Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil - The whole of this verse is wanting in the Septuagint, and in the Arabic. read more
Proverbs 1:11-17 Niv
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird - This is a proverb of which the wise man here makes a particular use; and the meaning does not seem as difficult as some imagine. The wicked are represented as lurking privily for the innocent. It is in this way alone that they can hope to destroy them and take their substance; for if their designs were known, proper precautions would be taken against them; for it would be vain to spread the net in the sight of those birds which men... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:8-19
1. First admonitory discourse. Warning against enticements to robbery and bloodshed. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19
Warnings against the evils of the time An unsettled time, one of violence and insecurity of life, appears to be indicated, such as has only its occasional parallel in our society. Yet the perverted impulses which lead to open crime are those which induce every species of dishonesty and more subtle attacks upon the life or property of others. We may thus draw from a particular description some general lessons. But it seems to give more point and force to the passage if we view it as... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:10-19
The peril and the wisdom of youth: a sermon to the young Hew many human lives are nothing better than failures! How many souls are there that "make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience"! Over how many of the children of men do the wise and the holy mourn, as those who might have done well and wrought good, but who have turned aside to folly, guilt, and ruin! As a rule, these have gone astray in their younger days. Temptation assailed them when they were comparatively unarmed, attacked... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood. The teacher here puts into the mouth of the sinners, for the sake of vivid representation, the first inducement with which they seek to allure youth from the paths of rectitude, viz. privacy and concealment (Cartwright, Wardlaw). Both the verbs אָרַב ( arav ) and צָפַן , ( tzaphan ) mean "to lay in wait" (Zockler). The radical meaning of arav, from which נֶאֶרְבָה ( neerevah ) , "let us lay in wait" (Authorized... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave. A continuation of Proverbs 1:11 , expanding the idea of bloodshed ending in murder, and showing the determination of the sinners to proceed to the most violent means to effect their covetous ends. The enticement here put before youth is the courage and boldness of their exploits (Wardlaw). The order of the words in the original is, "Let us swallow them up, as the grave, living," which sufficiently indicates the meaning of the passage. Alive ; ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:13
We shall find all precious substance. This verse carries on the proposal of the sinners one step further, and puts forward a third enticement, viz. that of' the profit of crime, or the prospect of immediate riches, before youth to join in crime. A short cut to wealth, and to the acquirement of that which costs others long years of steady application and carefulness, is a strong inducement (Wardlaw). We shall find ; נִמְצָא ( nimetza ) , from מָצָא ( matza ) , properly... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:14
Cast in thy lot among us. The fourth and last enticement put forward, viz. honourable union and frank and open hearted generosity. It has distinct reference to the preceding verse, and shows how the prospect of immediate wealth is to be realized (see Delitzsch, Wardlaw). Cast in thy lot cannot mean, as Mercerus, "cast in your inheritance with us, so that we all may use it in common," though גּוֹרָל ( goral ) does mean "inheritance" in the sense of that which comes to any one by... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:14
Cast in thy lot - Be a frater conjuratus, a sworn brother, and thou shalt have an equal share of all the spoil. Common sense must teach us that the words here used are such as must be spoken when a gang of cutthroats, pickpockets, etc., are associated together. read more