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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:32-33

Moral prudence I. IT TEACHES THE CONTROL OF THE TONGUE . The folly and pride of the heart may be choked, if expression is denied them on the tongue. No evil or foolish thought is full born till it is clothed in words. Give no formula to the momentary impulse of wrath or other passion, and the soul of evil will perish if it find no body to inhabit. II. IT POINTS TO CONSEQUENCES . The quaint illustrations of Agur exhibit the certainty of evil consequences to evil... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:33

Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter. The same word, mits , is used for "churning," "wringing," and "forcing;" it means "pressure" in all the cases, though with a different application. At the present day milk is churned in the East by enclosing it in a leathern bottle, which is then suspended in the air and jerked to and fro till the butter is produced. This process could scarcely be called "pressure," though, possibly, the squeezing of the udder is meant, as the Septuagint... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30

A.M. 3304. B.C. 700. Here begins what has been termed, The fourth part of the book of Proverbs, consisting of only two chapters; added to the preceding parts by way of a second appendix, but by whom we are not informed, most probably, however, by the men of Hezekiah, who added the former appendix. This chapter contains a new collection of important sayings, which some suppose to be Solomon’s; and, therefore, translate דברי אגור , the words of the collector, instead of the words of Agur. But... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:1

Proverbs 30:1. The words of Agur Who this Agur was no one has ever yet been able to show: it is probable, however, that both he and Jakeh, his father, were well known in Israel at the time this chapter and the next were added to the preceding parts of the proverbs. Jakeh is thought to have lived either in Solomon’s time or soon after, and to have been famous in his generation for wisdom and piety; even the prophecy The prophetical instruction; for as prophets were public preachers as... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:2-3

Proverbs 30:2-3. Surely I am more brutish, &c. This he utters from an humble and modest apprehension of his own ignorance. I neither learned wisdom I have not been taught in the schools of wisdom; nor have the knowledge of the holy Hebrew, קדשׁים , of holy persons, namely, of the holy prophets. I have not such divine inspirations as prophets, strictly so called, have received. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:4

Proverbs 30:4 . Who hath ascended, &c. What mere man hath ascended into heaven to learn the mind of God, who dwells there? None have. And descended To teach men below what he had learned above. No man can fully know and teach us these things unless he hath been in heaven, and sent down from thence to the earth for that end. Who hath gathered the wind in his fists To hold them in, or let them out at his pleasure? And none but he who made and governs all creatures, can know and teach... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:5

Proverbs 30:5. Every word of God is pure You must not expect the full knowledge of divine mysteries from me, nor from any man, but from the word of God, which is a certain rule, both for your faith and practice, because every part of it is holy, and true, and good, and there is not the least mixture of falsehood or folly in it, as there is in all the words and writings of men. He is a shield unto them that trust in him Which supposes their knowledge of him by his word, Psalms 9:10, and... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:6

Proverbs 30:6. Add thou not unto his words As the word of God is pure, do not thou corrupt it, by adding to it thine own or other men’s inventions, or opinions; lest he reprove thee By words or deeds; by discovering thy folly, and bringing thee to deserved shame and punishment; and thou be found a liar Delivering thy own fancies and notions in the name, and as the truths of God, and thus being guilty of the worst of forgeries. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:7-8

Proverbs 30:7-8. Two things have I required of thee I do most earnestly and especially desire: deny me them not Hebrew, אל תמנע ממני , withhold them not from me; before I die That is, while I live, as being things of great and continual necessity, for thy honour and service, and my own good. Remove far from me From my heart, and from the course of my life: vanity That Isaiah , 1 st, All false and vain opinions, namely, concerning God and things divine; all unbelief, idolatry, and... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:9

Proverbs 30:9. Lest I be full, and deny thee By trusting to riches, which is a denial of God, and by un-thankfulness for, and the abuse of his mercies. And say, Who is the Lord That I should obey or serve him? I do not need him: I can live without him. Lest by degrees, I should arrive at downright atheism or infidelity, which is most incident to rich and great men, as is manifest from experience. Or lest I be poor and steal Lest, being in a state of poverty, I be under a strong... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:32-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:7-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 30:9

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