Bible Commentary

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? Emphasis is laid (see the Pro 2:16 note) upon the origin of the beguiler. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Why wilt thou destroy and damn thyself for those delights which thou mayst enjoy without … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:20”

[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 19. Let her be as] These words, which are not in the Hebrew, are not wanted. Read “A loving hind &c.” The imagery again, which is thoroughly Oriental, reappears … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:19”

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Verse 18. Let thy fountain be blessed] yehi mekorecha baruch. Sit vena tua benedicta. Thy vein; that which carries off streams from the fountain of animal life, in order to disperse them abroad, and through the streets. How delicate and correct is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:18”

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Pro 5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers with thee. Strangers with thee Strangers with thee in life! Those united in Christ are those only who are united in truth. Strangers with thee in death! Alone wilt thou descend the banks … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:17”

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets. 16. Let thy fountains ] This rendering (retained in R.V. marg.) gives a good sense: purity of married life ( Pro 5:15) will diffuse itself abroad like streams from a fountain, in a numerous family, and in wholesome influences: but only by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:16”

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 15 19. The remedy against sin is to be found in the holy estate which God has ordained. “The resemblance between the two Books (the Song of Solomon and the Book of Proverbs) in their treatment of this subject is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:15”

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 14. I was almost in all evil ] Ewald and other commentators take this to mean, I had a narrow escape from incurring the extreme penalty which the law of Moses prescribes for this sin (Lev 20:10): I almost, or well … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:14”

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! Pro 5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers. Consequences of disobedience Can any state be more distressing than that of an individual who has enjoyed the best opportunities of securing his own happiness and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:13”

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; More bitter than slavery, poverty, disease, will be the bitterness of self-reproach, the hopeless remorse that worketh death. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Pro 5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof. Conscience as an instrument … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:12”

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 11 14. The pangs of remorse and the upbraidings of conscience form the terrible climax to the loss of honour and health and substance. “ ‘Going down to the chambers of death,’ wise too late, the victim of his own sins remembers … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 5:11”