MY SON. See note on Proverbs 1:8. IF. This word should be supplied at the beginning of each line in Proverbs 6:2, as well as in Proverbs 6:1. FRIEND. neighbour. STRICKEN THY HAND. Idiom for making. contract. Compare Job 17:3. STRANGER. an apostate. Hebrew. _zur._ See note on Proverbs 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. sayings. Hebrew. _'imrah._ App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. rescue.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAND. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac read "snare".... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE SUMMER. True of Eastern ants.... [ Continue Reading ]
POVERTY. need. There are six words rendered poor or poverty in Proverbs: (1) _rush_. in want of necessaries of life (Proverbs 6:11; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 10:15; Proverbs 13:7; Proverbs 13:8; Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 13:23; Proverbs 14:20;... [ Continue Reading ]
NAUGHTY PERSON. Hebrew. man of Belial. a worthless person. Like Anglo-Saxon _na_ (= no, or not) and _wiht_ (=. thing). a thing of naught: i.e. worthless. WICKED. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44. FROWARD. perverse. Same word as in Proverbs 4:24; Proverbs 11:20; Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 22:5. Not the same a... [ Continue Reading ]
FROWARDNESS. Deceitfulness. See note on Proverbs 2:12. The same word as in Proverbs 2:12; Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 10:31; Proverbs 10:32; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 16:30. Not the same as elsewhere in Proverbs. SOWETH. casteth forth [as seed].... [ Continue Reading ]
SIX THINGS. Epitomising verses: Proverbs 6:12 (App-10). THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. YEA, SEVEN. Figure of speech _Epanorthosis._ App-6. To imply that the list is not exhausted. ABOMINATION. See note on Proverbs 3:32. UNTO HIM. unto His soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PROUD LOOK. eyes lifted up. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, put for pride, which is indicated by this act. This is the first, and the others proceed downward; "eyes", "tongue", "hands", "heart", "feet", and then the whole man.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM. This is masculine, and cannot refer to the two, above. Does it refer to the "words" and "sayings" of Proverbs 4:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT. she: referring to the "commandment" or "law" of Proverbs 6:20, which are feminine. SLEEPEST. liest down. TALK. commune. Three, the number of Divine completeness (App-10). Not four (as some suppose) and one "dropped out"!... [ Continue Reading ]
LAW IS LIGHT. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), _v. torah 'or._ In Latin it would be similar: _Lex est lux._ REPROOFS OF INSTRUCTION. what is directed. Compare Proverbs 6:20. WAY OF LIFE. way to life: i.e. life eternal. See note on Leviticus 18:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. STRANGE WOMAN. alien, or foreign woman. Hebrew. _nakar._ See note on Proverbs 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE... LIFE. the soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN. MAN... ? Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. TAKE. shovel up.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESPISE. Hebrew. _buz_ (from _bazah),_ is here followed by (-L). for. Render it therefore: "Men will not think it. trifle (or. light matter) for. thief that he should steal: [even] to satisfy", &c.... So if he be found, &c. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHOSO. How much more he who. UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew. heart: put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for understanding.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN. a strong man. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. Here, it is used of the jealous husband.... [ Continue Reading ]