Bible Commentary

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. 27. At the end of this verse the LXX. add: “For the ways on the right God knoweth, But the ways on the left are crooked. And He will make straight thy paths, And thy goings will He conduct in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:27”

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 26. ponder ] So R.V. marg., weigh carefully; but R.V. text has make level, &c., with which agrees LXX. : “make straight paths for thy feet.” So Heb 12:13. See Pro 5:21. established ] Or, ordered aright, R.V. marg. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:26”

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Pro 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Eyes right These words occur in a passage wherein the wise man exhorts us to take care of all parts of our nature, which he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:25”

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results where we do not above all keeping keep our heart Pro 4:23. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:24”

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life. 23. with all diligence ] Lit. above all keepings, that is bestowed on aught beside. , LXX. Omni custodia, Vulg. Others, with R.V. marg., above all that thou guardest; “pr omnibus rebus custodiendis,” Maurer. “It is very strange that Judaism … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:23”

For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Ninth Address. Chap. 4. Pro 4:20-27 22. their flesh ] Lit. his flesh, i.e. the flesh of every one of them. This individualising the teaching, by a sudden change from the plural to the singular number occurs again, Pro 3:18. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:22”

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. Verse 21. Keep them in the midst of thine heart.] Let them be wrapped up in the very centre of thy affections; that they may give spring and energy to every desire, word, and wish. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:21”

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Pro 4:20-22 My son, attend to my words. Divine principles The words of wisdom are the vehicles of those Divine principles the reception and embodiment of which by man are essential to his well-being. I. The method of gaining them. 1. There must … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:20”

The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 19. as darkness ] Comp., for the contrast with the preceding verse, Pro 13:9. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Pro 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:19”

But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 18. the shining light ] Some would render, the light of dawn, with R.V. marg., but this is rather implied in the figure than expressed in the words. the perfect day ] Lit. the standing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 4:18”