Proverbs 11:1-31
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSORS] RV 'they that deal treacherously.'... [ Continue Reading ]
The SHOUTING expresses exultation.... [ Continue Reading ]
Disparaging remarks concerning neighbours are foolish.... [ Continue Reading ]
For counsel read 'statesmanship.'... [ Continue Reading ]
A woman of gracious disposition and manners obtains honour.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORKETH A DECEITFUL WORK] RV 'earneth deceitful wages,' fairy gold, apples of Sodom.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hands were struck in confirmation of a bargain. Hence the meaning here and at Proverbs 16:5 is, 'My hand upon it!' 'Assuredly!'... [ Continue Reading ]
A gold ring was and still is worn by Oriental women, depending from the right nostril to the mouth.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wise and liberal expenditure is contrasted with ill-advised niggardly economy.... [ Continue Reading ]
Buying up corn to sell at famine prices was the evil in those days which corresponded to monopolies, trusts, and combines of later times. 'It is a wicked thing to make a dearth one's garner.'... [ Continue Reading ]
He throws his household into confusion by bad management, arbitrariness, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]