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Verse Proverbs 4:17. _FOR THEY EAT THE BREAD OF WICKEDNESS_] By
_privately_ stealing.
_AND DRINK THE WINE OF VIOLENCE._] By _highway robbery_....
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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; Psalms 15:1; Psalms 24:1; Psalms 37.
Proverbs 4:7
Or, “Th...
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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)
Proverbs 4:1. This passage shows the early tra...
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BREAD. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part) for food in
general.
OF. obtained. Genitive of Origin. App-17 (2).
WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ Ap...
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This verse may be taken either (1) literally, they procure their bread
and wine, get their living, by wickedness and violence, or (2)
figuratively, wickedness and violence are to them as meat and drin...
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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 eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
FOR THEY EAT THE BREAD OF WICKEDNESS, AND DRINK THE WINE OF VIOLENCE
- (; .) Not merely wickedness is their bread, and violence...
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4:17 violence. (a-13) Lit. 'violences.'...
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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 d...
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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.
V2 My lessons are good.
Do not leave the t...
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THE BREAD OF WICKEDNESS. — _i.e._, acquired by wickedness, as
(Proverbs 10:2) “treasures of wickedness.”...
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כִּ֣י לָ֭חֲמוּ לֶ֣חֶם רֶ֑שַׁע וְ
יֵ֖ין חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃...
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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 beautifu...
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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 eat the bread of (g) wickedness, and drink the wine of
violence.
(g) Gotten my wicked means and cruel oppression....
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_Wickedness. Acquired thereby, or they make sin their food, chap.
xxvi. 6._...
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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 EAT THE BREAD OF WICKEDNESS,.... Either that is gotten by
wicked and unlawful means, or wickedness itself is bread unto them; it
is that to their minds as bread is to their bodies; they feed...
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For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Ver. 17. _For they eat the bread of wickedness._] As Tartarians feed
upon dead carcasses of horses, asses, cats, dogs, yea, when...
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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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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 EAT THE BREAD OF WICKEDNESS: the sense is either,
1. Wickedness is as necessary and as pleasant to them as their bread;
which suits well with the former verse. Or,
2. They live wholly upon what...
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Proverbs 4:17 eat H3898 (H8804) bread H3899 wickedness H7562 drink
H8354 (H8799) wine H3196 violence H2555
Proverbs 9:17, Proverbs 20:17; Job 24:5-6; Psalms 14:4; J
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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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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 folly...
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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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Amos 8:4; Ezekiel 22:25; James 5:4; James 5:5; Jeremiah 5:26; Job
24:5; Job 24:6; Micah 3:5; Micah 6:12; Matthew 23:14;...
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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 fat...
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For — Wickedness is as pleasant to them as their bread....