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Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-27

Chapter 7He continues his exhortation to the son in chapter 7. Still talking about these women that are the wrong sort.My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the pupil of your eye. Bind them upon your fingers, write them on the table of your heart. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, and from the stranger who flatters with her words (... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:1-27

Proverbs 7:1 . Keep my words lay up my commandments. These terms being of constant occurrence in the didactic scriptures, will be found explained in the beginning of the hundred and nineteenth psalm. Proverbs 7:2 . Keep my law, as the apple of thine eye; a most precious, beautiful, and tender sense. The idea is often repeated, as in Deuteronomy 32:10. Psalms 17:8. Proverbs 7:3 . Bind them upon thy fingers, as the phylacteries. Deuteronomy 6:8. Love them, have them always at hand,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:1

Proverbs 7:1My son keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.Parental precepts“Lay up.” Hebrew, “hide.” A metaphor from treasure not left open in the house, but looked up in chests unseen, lest it should be lost, or got away.I. Children must remember parents’ words.1. Their words of instruction.2. Of charge or command.3. Of commendation, for that is a great encouragement to do well.4. Of consolation, which revives the spirit of good children in their troubles.5. Of promise.6. Of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:5

Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman.Heavenly wisdom protectiveI. Knowledge is a special means to keep us from wantonness.1. By way of excellency. Wisdom is far more beautiful than the fairest strumpet in the world.2. By her good counsel. Wisdom will advise thee for thy good.3. By sweet and pleasant discourse far more pleasant to a pious heart than all the wanton songs in the world.4. By arming thee against all objections. Keep in with knowledge, and thou shalt be sure to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:7

Proverbs 7:7A young man void of understanding.A youth void of understandingSolomon was pre-eminently a student of character. His forte lay in the direction of moral philosophy, in the sense of the philosophy of morals.I. The special peril of great cities. Human nature remains the same in every age. The descriptions of the temptations that assailed the youth of Jerusalem and Tyre answers precisely to what we see in our own day. Therefore the counsels and warnings of the ancient sage are as... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:8

Proverbs 7:8He went the way to her house.Occasions of sinI. Many occasions of sin present themselves unlooked for.1. All places afford temptations.2. All times have theirs.3. All things afford it.4. So do all conditions, all actions, and all persons.Therefore we need to keep a constant watch, since we are not secure in any place, time, or condition. Then suspect all things with a holy suspicion.II. It is dangerous coming near bad houses.1. Much danger may come from within.2. Much danger from... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:16

Proverbs 7:16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry.A luxurious bed“I have exhausted the toil of myself and bought the toil of others to increase the luxury of my rest. Come and see the courtly elegance with which my bed is decked. Long and weary days have I laboured at the counting-house, at the workshop, or at the desk. And now my bed is decked. Come and look. Place yourself at my chamber window and tell me what you see now and what you will see next year.”1. “I see thee lying on... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:21

Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield.Good and bad speechThere is a force in words which it is often almost impossible to resist. Good words have a wonderful virtue in them to work upon the mind, and a great part of the good which we are called to do in the world is to be accomplished by means of that little member, the tongue. But corrupt minds are often found to have greater intelligence in persuading men to sin because human nature is depraved, and needs only a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:22

Proverbs 7:22As a fool to the correction of the stocks. Slaughter of young men1. We are apt to blame young men for being destroyed, when we ought to blame the influences that destroy them. Society slaughters a great many young men by the behest, “You must keep up appearances.” Our young men are growing up in a depraved state of commercial ethics, and I want to warn them against being slaughtered on the sharp edges of debt. For the sake of your own happiness, for the sake of your good morals,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:23

Proverbs 7:23Till a dart strike through his liver.The gospel of healthSolomon had noticed, either in vivisection or in post-mortem, what awful attacks sin and dissipation make upon the liver, until the fiat of Almighty God bids the soul and body separate. A javelin of retribution, not glancing off or making a slight wound, but piercing it from side to side “till a dart strike through his liver.” Galen and Hippocrates ascribe to the liver the most of the world’s moral depression, and the word... read more

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-27

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:1-27

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:1

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:5

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:7

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:8

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:16

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:21

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:22

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 7:23

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