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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:9

Then shalt thou understand - He who is taught of God understands the whole law of justice, mercy, righteousness, and truth; God has written this on his heart. He who understands these things by books only is never likely to practice or profit by them. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:11

Discretion shall preserve thee - מזמה mezimmah . See on Proverbs 1:4 ; (note). Here the word is taken in a good sense, a good device. The man invents purposes of good; and all his schemes, plans, and devices, have for their object God's glory and the good of man: he deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things he shall stand. Coverdale translates, "Then shall Counsel preserve thee." A very good translation, much better than the present. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:12

The man that speaketh froward things - תהפכות tahpuchoth , things of subverston; from תפך taphach , to turn or change the course of a thing. Men who wish to subvert the state of things, whether civil or religious; who are seditious themselves, and wish to make others so. These speak much of liberty and oppression, deal greatly in broad assertions, and endeavor especially to corrupt the minds of youth. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:16

The stranger which flattereth with her words - החליקה hechelikah , she that smooths with her words. The original intimates the glib, oily speeches of a prostitute. The English lick is supposed to be derived from the original word. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:17

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth - Leaves her father's house and instructions, and abandons herself to the public. The covenant of her God - Renounces the true religion, and mixes with idolaters; for among them prostitution was enormous. Or by the covenant may be meant the matrimonial contract, which is a covenant made in the presence of God between the contracting parties, in which they bind themselves to be faithful to each other. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:18

For her house inclineth unto death - It is generally in by and secret places that such women establish themselves. They go out of the high road to get a residence; and every step that is taken towards their house is a step towards death. The path of sin is the path of ruin: the path of duty is the way of safety. For her paths incline unto the dead, רפאים repheim , the inhabitants of the invisible world. The woman who abandons herself to prostitution soon contracts, and generally... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:19

None that go unto her return again - There are very few instances of prostitutes ever returning to the paths of sobriety and truth; perhaps not one of such as become prostitutes through a natural propensity to debauchery. Among those who have been deceived, debauched, and abandoned, many have been reclaimed; and to such alone penitentiaries may be useful; to the others they may only be incentives to farther sinning. Rakes and debauchees are sometimes converted: but most of them never lay... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:20

That thou mayest mark - Therefore thou shalt walk. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:22

Transgressors - בוגדים bogedim . The garment men, the hypocrites; those who act borrowed characters, who go under a eloak; dissemblers. All such shall be rooted out of the land; they shall not be blessed with posterity. In general it is so: and were it not so, one evil offspring succeeding another, adding their own to their predecessors' vices, the earth would become so exceedingly corrupt that a second flood, or a fire, would be necessary to purge it. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:1

The teacher here reverts to the original form of his address, as appears from the employment of the term, my son . It seems clear that it is no longer Wisdom personified who is the speaker, from the fact that the words, "wisdom and understanding" in Proverbs 2:2 are used without the possessive pronoun "my," which would have been undoubtedly inserted if this address had been a continuation of the discourse in the preceding chapter. Some of the ideas of that address, however, are restated,... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:1

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