Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Proverbs 6:13
Cp. the Arab's prayer: 'O God, pardon us the culpable winking of the eyes.' Here the winking, etc., are signals to confederates.
Cp. the Arab's prayer: 'O God, pardon us the culpable winking of the eyes.' Here the winking, etc., are signals to confederates.
Verse Proverbs 6:13. _HE WINKETH WITH HIS EYES, HE SPEAKETH WITH HIS FEET,_ _HE TEACHETH WITH HIS FINGERS_] These things seem to be spoken of debauchees; and the following quotation from Ovid, Amor. l...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...
Thirteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:12. _The Worthless Person_ This short section might seem at first sight to break itself into two (Proverbs 6:12). But the note of character, "he soweth discord...
_winketh_ Comp. Proverbs 10:10; Psalms 35:19. _speaketh_ Not only the tongue (Proverbs 6:12), but the eye, the foot and the hand are used to make false suggestions, and to further his deceitful design...
HE WINKETH— It is a remark of St. Ambrose, that the mein and gesture of the body are an image of the mind; and he was so delicate upon this subject, that he would not ordain the son of one of his part...
TEXT Proverbs 6:12-22 12. A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; 13. That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his...
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; HE WINKETH WITH HIS EYES, HE SPEAKETH WITH HIS FEET, HE TEACHETH WITH HIS FINGERS. He makes secret signs with all...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
Sometimes, an evil person is easy to identify. At other times, we must be careful. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 mentions a ‘secret’ evil power. The evil man in verses 12-15 is dangerous because his evil plan i...
HE WINKETH WITH HIS EYES... — A picture, taken from the life, of a malicious tattler and scandalmonger, who fills out his lying tale with winks and signs, whereby even more is suggested than he says,...
קֹרֵ֣ץ _בְּ֭_†_עֵינָיו_† מֹלֵ֣ל _בְּ_†_רַגְלָ֑יו_† מֹ֝רֶ֗ה...
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...
AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH Proverbs 6:1 A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be responsible for the other...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he (g) teacheth with his fingers; (g) Thus all his gesture tends to wickedness,...
_Finger. These signs imply haughtiness, &c., Psalm xxxiv. 19., and Isaias lviii. 9. The posture indicates the interior sentiments, (St. Ambrose, off. i. 18.) insomuch, that St. Ambrose would not recei...
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief conti...
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...
HE WINKETH WITH HIS EYES,.... Not through natural infirmity, but purposely and with design; with one of his eyes, as Aben Ezra, as is usual with such persons: it is the air and gesture of a sneering a...
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Ver. 13. _He winketh with his eyes._] He is restless in evil, and with his odd tricks and gesticulations seeks to sp...
_A naughty person_ Hebrew, _a man of Belial, a wicked man_, whose continual practice it is, in one way or other, to work wickedness; _walketh with a froward mouth_ Makes it his business, by lies; or f...
He winketh with his eyes, as a signal to his companions to join him in some act of malice, HE SPEAKETH WITH HIS FEET, giving signs with a similar intention, HE TEACHETH WITH HIS FINGERS, hinting with...
WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. H...
He vents his wickedness, as by his speech, so also by his gestures, whereby he secretly signifies what he is afraid or ashamed to express openly to his accomplices, his intentions or desires of some e...
Proverbs 6:13 winks H7169 (H8802) eyes H5869 shuffles H4448 (H8802) feet H7272 points H3384 (H8688) fingers...
THE WORTHLESS MAN (PROVERBS 6:12). We now come to the third person in the triumvirate. The first one committed as a surety what he did not have. He was naive. The second was too lazy to do anything to...
THE WORTHLESS MAN (PROVERBS 6:12). This first part, defining the worthless man, may be seen chiastically, A A worthless person, a man of iniquity (Proverbs 6:12 a). B Is he who walks with a perverse...
CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...
Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...
_He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers._ SECRET WAYS OF SPEAKING The wicked man not only his abuseth big mouth, but also his eyes, feet, and fingers. When...
THE RIGHT KIND OF FEET He speaketh with his feet. Proverbs 6:13. Feet was I to the lame. Job 29:15. Today we are going to think about the right kind of feet; and this time we have two texts, one i...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:12 A WORTHLESS PERSON, A WICKED MAN describes someone who lacks any desire to act righteously. DEVISES. A worthless person’s communication comes from a pervert
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:12. A naughty person, “a worthless man.” PROVERBS 6:13. TEACHETH, “motions.” PROVERBS 6:14. FROWARDNESS, “perverseness.”...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...
Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
Job 15:12; Proverbs 10:10; Proverbs 5:6; Psalms 35:19...