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Verse Proverbs 30:6. _ADD NOT THOU UNTO HIS WORDS_] You can no more
increase their _value_ by any _addition_, than you can that of _gold_
by adding any _other metal to it_. Take care that you _do not_...
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Men are not to mingle revealed truth with their own imaginations and
traditions. In speculating on the unseen, the risk of error is
indefinitely great, and that error God reproves by manifesting its
f...
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VI. THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SON OF JAKEH
CHAPTER 30
Some hold that Agur is another name for Solomon. This opinion is also
upheld by the Talmud, which speaks of six names which belonged to the
King: Sol...
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PROVERBS 30. THE SAYINGS OF AGUR. It is uncertain whether the title
embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1, or Proverbs 30:1 only.
Proverbs 30:1. The title is extremely obscure, and has been muc...
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ADD THOU NOT, &C.. solemn warning based on Deuteronomy 4:2;
Deuteronomy 12:32. Compare Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:8; Galatians
1:9; Revelation 22:18; Revelation 22:19.
REPROVE THEE. Emphatic. send. s...
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_Add thou not_ Do not mix with the pure silver of His words the dross
of human speculations. "Noli investigare res quæ mentem humanam
transcendunt (Proverbs 30:4), ut doctrinam divinitus patefactam in...
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ADD THOU NOT UNTO HIS WORDS— That is, "Do not any thing contrary to
what he commands." See Deuteronomy 4:2, &c....
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CHAPTER 30
TEXT Proverbs 30:1-10
1.
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle.
The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:
2.
Surely I am more brutish than any man,
And have not the un...
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Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found
a liar.
ADD THOU NOT UNTO HIS WORDS - "above that which is written" (), with
a view of completing the divinely revealed doctrin...
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THE WORDS OF AGUR
The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The
words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed, with RM,
'The man saith, I have wearied myself, O God...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 30
THE PUZZLES OF AGUR AND LEMUEL
(PROVERBS 30:1 TO PROVERBS 31:9)
These passages are by Agur (Proverbs 30) and King Lemuel (Proverbs
31:1-9...
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LEST HE REPROVE THEE. — Or, _convict thee of thy falsehood.
_...
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אַל ־תֹּ֥וסְףְּ עַל ־דְּבָרָ֑יו פֶּן
־יֹוכִ֖יחַ בְּךָ֣ וְ נִכְזָֽבְתָּ׃ פ...
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CHAPTER 31
THE WORDS OF AGUR
THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain.
Without attempting to discuss the many conjectural emendations, we
must briefly indicate the view whic...
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THE ADVICE OF A SHREWD OBSERVER
Proverbs 30:1-17
This chapter contains a collection of sayings of one person, Agur, of
whom we know nothing further. It is supposed that he lived after the
return fro...
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This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of
Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from
his writings we have an introduction, in which he a r m s th...
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_And not any thing contrary, Deuteronomy iv. 2., and xii. 32. ---
Liar. Our Saviour condemned the false explanations of the Pharisees,
as his Church does those of all heretics._...
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Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the
wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath
established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
follow...
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ADD THOU NOT UNTO HIS WORDS,.... To the words of God; as the Jews did,
by joining their oral law, or the traditions of the elders, to the
written word, and preferring them before it; and as the Papist...
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Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a
liar.
Ver. 6. _Add thou not unto his words._] As the Jews at this day do by
their traditions, which they arrogantly call _mashla...
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_Add thou not unto his words_ As the word of God is pure, do not thou
corrupt it, by adding to it thine own or other men's inventions, or
opinions; _lest he reprove thee_ By words or deeds; by discove...
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GOD'S WORD AS THE SOURCE AND DISPENSER OF ALL WISDOM...
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In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out
by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change
in character, both being called "prophecies," and written b...
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And as the word of God is pure, do not thou corrupt or abuse it, by
adding to it thine own or other men's inventions and opinions, and
delivering or receiving of them in the name and as the words of G...
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Proverbs 30:6 add H3254 (H8686) words H1697 rebuke H3198 (H8686) liar
H3576 (H8738)
Add - Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 12:32; Revelation 22:18-19
and - Job 13:7-9;...
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CONTENTS: The words of Agur.
CHARACTERS: God, Agur, Ithiel, Ucal.
CONCLUSION: God's Word is sure and pure, and venturing our souls upon
it, we shall find it a shield against temptations, a safe prot...
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Proverbs 30:1. _The words of Agur._ The style of this book seems to be
much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with
the times of the patriarchs, or when the judges presided. H...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 30:1 The Sayings of Agur. The identity of
Agur, son of Jakeh, is unknown. One claim is that the word translated
ORACLE actually should be the proper name “Massa,” so that v....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 30:1. AGUR. There have been many conjectures about this
person. Many consider that it is a figurative name, and some have
adopted the old Jewish tradition that it is an alleg...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 30:1
PART VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the
words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is
the source of wisdom (Proverbs 30:1)...
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This is the end of the proverbs that were gathered by Hezekiah's men.
Now in the thirtieth chapter we have,
The words of Agur (Proverbs 30:1)
Whoever he is. He tells us who he is, but it really does...
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1 Corinthians 15:15; Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 4:2; Job 13:7;
Revelation 22:18; Revelation 22:19...