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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Labour not, &amp;c. Illustrations: Lot (<a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=ge+13:10">Genesis 13:10</a> , <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=ge+13:13">Genesis 13:13</a> ); the rich fool (<a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=lu+12:16-20">Luke 12:16-20</a> . Compare <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+10:16">Proverbs 10:16</a> ). See Jeremiah's advice (<a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=jer+45:5">Jeremiah 45:5</a> ). wisdom. Hebrew. binah. See note on <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+1:2">Proverbs 1:2</a> . Not the same word as in verses: <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+23:9">Proverbs 23:9</a> , <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+23:23">Proverbs 23:23</a> .

Verse 4

For. This is the reason why "it is gone".

Verse 5

thinketh, &amp;c. = estimates himself. heart = soul. Hebrew. nephesh .

Verse 7

fool. Hebrew. kesil. See note on <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+1:7">Proverbs 1:7</a> . he will despise. Illustration: Amaziah (<a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=2ch+25:1">2 Chronicles 25:1</a> , <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=2ch+25:16">2 Chronicles 25:16</a> ). wisdom = intelligence. Hebrew. sekel. See note on <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+1:2">Proverbs 1:2</a> . Not the same word as in verses: <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+23:4">Proverbs 23:4</a> , <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+23:23">Proverbs 23:23</a> . words = sayings. Hebrew. millah = discourse.

Verse 9

old landmark = ancient boundary. Compare <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+22:28">Proverbs 22:28</a> . fields. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "field" (singular) fatherless. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for all bereaved ones.

Verse 10

Redeemer = kinsman-redeemer. Hebrew. ga'al. See note on <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=ex+6:6">Exodus 6:6</a> ; <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=ex+13:13">Exodus 13:13</a> .

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Verse 13

deliver = rescue. hell = hades. See App-35 .

Verse 14

reins = kidneys. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for affections and impulses.

Verse 16

sinners. Hebrew. chata'. App-44 . the fear of the LORD. See note on <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=pr+1:7">Proverbs 1:7</a> .

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:4

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:7

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:11

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:17

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