Proverbs 7:1-27
THE BAD WOMAN A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BAD WOMAN A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE APPLE] lit. 'the little man' of the eye, so called because an image is reflected from the pupil of the eye. It is a figure for the most precious and delicate things (Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
The Jews wear a long leather band twisted round the arm and fingers during prayer. Passages of Scripture written on parchment and enclosed in a small leather box are at the same time worn on the forehead.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SISTER] the title by which bride and wife are addressed (Song of Solomon 4:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WINDOW is the opening; the CASEMENT is the lattice-work filling it, looking through which one may see and remain unseen.... [ Continue Reading ]
Twilight ends suddenly, and is followed by dense darkness.... [ Continue Reading ]
STUBBORN] or 'wilful'; an epithet applied to an unruly beast which has shaken off the yoke (Hosea 4:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 7:16 shows that such sacrifices were followed by a feast: the blood and the fat of the intestines were offered to God; the rest of the animal was consumed by the offerer, his family and guests. The woman is therefore inviting to a sumptuous feast. 19, 20. The husband is a merchant, who is... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'Yea, many are those she has slain.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHAMBERS OF DEATH are the many diverse receptacles supposed to be in the under-world: cp. John 14:2.... [ Continue Reading ]