Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or explanation, or of different persons and objects. It is impossible to trace any principle underlying the o... [ Continue Reading ]
TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS] acquired by wrong-doing (Amos 3:10). In many synagogues this v. is inscribed over the alms-box. To the later Jews 'righteousness' meant almsgiving (Daniel 4:27; Tob 4:1; Tob 12:9; Matthew 6:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
TO DEAL _with_ A SLACK HAND is to be lacking in energy.... [ Continue Reading ]
'Make hay while the sun shines.'... [ Continue Reading ]
'Only the ashes of the just Smell sweet and blossom from the dust.'... [ Continue Reading ]
WINKETH WITH THE EYE] i.e. to stir up by malicious hints. In the LXX the second half of the v. runs: 'but he that openly rebuketh maketh peace.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Love hides them from sight.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEAR DESTRUCTION] destruction nigh at hand.... [ Continue Reading ]
The wealth earned by a good man will be rightly employed and therefore will bring him lasting gain, but revenue spent in self-indulgence and sin brings nothing but loss in the end.... [ Continue Reading ]
Simeon, son of Gamaliel, said: 'All my days I have grown up among the wise, and I have found nought of better service than silence... Whoso is profuse of words causes sin.'... [ Continue Reading ]
FEED] instruct.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FEAR OF THE WICKED] that which he fears.... [ Continue Reading ]
The storm carries him completely away (Psalms 1:4).... [ Continue Reading ]