Proverbs 13:1-25
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).... [ Continue Reading ]
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).... [ Continue Reading ]
The times were out of joint: those alone were safe who said nothing.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL] as in Proverbs 13:2 and many other passages, means 'appetite.' MADE FAT] abundantly gratified.... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'but a wicked man behaves shamefully and abominably.'... [ Continue Reading ]
One 'feigneth himself rich' (RM), to gain consideration; another 'feigneth himself poor,' to avoid giving and paying.... [ Continue Reading ]
Providence equalises matters: wealth may buy one off from peril, but poverty saves us from fear of being robbed. NOT REBUKE] RV 'no threatening.'... [ Continue Reading ]
The extinction of the lamp is a sign of disaster: cp. Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 31:18; Job 18:6; Jeremiah 25:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
'By pride cometh only contention' (RV): willingness to be advised saves from this and many evils.... [ Continue Reading ]
The proverb originally ran: 'Wealth gotten in haste, etc., but wealth gotten by degrees,' etc. 'Come lightly, go lightly.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Such vv. as this indicate the existence of a definite class of wise men, whose teachings were highly esteemed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'A man of tact obtaineth favour, but the way of the treacherous is their destruction.'... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL] i.e. misfortune. GOOD] i.e. prosperity.... [ Continue Reading ]
TILLAGE] RM 'tilled land.' FOR WANT OF JUDGMENT] RV 'by reason of injustice.' The idea is that God blesses the labour of the righteous poor, but the unjust, though they may be rich, will not flourish.... [ Continue Reading ]
Egyptian proverb: 'The ears of the young are placed on the back, and he hears when it is flogged.'... [ Continue Reading ]