Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning. 9. Comp. Pro 1:5, Pro 18:15. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Pro 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. The wise man rendered wiser … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Reprove not a scorner; an obstinate and incorrigible sinner, who scornfully rejects and despiseth the means of amendment. Thus physicians deny physic to persons in desperate condition. Lest he hate thee; whereby thou wilt not only expose thyself … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:7
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot. 7. shame a blot ] because his failure convicts him of unwisdom in the attempt. Comp. Mat 7:6. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 7 9. There is some abruptness in the introduction … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 6. Forsake the foolish ] Rather, forsake, ye simple (sc. your simplicity): come to a decision; your present neutral position (see note on Pro 1:4, “the simple”) is untenable. Your choice lies between Wisdom and “the scorner,” Pro 9:7. Therefore break altogether with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled. 5. eat ] Rather, eat ye, R.V. The word is plural. The invitation though addressed to each ( Pro 9:4) is extended to all. Comp. Isa 55:1. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges A parallel to the higher teaching … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:4
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Verse 4. Whoso is simple] Let the young, heedless, and giddy attend to my teaching. Him that wanteth understanding] Literally, he that wanteth a heart; who is without courage, is feeble and fickle, and easily drawn aside … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:3
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, Wisdom and the foolish woman Pro 9:13 speak from the same places and to the same class – the simple, undecided, wavering, standing at the diverging point of the two paths that lead to life or death. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:2
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 2. mingled ] i.e. with spices. Comp. Pro 23:30; Isa 5:22. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Mingled her wine – i. e., with myrrh and other spices, to give flavor and strength. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 1. seven pillars ] “Pillars form an important feature in Oriental architecture, partly perhaps as a reminiscence of the tent with its supporting poles, and partly also from the use of flat roofs, in consequence of which the chambers were either narrower, or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 9:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. 36. sinneth against] Or, “ misseth,” R.V. marg. The Heb. word here used means primarily to miss the mark (as, for example, a slinger, Jdg 20:16). Then it is used commonly for missing the mark, or erring from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 8:36”