Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 30:1-33
VI. COLLECTION 6: THE WISDOM OF AGUR CH. 30Chapters 30 and 31 form a distinct section in Proverbs, because neither Solomon (Proverbs 1:1 to Proverbs 22:16; chs. 25-29), nor the unnamed sages (Proverbs 22:17 to Proverbs 24:34), wrote them. Two other wise men, whose names the text records, did. Some expositors speculate that because these men’s discourses occur at the end of the book, the writers probably lived later than the men of Hezekiah. [Note: E.g., Toy, p. 517.] Nevertheless who Agur and... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:11-14
Proverbs 30:11-14. There is a generation, &c.— These verses seem to contain cautions against keeping company with certain persons;1. Those who are ungrateful to their parents; 2 dissembling hypocrites, Proverbs 30:12;3 supercilious proud men, Proverbs 30:13;4 cruel and uncompassionate men; tyrants, extortioners, calumniators, &c. read more