The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:29-31
Four things of stately presence. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:29-31
Fourfold triumph Each of the four here brought before us excites admiration for a successful course. As in former illustrations, the images rise up to a climax, and what is exhibited separately in the earlier ones is united and completed in the final image. I. A TRIUMPHANT COURSE EXCITES EMULATION . 1 . True success is good . There are various forms of success. Some are more disgraceful than failure. A low end easily won, or a desirable goal reached by foul means,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:29-31
Grandeur in natural objects Our aesthetic as well as our teleological perceptions are appealed to in the objects of nature. Certain creatures express grandeur, sublimity, or beauty in their form and carriage. I. EXAMPLES . 1 . The lion . ( Proverbs 30:30 .) He is in nature and for art the very symbol of strength and prowess. Literally, he is the "hero among beasts," and turns his magnificent front from the face of no foe. 2 . The greyhound ( Proverbs 30:31 ), with... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:29-31
Spiritual comeliness Agur mentions four things which are "comely" (Authorized Version) or are "stately" (Revised Version) in their going; their movement is regarded with pleasure, with admiration, by those who observe it. Such demeanour on their part is suggestive of moral and spiritual attractiveness on ours. I. WE MUST SECURE THAT WHICH IS NECESSARY . We cannot truly live without the favour of God, without entering his service, without possessing something of his... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:30
A lion which is strongest among beasts. The word here used for "lion," laish , occurs elsewhere only in Job 4:11 and Isaiah 30:6 . The LXX . renders it, "a lion's whelp." "Strongest" is gibbor , a mighty one, a hero. Turneth not away for any; Septuagint, "turneth not away, nor feareth any beast." So Job describes the war horse, "He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed, neither turneth he back from the sword" ( Job 39:22 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:31
A greyhound; זַרְזִיר מָתְנַיִם ( zarzir mothnayim ), "girt in the loins" ( περιεσφιγμένος τὴν ὀσφόν , Symmachus), an expression very vague, and, as the name of an animal, occurring nowhere else in the Old Testament. In post-biblical Hebrew zarzir is found as the name of some pugnacious bird, and the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Syriac call it here the cock. So also Aquila and Theodotion. But if the word is onomatopoetic, it would seem to apply with more propriety to one of... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself ( Numbers 16:3 ). If thou hast had the folly to be arrogant, proud, and overbearing in conduct. Or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. The verb zamam , though possibly used in a bad sense, "to devise evil," is more suitably rendered "to meditate," "purpose;" so here it is the thought of lifting up one's self that is censured, the act and the thought being contrasted. Hast thou acted arrogantly, or even only meditated... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:32
Self-suppression I. WHEN SELF - SUPPRESSION IS NEEDED . It is not always equally demanded of us. There are times for expression, times when we should break reserve and give forth freely the thoughts and purposes of our souls. But other times demand peculiar self-suppression. 1 . In rebuke of foolish vanity . "If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself." A magnified image of self needs to be reduced. Too much pretension must be humbled. Selfish ambition must be cast... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:32-33
Agur's last proverb, exhorting to discreet demeanour. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:29
There be three things which go well (rob); are of stately and majestic carriage. Comely in going; "stately in going." read more