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Verse Proverbs 7:4. _THOU_ ART _MY SISTER_] Thou art my dearest
friend, and I will treat thee as such....
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CHAPTER 7
The entire chapter is a continuation of the strange woman and the
warning against her. The Word and the law of the Lord will keep the
obedient son from her. If Solomon had obeyed the Word o...
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The longest and most elaborate description of the adulteress, the fate
of her victim, and the value of wisdom as a safeguard.
PROVERBS 7:1. General advice to the young man to observe the
commandment...
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SISTER. Compare Matthew 12:50.
KINSWOMAN. close friend (masc). Only other occurance. Ruth 2:1, of
Boaz....
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Proverbs 7:1] Compare the similar exhortations Proverbs 1:8-9;
Proverbs 2:1-5; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 3:21-22; Proverbs
4:20-21; Proverbs 6:20-23....
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DISCOURSE: 768
LOVE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES INCULCATED
Proverbs 7:1. _My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with
thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine
eye....
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CALL UNDERSTANDING THY KINSWOMAN— _Thy relation:_ The LXX have it,
_Make wisdom thy acquaintance._ "Say to wisdom, Thou art my sister, my
spouse, my beloved, my inclination. Give to her thy heart, tha...
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CHAPTER 7
TEXT Proverbs 7:1-12
1.
My son, keep my words,
And lay up my commandments with thee.
2.
Keep my commandments and live;
And my law as the apple of thine eye.
3.
Bind them upon thy fin...
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Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy
kinswoman:
SAY UNTO WISDOM, THOU (ART) MY SISTER; AND CALL UNDERSTANDING (THY)
KINSWOMAN. Associate wisdom most closely with thee. Th...
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THE BAD WOMAN
A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked
woman....
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Previously, Solomon told us to learn to be wise (Proverbs 2:2). Now,
he tells us to keep wisdom in our hearts. Previously, Solomon told us
to accept wisdom (Proverbs 2:1). Now he tells us that Wisdom...
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אֱמֹ֣ר לַֽ֭ † חָכְמָה אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ
וּ֝ מֹדָ֗ע לַ † בִּינָ֥ה תִקְרָֽא׃...
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CHAPTER 8
REALISM IN MORAL TEACHING
"I looked forth through my lattice; and I beheld." Proverbs 7:6
THE three Chapter s which close the introduction of our book (7-9)
present a lively and picturesqu...
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This is a second parental exhortation, and consists of a warning
against the allurements of the strange woman. A graphic picture of the
seduction of a youth void of understanding is given. The woman w...
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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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SAY UNTO WISDOM, THOU ART [MY] SISTER,.... Intimately acquainted,
greatly beloved, and highly delighted in: this may be understood both
of the Gospel, the wisdom of God in a mystery, which men should...
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Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy]
kinswoman:
Ver. 4. _Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister,_] _q.d., _ If thou must
needs have a lady to set thy love upon, let me com...
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_Keep my commandments, and live_ That is, thou shalt live. It is a
promise in the form of a command, as Proverbs 3:25. _And my law as the
apple of thine eye_ With all possible care and diligence, as m...
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CONDEMNATION OF FORNICATION AND ADULTERY.
On account of the terrible devastation wrought by sins of adultery and
by every gratification of sexual desires outside of holy wedlock,
affecting not only t...
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1-5 We must lay up God's commandments safely. Not only, Keep them, and
you shall live; but, Keep them as those that cannot live without them.
Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless an...
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When other foolish young men seek wanton mistresses, whom they
frequently call SISTERS or KINSWOMEN, let wisdom be thy mistress;
acquaint and delight thyself with her, and let her have the command of...
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Proverbs 7:4 Say H559 (H8798) wisdom H2451 sister H269 call H7121
(H8799) understanding H998 kin H4129
Say - Proverbs 2:2-4, Proverbs 4:6-8
Thou - Job 17:14; Song of Solomon 8:1;...
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AN APPEAL TO ‘MY SON' TO OBSERVE HIS WORDS AND HIS COMMANDMENTS AND
TO TAKE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING AS HIS CLOSE FEMALE RELATIVES, SO AS
TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE FOREIGN WOMAN (PROVERBS 7:1).
This ap...
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CONTENTS: Warning against all approaches to the sin of adultery.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: The Word of God, if used for a defense and armor, will
keep one from the strange woman and...
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Proverbs 7:1. _Keep my words lay up my commandments._ These terms
being of constant occurrence in the didactic scriptures, will be found
explained in the beginning of the hundred and nineteenth psalm....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 7:4 SISTER in ancient texts sometimes
refers to one’s wife, as in Song of Solomon 5:1. Thus, the idea may
be that one should commit himself to Wisdom, rather than the
adulter...
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CRITICAL NOTES.
PROVERBS 7:2. APPLE OF THE EYE, the “pupil,” literally the
“little man” of the eye, referring to the reflected image of a man
seen in that organ.
PROVERBS 7:3. BIND THEM “refers to r...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 7:1
13. _Thirteenth admonitory discourse, _containing a warning against
adultery, treated under a different aspect from previous exhortations,
and strengthened by an example. In...
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He continues his exhortation to the son in chapter 7. Still talking
about these women that are the wrong sort.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my
commandments, and l...
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Job 17:14; Luke 11:27; Luke 11:28; Matthew 12:49; Matthew 12:50;
Proverbs 2:2; Proverbs 4:6; Song of Solomon 8:1...
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And call — Acquaint and delight thyself with her....