Bible Commentary

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 17. in vain ] Because, whereas by the certain destruction which it portends, the net ought to deter the bird from yielding to the solicitations of appetite, the temptation of the bait prevails, and the warning of the visible net is unheeded. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:17”

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 16. This verse is omitted here by the LXX. It occurs again in Isa 59:7, where, however, the Heb. (but not the LXX.) has “innocent” blood. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 16. For their feet run to evil] The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:16”

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: Walk not thou in the way with them; avoid their courses and their conversation, and company. Refrain thy foot from their path; when thou hast any thought, or inclination, or temptation to follow their counsels or examples, suppress it, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:15”

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 14. Cast in thy lot ] and so R.V. marg. But, Thou shall cast thy lot among us, R.V. text: i.e. Thou shalt share our gains, as the 2nd clause of the verse explains, “We will all have one purse,” R.V. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:14”

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: The second form of temptation (see Pro 1:10 note) appeals to the main attraction of the robber-life, its wild communism, the sense of equal hazards and equal hopes. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible As our danger is little, so our … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:13”

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 12. the grave ] or, Sheol, R.V. text, LXX., infernus Vulg. whole ] Some (as R.V. marg. even the perfect) give the Heb. word here the moral sense, which it has elsewhere. But both the parallelism … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:12”

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 11. for blood ] The shameless form of the proposal shows at once the insecurity and the low moral tone of society. The language is too strong and vivid to admit of a figurative … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:11”

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. The Teacher passes from Appeal to Warning: Against Evil Companions. Chap. 1. Pro 1:10-19 10. sinners ] The warning points to a state of society of which indications are to be found not only in the unsettled times “when the Judges ruled” and before the monarchy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:10”

For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 9. ornament ] Rather, chaplet, R.V. , LXX. See Pro 4:9, where the same phrase chaplet of grace occurs, with crown of glory, as its equivalent in the parallel clause of the verse. chains ] not of bondage, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:9”

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 8. instruction ] or discipline, as in Pro 1:2-3 ; Pro 1:7. law ] or teaching R.V. marg. , LXX. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges First Address. Chap. Pro 1:8-19 Pro 1:8-9 . In these two … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 1:8”