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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:6

6. The teacher proceeds to give obvious reasons for the assertion just made, (Proverbs 2:5,) and motives of great encouragement to his pupil to pursue the outline of action to which he urges. For the Lord Jehovah. Giveth wisdom, etc. Solomon may be presumed to here speak from his own experience. He asked wisdom, and God gave it liberally. (See 1 Kings 3:5-15.) There can be no greater encouragement than is here afforded to a soul athirst for knowledge. Let him ask in faith, and use the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:7

7. Sound wisdom תושׁיה , ( tushiyyah.) The word is uncertain; it corresponds to sound doctrine. 1 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:3. It may mean the essence, substance, or reality of things, as opposed to all merely seeming good. This sense harmonizes well with the other member of the hemistich; God treasures up all real good for the righteous, and protects them from all harm. A buckler to… walk uprightly Literally, he is a shield, a defence, to the walkers of perfectness perfect walkers; ... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:8

8. He keepeth the paths of judgment He watches over the paths of justice; that is, to guard those who walk in them. This verse is an enlargement of the idea of the preceding one, especially of the defensive conception of the latter clause of Proverbs 2:7. The way of his saints His pious, devout, or zealous ones. That is, he superintends them in all their walks and ways. The word חסידים , ( hhasadhim,) saints, occurs also in Psalms 85:8; Psalms 148:14; Psalms 149:9. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:9

9. Then Referring back to Proverbs 2:1-4, from which the instructor started out with the same particle as at Proverbs 2:5. This verse is a summing up of vs. 5-8, and connects with Proverbs 1:3, where he states the object of his work to be, to impart clear, discriminating instructions in righteousness, judgment, and equities. (See note on Proverbs 1:3.) Every good path The practice of every virtue and grace. “The whole good track.” Miller. The teacher has thus made a circle, so to... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:10-11

BENEFITS OF WISDOM IN PRESERVING FROM EVIL ASSOCIATIONS, Proverbs 2:10-22. 10, 11. When wisdom entereth Here the instructor starts out again, in a different train of thought, to show the effects of a sanctified education in preserving his pupil from the malign influence, first, of bad men, Proverbs 2:12-15, and, secondly, of bad women, Proverbs 2:16-20. Hence he repeats in Proverbs 2:10-11 what he had before advanced, but with a pleasing variety of expression, about the beneficent... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:12

12. They do this, to deliver thee (now their ward) from the way of the evil man, (especially) from the man that speaketh froward things תהפכות , ( tahpukhoth,) another obscure word, found almost exclusively in this book. It is the opposite of m’sharim, (Proverbs 1:3,) equity, rectitude. It seems to be a comprehensive term, implying all manner of evil doing. Perhaps subversions or perversions comes as near the original as any English word; that is, the man uttering words... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:13-15

13-15. Who leave the paths of uprightness A description of these evil men, needing no comment. Delighting in the frowardness, the wickedness of the wicked, is one of their worst features. Comp. Psalms 50:17-18; Romans 1:32. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:16

16. From the strange woman Solomon here proceeds to show that this wisdom of which he speaks will also preserve from the snares of the dissolute woman. Such a woman is described. She is זרה , ( zarah,) and נכריה , ( nokhriyyah,) a strange woman, an adulteress; that is, a foreigner either as to nation or to the household; another woman than the man’s wife. It is probable that those women who surrendered themselves to licentious practices among the Hebrews were mostly foreigners, and... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:17

17. Forsaketh the guide of her youth The word rendered guide here means familiar friend or partner, and the weight of criticism inclines to the meaning, her husband. For “guide” the Septuagint has instruction. The Hebrews generally married young. According to the rabbins men should marry at eighteen, and they may marry at thirteen. The virgins are often espoused or betrothed very early, but not married till after they are twelve. From this come such expressions as spouse, friend,... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:18

18. Her house inclineth unto death “The house of the adulteress is as hades, the realm of death, haunted by the spectral shadows of the dead, the Rephaim, who have perished there.” Speaker’s Com. Psalms 88:11; Isaiah 14:9. Her paths unto the dead Lead to the region of the dead, of shadows, shades, ghosts. Zockler renders: Her house sinketh down to death, And her paths (lead) to the dead, Miller, last clause, “to the shades.” The Septuagint renders the 18th verse thus: “For she has... read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:10-11

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:13-15

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:16

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:17

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:18

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