, of anger.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE: i.e. the usurer.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANCIENT. age-long. LANDMARK. boundary stone.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEST THOU... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. MEAN. mean ones: i.e. men who are obscure.... [ Continue Reading ]