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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:6

Proverbs 30:6. Add thou not unto his words— That is, "Do not any thing contrary to what he commands." See Deuteronomy 4:2-32, &c. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:8-9

Proverbs 30:8-9. Give me neither poverty, &c.— These words are introduced in the form of an address to God, in answer, perhaps, to some question which the disciples had proposed to Agur about the duty of prayer. What Agur prays for is, such a proportion of the good things of this world, as may best answer the end of living. It must be observed, that the terms poverty and riches are relative, and not absolute. They are relative to the particular state and circumstances in which each person... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:10

Proverbs 30:10. Accuse not a servant unto his master— Do not abuse any poor slave, whose condition is wretched enough; and therefore rather excuse than aggravate his fault to his master, who perhaps is too rigorous; and be sure never to load him with unjust accusations, lest, being wronged by thee, and not knowing how to right himself, he appeal to the Lord, and pray him to punish thee; and thou, being found guilty, feel the heavy effects of his vengeance. See Bishop Patrick. read more

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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

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:15

Proverbs 30:15. The horse-leach hath two daughters— This passage seems in my judgment, says Bishop Patrick, to be an answer to some such question as this (which the scholars had propounded to Agur, after the manner of enigmatical discourses), What is most unsatiable? which he chooses to give an account of in this place, the better to represent the nature of those wicked men of whom he had spoken before; especially the two last, the proud and the tyrannical, or extortioner; whose desires are a... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:17

Proverbs 30:17. Despiseth to obey his mother— Despiseth the old age of his mother. "They who are guilty of such enormous ingratitude to their parents, shall come to an infamous end, and their dead bodies shall be exposed for a prey to the ravens which frequent the brooks that run into the vallies, and to the young eagles, who shall pick out those eyes in which their scorn and derision of their parents was wont to appear." read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:19

Proverbs 30:19. And the way of a man with a maid— See Isaiah 7:14. I would just observe upon this passage, that some have understood it as a reference to the incarnation of the Word in the Virgin Mary. The word עלמה almah, rendered maid, signifies a virgin strictly speaking; and גבר geber, rendered a man, may signify the man, or great one, by way of eminence; but for more on this text the reader is referred to Schultens' very accurate discussion of it. Houbigant thinks that the sacred writer... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:20

Proverbs 30:20. Such is the way of an adulterous woman— The wise man adds, that this also is another of the things which he cannot understand. As idolatry is frequently expressed in Scripture by adultery, some commentators think that the adulterous woman here means an idolatress, who, having eaten of the sacrifice offered to an idol, wipeth her mouth, in order to conceal her crime, and afterwards audaciously persists in asserting that she is innocent. The plain meaning, however, seems to be,... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:21-23

Proverbs 30:21-23. For three things the earth is disquieted— We have here an answer to another enigmatical question, What things are most intolerable? Which he tells us are, 1. A slave who bears rule; 2. A fool over-fed; 3. A vicious wife in a family; 4. A servant-maid become mistress of the house. This is very clear, and but too well confirmed by experience. A slave, or a man of an obscure condition, and of a mean servile soul, who domineers over others, is a subject of vexation and pain to... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:26

Proverbs 30:26. The conies— The mountain-mice—the rock-rats. See Leviticus 11:5. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:8-9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:11-14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:21-23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 30:26

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