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Verse Proverbs 2:17. _WHICH FORSAKETH THE GUIDE OF HER YOUTH_] Leaves
her father's house and instructions, and abandons herself to the
public.
_THE COVENANT OF HER GOD._] Renounces the _true religio...
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THE GUIDE OF HER YOUTH - Better, the familiar friend (compare Proverbs
16:28; Proverbs 17:9). The “friend” is, of course, the husband, or
the man to whom the strange woman first belonged as a recogniz...
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The pursuit of wisdom and its results (Proverbs 2:1)_
2. Preservation from the evil man and the strange woman (Proverbs
2:10)
3. The path of the righteous (Proverbs 2:20)...
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THIRD DISCOURSE. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings
of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears,
the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the know...
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_the guide of her youth_ or, _friend_, R.V. or, _associate_, i.e. her
husband to whom she was married in her youth. See Jeremiah 3:4, where
the same phrase occurs in the same sense. Comp. "wife of thy...
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DISCOURSE: 756
BENEFITS OF TRUE WISDOM
Proverbs 2:10. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is
pleasant unto thy soul, discretion shall preserve thee, understanding
shall keep thee: to...
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TEXT Proverbs 2:10-22
10.
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart,
And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
11.
Discretion shall watch over thee;
Understanding shall keep thee:
12.
To deli...
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Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant
of her God.
WHICH FORSAKETH THE GUIDE OF HER YOUTH, AND FORGETTETH THE COVENANT
OF HER GOD - (Malachi 2:14.) "The guide of her yo...
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2:17 guide (e-4) Or 'familiar friend.'...
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The 'friend of her youth' (RV) is her husband (Jeremiah 3:2). THE
COVENANT OF HER GOD] Though there was perhaps no religious ceremony,
the marriage relation was a religious one (Exodus 20:14; Malachi...
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THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM
1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort
to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 2
V1 My son, accept my words!
Hide my commands inside yourself!
v2
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In these verses, a woman tries to tempt a man. Deuteronomy 5 lists 10
commands that God gave. One command was, ‘Do not have sex with
someone else's wife or husband.’ (Deuteronomy 5:18) The woman in th...
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(16-19) Besides the literal sense of this passage, as given above,
commentators have very generally found in it a spiritual meaning, a
warning against idolatry and apostasy. The union of Israel to God...
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THE GUIDE OF HER YOUTH. — Or rather, _friend with whom she has lived
in intimacy_: that is, the husband of her youth; in other words, her
first love. Jeremiah uses the same phrase (Proverbs 3:4). (Com...
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הַ֭ עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ וְ
אֶת ־בְּר
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CHAPTER 3
WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT
"To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from
the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12
WISDOM is concerned, as we have seen, with the whole u...
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WISDOM GUARDS FROM EVIL
Proverbs 2:1-22
Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its
treasures. _Understanding,_ Proverbs 2:2-3; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs
2:9; Proverbs 2:11.
If...
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From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels.
These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of
wisdom, and make many practical applications.
The first o...
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Which forsaketh the (k) guide of her youth, and forgetteth the
covenant of her God.
(k) That is, her husband, who is her head and guide to govern her,
from whom she ought not to depart, but remain in...
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_Youth. Her husband, whom she married young when love is more lasting.
This increases her guilt. It may also signify her father, or
preceptor._...
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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To d...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9.
There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter
s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly
so...
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WHICH FORSAKETH THE GUIDE OF HER YOUTH,.... Not God, the God of her
life, and who had provided for her from her youth up; nor her parent
that had taken care of her in her infancy, and had been the gua...
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Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of
her God.
Ver. 17. _Which forsaketh the guide of her youth._] That is, Her
husband; as Helena, Herodias, Bernice, Act 25:13 and o...
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_To deliver thee from the strange woman_ From the adulteress, or
whore; called _strange_, partly because such persons were commonly
heathen, or are supposed to be such by reason of that severe law
aga...
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which forsaketh the guide of her youth, her lawful husband, AND
FORGETTETH THE COVENANT OF HER GOD, which demands purity and chastity
from every woman....
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WISDOM PRESERVES FROM FOLLY...
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10-22 If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil
company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it
not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will pr...
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THE GUIDE OF HER YOUTH, to wit, her husband, whom she took to be her
guide and governor, and that in her youth: which circumstance is added
to aggravate her sin and shame, because love is commonly mos...
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Proverbs 2:17 forsakes H5800 (H8802) companion H441 youth H5271
forgets H7911 (H8804) covenant H1285 God H430...
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DELIVERANCE FROM THE TEMPTATIONS OF WOMEN (PROVERBS 2:16).
Solomon was very conscious of the fact that one of a man's greatest
dangers in walking in the way of wisdom was the allurement and
attraction...
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Proverbs 2:17
I. There is a season when youth becomes independent and intolerant of
control, when gentle guidance is mistaken for love of interference and
of power, when the youth and the maiden think...
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CONTENTS: How wisdom is to be obtained and used. The unspeakable
advantage of true wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: God has provided that those who are sincerely disposed to
do...
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Proverbs 2:1. _Hide my commandments with thee,_ as a treasure is
secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the
ark in the holy place. The words of the law must be retained in th...
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_Which forsaketh the guide of her youth._
THE PERIL OF TAKING LIFE INTO OUR OWN CONTROL
We all shrink with horror from that lowest depth of human depravity
here described; but we may not therefore lo...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 2:16 Like those who walk the crooked path
(vv. Proverbs 2:12), a woman who seeks to lure a man to adultery both
practices deception (she flatters with...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 2:12. DELIVER, “snatch,” as a brand out of the fire. EVIL
MAN, rather “an evil way.”
Proverbs 2:13. “Level” paths.
PROVERBS 2:16. STRANGE, “unknown,” “_wanton_” (se
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 2:1
3. _Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise
from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. _This
discourse divides itself into three...
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My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with
you; So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to
understanding; Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up...
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Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 16:8; Jeremiah 3:4; Malachi 2:
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Forsaketh — Her husband whom she took to be her guide and governor,
in her youth. The covenant — The marriage covenant: so called
because God is the author of that mutual obligation: and because God
i...