Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Proverbs 6:26
A harlot brings him down to a loaf of bread, to extreme poverty; an adulteress will involve his in utter ruin.
A harlot brings him down to a loaf of bread, to extreme poverty; an adulteress will involve his in utter ruin.
Verse Proverbs 6:26. _BY MEANS OF A WHORISH WOMAN_] In following lewd women, a man is soon reduced to poverty and disease. The _Septuagint_ gives this a strange turn: τιμη γαρ πορνης, οση και ενος αρ...
The two forms of evil bring, each of them, their own penalty. By the one a man is brought to such poverty as to beg for “a piece of bread” (compare 1 Samuel 2:36): by the other and more deadly sin he...
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,...
THE... LIFE. the soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_ The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs 6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which...
_the adulteress_ Lit. A MAN'S WIFE. It is the same woman who is contemplated in both clauses of the verse, a married woman, who has become a "whorish woman." _will hunt_ Rather, HUNTETH, R.V. Not only...
TEXT Proverbs 6:23-35 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the for...
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. FOR BY MEANS OF A WHORISH WOMAN (A MAN IS BROUGHT) TO A PIECE OF BREAD - to...
If a man has sex with a woman, she might use him for her advantage. She might ask for money. She might put him in danger. He might even die....
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....
כִּ֤י בְעַד ־אִשָּׁ֥ה זֹונָ֗ה עַֽד ־כִּכַּ֫ר...
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...
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...
_Woman. Who is married, exposes her lover to the danger of death. She chooses the most accomplished men, while the harlot receives the first comer. (Calmet)_...
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...
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...
FOR BY MEANS OF A WHORISH WOMAN [A MAN IS BROUGHT] TO A PIECE OF BREAD,.... To be glad of one, and to beg for one, for the least morsel; it is expressive of the extreme poverty and want which harlots...
For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Ver. 26. _For by means of a whorish woman._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 5:10 _"_...
_To keep thee from the evil woman_ Which is mentioned as a great commendation of God's word, because neither worldly discretion, nor a good education, nor moral precepts, nor any other considerations,...
WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread, brought to utter poverty as a result of satisfying her demands, AND THE ADULTERESS WILL HUNT FOR THE PRECIOUS LIFE, lying in wait...
THE ADULTERESS: _ Heb._ the woman of a man, or a mans wife...
20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...
TO A PIECE OF BREAD; to extreme poverty, so as to want and be forced to beg his bread. _Hunt for the precious life_; to take away a man's life; either by consuming his body and spirits, and so shorten...
Proverbs 6:26 means H1157 harlot H2181 (H8802) H802 crust H3603 bread H3899 adulteress H376 H802 prey...
ONE INTENTION OF THE COMMANDMENT AND TORAH IS TO KEEP HIM FROM THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN WHO WILL SEEK TO LEAD HIM ASTRAY (PROVERBS 6:24). In contrast with ‘woman wisdom' (e.g. Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 3:13...
DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:26 Being with a prostitute can be as cheap as a LOAF OF BREAD, but having an affair with a MARRIED WOMAN can cost the man his very life....
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:24. Evil woman, literally. “the woman of evil.” PROVERBS 6:26. Last clause means “an adulteress allures to that which may cost a man his life” (_Stuart_). Proverbs 6:30
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...
1 Samuel 2:36; Ezekiel 13:8; Genesis 39:14; Luke 15:13; Luke 15:30;...