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Verse Proverbs 4:16. _EXCEPT THEY HAVE DONE MISCHIEF_] The _night_ is
their time for spoil and depredation. And they must gain some _booty_,
before they _go to rest_. This I believe to be the meaning...
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The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father.
Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles
29:17;...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Solomon's training (Proverbs 4:1)_
2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10)
3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20)...
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FOR. Hebrew. _im l'o_. because; i.e. the reason why they sleep not is
because they mean mischief, and because they intend an occasion of
stumbling....
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_their sleep is taken away_ Comp.:
"Ergo non aliter poterit dormire; quibusdam
Somnum rixa facit." Juv. _Sat_. III. 281, 2....
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TEXT Proverbs 4:10-19
10.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;
And the years of thy life shall be many.
11.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;
I have led thee in paths of uprightness....
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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep
is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
FOR THEY SLEEP NOT, EXCEPT THEY HAVE DONE MISCHIEF; AND THEIR SLEEP
IS TAKEN AWAY,...
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ANCESTRAL WISDOM. THE TWO PATHS
In Proverbs 4:1 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his
instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought
valuable save that which was handed do...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 4
V1 My sons, listen to your father’s instruction.
As you listen to me, you will understand more....
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As Solomon emphasises the lesson, he uses humour. He tells us to
imagine the evil man. This man is a very evil man. So, he cannot even
sleep until he has done an evil action. At midnight he gets up. H...
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FOR THEY SLEEP NOT... — The practice of evil has become as it were a
second nature to them, they cannot live without it....
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כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ אִם ־לֹ֣א
יָרֵ֑עוּ וְֽ
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CHAPTER 5
EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT
"Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth.
"He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4
THIS chapter begins with a...
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GUIDE-POSTS ON THE WAY OF LIFE
Proverbs 4:10-27
One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special
attention. _The path of the just, etc_., Proverbs 4:18. We may compare
this beautiful...
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In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature
of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are
exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his
own...
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For they (f) sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their
sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
(f) Meaning that to do evil is more proper and natural to the wicked
than to s...
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Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life
shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led
thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be
strait...
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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...
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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is
taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
Ver. 16. _For they sleep not._] So much are they set upon it. Or as
empty stomachs...
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_Enter not into the path of the wicked_ Avoid their practices and
company; _and go not in the way of evil men_ Do not proceed further
therein. If thou hast unadvisedly entered into it, do not persist...
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WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS...
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For they, the wicked, SLEEP NOT EXCEPT THEY HAVE DONE MISCHIEF, the
fact that they have not committed some trespass keeps the sleep from
their eyes; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause som...
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14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to
compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou
love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a d...
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THEY SLEEP NOT; they cannot compose themselves to sleep with quietness
and satisfaction to their own minds. To fall into their own snares,
either into sin or into mischief....
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Proverbs 4:16 sleep H3462 (H8799) evil H7489 (H8686) sleep H8142 taken
H1497 (H8738) fall H3782 ...
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GOD'S WISDOM TEACHES MEN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD GO, A WAY IN
WHICH THEY WILL NOT STUMBLE AND WHICH LEADS TO LIFE, THEY ARE THUS TO
AVOID THE WAY OF THE WICKED IN WHICH MEN STUMBLE AND WHERE DEAT...
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CONTENTS: Earnest exhortation to the study of true wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: True wisdom from God is the principle thing. It is that
which recommends us to God, which be...
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Proverbs 4:1. _Hear, ye children,_ a Hebraism, equivalent to wash,
cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the
domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his
ch...
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_Their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall._
THE PROSELYTISM OF ERROR
It is of the wicked that Solomon here speaks. What a restlessness does
this indicate! What a zeal in a bad cause!...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:10 This passage gives one of the main
teachings of Proverbs 1:1: the doctrine of the two ways. Everyone has
a choice between entering the way of wisdom and the way of foll
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:14 One should avoid the way of the
WICKED, for it creates a hunger that is destructive and that cannot be
satisfied (v. Proverbs 4:16
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:14. GO NOT. The Heb. is literally “to go
straightforward;” also, “to pronounce happy.”
PROVERBS 4:15. AVOID, “Let it go,” reject it.” TURN FROM IT,
_i.e._, even if thou h...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 4:1
7. _Seventh admonitory discourse. _We here enter upon the second group
of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my
children," and which occurs again...
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Continuing to his son.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you
might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake
my law. For I was my father's son, ten...
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2 Peter 2:14; Isaiah 57:20; John 18:28; Luke 22:66; Micah 2:1;...
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SACRED EXHORTATIONS
Proverbs 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to
say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to
their fath...
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For — They cannot sleep with quietness....