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Envy not sinners. And let not a desire ever come into thy mind, Oh that I could shake off restraints!
(Compare Pr 23:3, 17; Ps 37:1).pot--caldron. Alluding to the self-confident proverb used among the people, Eze 11:3 (see on Eze 11:3), "This city is the caldron and we be the flesh"; your proverb shall prove awfully true, but in...
incline--to hear attentively (Ps 17:6; 31:2). parable--In Hebrew and Greek "parable" and "proverb" are translations of the same word. It denotes a comparison, or form of speech, which under one...
The wicked man has his soul forced from him; he dies in his sins, under the guilt and power of them. But godly men, though they have pain and some dread of death, have the blessed hope, which...
gave good heed--literally, "he weighed." The "teaching the people" seems to have been oral; the "proverbs," in writing. There must then have been auditories assembled to hear the inspired wisdom of...
A wife who is pious, prudent, and looks well to the ways of her household, who makes conscience of her duty, and can bear crosses; such a one is an honour and comfort to her husband. She that is...
See on Mt 12:9-21. See on Lu 6:12-19. See on Mt 12:22-37; Lu 11:21-26. See on Mt 12:46-50.
vain--hollow. would be--"wants to consider himself wise"; opposed to God's "wisdom" (see on Job 11:11); refuses to see sin, where God sees it (Ro 1:22). wild ass's colt--a proverb for untamed...
Job, seeing that the friends will not admit him as an impartial judge, as they consider his calamities prove his guilt, begs them to ask the opinion of travellers (La 1:12), who have the experience...
The supplied words give a better sense than the old version: "The price of a whore is a piece of bread." adulteress--(Compare Margin), which the parallel and context (Pr6:29-35) sustain. Of similar...
When the ungodly see others prosper by sin, they wish they could act in the same way. But the root of Divine grace, in the heart of the righteous, produces other desires and purposes.
the...
The murderer shall be haunted with terrors. None shall desire to save him from deserved punishment, nor pity him.
doeth violence...blood, &c.--or, that is oppressed by the blood of life (Ge...There is no fear of discovery.
leaders, &c.--(See Isa 3:12, Margin, and see on Isa 3:12.)