E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 6:32
But whoso = How much more he who. understanding. Hebrew = heart: put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 , for understanding. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:27-29
Proverbs 6:27-29. Can a man take fire— "The wife of one's neighbour is as fire: if you deliver yourself up to her impure love, it will consume you: you give admission to a passion which is unconquerable, and in the end will fall under the hand of her enraged husband." See Proverbs 6:34. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:31
Proverbs 6:31. If he be found, he shall restore sevenfold— The law, Exo 22:1-4 did not oblige the thief to restore sevenfold, but only five oxen for one, or, in another case, only double: wherefore some commentators think that the word sevenfold, is only used as an indefinite number. "He shall restore the value of that which he has taken, and much more:" others would render it, If he be found out seven times, he shall restore as often, till he give all the substance of his house. But some have... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:30
30, 31. Such a thief is pitied, though heavily punished. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:31
31. sevenfold—(compare :-), for many, ample (compare Genesis 4:24; Matthew 18:21), even if all his wealth is taken. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:32
32. lacketh understanding—or, "heart"; destitute of moral principle and prudence. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 6:20-35
11. The guilt of adultery 6:20-35This extended warning against one of life’s most destructive practices is classic. We can profit from reading it frequently. Proverbs 6:20-23 indicate the start of a new section and stress again the importance of the precepts that follow. Solomon regarded the instruction he was giving as an expression of God’s law (cf. Proverbs 6:23; Psalms 119:105). Commenting on Proverbs 6:20-23, Paul Larsen wrote the following."Get hung up in your relationships with your... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 6:1-35
Dissuasives from Hurtful thingsProverbs 6:1-19 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (16-19). At Proverbs 6:20 the thread of Proverbs 5 is resumed.1. The surety appears to have taken the creditor’s hand in the presence of witnesses: cp. 2 Kings 10:15. 3. Read, ’Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour, go, bestir thyself, and beset thy neighbour. Make haste to get out of... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 6:29
(29) Shall not be innocent.—That is to say, unpunished. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 6:30
despise. Hebrew. buz (from bazah), is here followed by (-L) = for. Render it therefore: "Men will not think it a trifle (or a light matter) for a thief that he should steal: [even] to satisfy", &c. . . . So if he be found, &c. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more