This he speaks in the person of the sluggard, refusing to arise, and requiring more sleep, that so he might express the disposition and common practice of such persons. Folding of the hands is the gesture of men composing themselves to sleep. read more
CRITICAL NOTES,—Proverbs 6:11. One that travelleth, “a highwayman,” “a footpad.” Armed man, literally, “a man of the shield. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Proverbs 6:6-11INDUSTRY AND INDOLENCEA contrast. I. The industrious insect. 1. Nature is intended to be a moral teacher to man. The most saintly natures of ancient and modern times have regarded God’s works in this light, and God Himself has led the van in so often pointing man to animate and inanimate Nature for instruction and comfort.... read more
DISCOURSE: 767THE SLUGGARD REPROVEDProverbs 6:6-10. Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider her ways and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her fool in the harvest. How long wilt they sleep. O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.FORESIGHT in relation to temporal... read more
Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened by the phrase:My son, if you be surety for thy friend, or if you have stricken hands with a stranger, you've become snared with the words of your mouth, you've been taken with the words of your mouth. Now do this, and deliver yourself, my son, when you've come to the hand of your friend; go, and... read more
Proverbs 6:1 . If thou be surety for thy friend. If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending without hope: but to bind one’s self in cases of speculation may incur a serious loss, without real advantage to another. Proverbs 6:3 . When thou art come into the hand of thy friend. The sense is intricate. The LXX read, When thou art come into the hands of rigorous men for thy friend; go,... read more
Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? The sleeper arousedThe various authors of Scripture are accurately acquainted with the human character. Among numerous defective habits and characteristics of our nature, which Solomon points out and condemns, is that of indolence; excessive fondness for ease and personal indulgence. The language of the text may be used in connection with the affairs of religion and of the soul.I. The state which is... read more
Pro 6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Ver. 9. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? ] The ear, we say, is first up in a morning: call a sleeping man by his name, and he will sooner awake and answer to it than to anything else. The wise man therefore thus deals with the sluggard, that he may go forth and shake him, as Samson, not giving way to excessive sleep, which comes as a publican, saith Plutarch, and takes away a third part of our lives at... read more
Proverbs 6:10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Ver. 10. Yet a little sleep. ] Heb., Sleeps; so, slumbers. Though he speaks in the plural, and would have much, yet all is but a little in his pretence and conceit. He asks "a little," but he will not be denied: sed finite paululum ibit tu longum. a First, he must have "sleep"; having slept, he must have "slumbers," - sleep will not quickly be rubbed out of his eyes; having slumbered, he must "fold... read more
How: Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 24:33, Proverbs 24:34, Jeremiah 4:14 when: Psalms 94:8, John 1:6, Romans 13:11, Ephesians 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-Judges : Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:14 - How long Psalms 62:3 - How Proverbs 6:6 - thou Proverbs 19:15 - casteth Proverbs 19:24 - General Proverbs 20:13 - Love Proverbs 23:21 - drowsiness Proverbs 26:14 - General Matthew 17:17 - how long shall I be Mark 13:36 - he find read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep? when the ants are watchful and labour, not only in the day time, but even by night, when the moon shineth. read more