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(Compare Pr 2:18, 19; 7:27).
should he take, &c.--that is, the creditor.
Avoid the dangers of gluttony.
Same thought varied.
do...good--contribute good to him.
No work, however mean, if honest, is disdained.
Her conversation is wise and gentle.
That...way of good--that is, Such is the object of these warnings.
Her ways--such as she directs us to take.
The reason, God's eye is on you,
Their conduct graphically described;
The sin of covetousness marks the sluggard, as the virtue of benevolence the righteous.
The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil's progress is a motive to diligence.
The acute miseries resulting from drunkenness contrasted with the temptations.
A striking picture of the effects of sloth.
before--or, "in presence of," as courtiers stood about a king.
(Compare Pr 18:8).
(Compare Pr 20:16; 22:3).
and hence has means to purchase property.
Eliphaz--The view of Rawlinson that "the names of Job's three friends represent the Chaldean times, about 700 B.C.," cannot be accepted. Eliphaz is an Idumean name, Esau's oldest son (Ge 36:4); and...
Where, &c.--Of what value was your congratulation (so the Greek for "blessedness" expresses) of yourselves, on account of your having among you me, the messenger of the Gospel, considering how...
legs...equal--or, "take away the legs," or "the legs...are weak." In any case the idea is that they are the occasion of an awkwardness, such as the fool shows in using a parable or proverb (see...
The ways of wickedness are dangerous. And sin will be its own punishment.
The publicity further indicated by terms designating places of most common resort.
Now no prayers or most diligent seeking will avail (Pr 8:17).
The inferential admonition is followed (Pr 7:26, 27), by a more general allegation of the evils of this vice.
This wrath, so terrible and certain, like messengers of death (1Ki2:25), can be appeased by the wise.
a snare...soul--The unsuspecting are often misled by bad company.
The morsel...words--that is, disgusted with his true character, all pleasant intercourse will be destroyed.