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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:21

Pro 3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: Ver. 21. Let not them depart. ] Ne effluant haec ab oculis tuis, saith the Vulgate. Ne haec a tuis oculis deflectant in obliquum huc et illuc; so Mercer. Let the eyes look right on, σκοπουντων , Pro 4:25 look wistfully and intently on these great works of God, and his wisdom therein set forth and conspicuous, as on a theatre. Eye these things, as the steersman doth the compass, as the archer doth the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:22

Pro 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Ver. 22. So shall they be life unto thy soul. ] For "by these men live, and this is the spirit of my life," saith Hezekiah; Isa 38:16 even what God hath spoken and done. Pro 3:15 A godly man differs from a wicked, as much as a living man from a dead carcass. The wicked are stark dead, and stone cold. The saints also want heat sometimes, but they are soon made hot again; because there is life of soul in them, as charcoal is... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:23

Pro 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. Ver. 23. Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely. ] Fiducialiter, saith the Vulgate - confidently and securely. Every malvoy shall be a salvoy to thee: thou shalt ever go under a double guard, the "peace of God" within thee, Php 4:7 and the "power of God" without thee. 1Pe 1:5 "Thou shalt be in league also with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee." Job 5:23 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:24

Pro 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Ver. 24. Thou shalt not be afraid. ] See this exemplified in David; Psa 3:5-6 Peter; Act 12:6 and Mr Rogers, our late protomartyr, who when he was warned suddenly to prepare for the fire, he then being sound asleep in the prison, scarce with much shaking could be awaked. a Thy sleep shall be sweet. ] As knowing that God - thy keeper Psa 121:4-5 - doth wake and watch for thee. Psa... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:25

Pro 3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. Ver. 25. Be not afraid. ] Or, Thou shalt not be afraid. Nec si fractus illabatur orbis. Sudden evils do commonly disspirit people, and expectorate their abilities; they be at their wits’ end. But let a David "walk through the vale of the shadow of death," that is, the darkest side of death - death in its most horrid and hideous representations, he will not fear, no though he should go back again... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:26

Pro 3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Ver. 26. For the Lord shall be thy confidence. ] The Hebrew word here used signifies both unconstant folly, Ecc 7:28 and constant hope. Psa 77:7 And Rabbi Solomon saith, that he had found in the Jerusalem Targum this text, thus censured and expounded, The Lord shall be with thee in thy folly; that is, he shall turn to thy good, even thine inconsiderate and rash enterprizes, if thou addict thyself to the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:27

Pro 3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it]. Ver. 27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due. ] Either by the law of equity, or of charity. For there is a debt of love Rom 13:8 that we must ever be owing and ever pay. And as we say of thanks, gratiae habendae et agendae, thanks must be given, and held as still due; so must this debt of love. Quicquid clerici habent, pauperum est, saith Jerome. It is true, in a sense, of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:28

Pro 3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. Ver. 28. Tomorrow. ] Bis dat qui cito dat. While ye have time, do good to all; your beneficence must be prompt and present; who can tell what a day may bring forth? "Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God." Psa 68:32 Currere faciet manus suas ad Dominum, to note their speediness in giving, saith one. a Tyrus also, when converted once, makes haste to feed and clothe... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:29

Pro 3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. Ver. 29. Devise not evil against thy neighbour. ] Heb. Plow not evil - i.e., plot not. One of the Rabbis renders it, suspect not; shun "evil surmises." 1Ti 6:4 Most unkindnesses among friends grow upon mistakes, misprisions; charity is candid, and takes everything in the best sense, and by the right handle. 1Co 13:1-13 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:30

Pro 3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. Ver. 30. Strive not with a man without cause. ] If men’s hurts were not bigger than their suits, there would not be half so many. It is a fault to go lightly to law, but especially with such as have done thee no harm. Zuinglius renders this text thus: Ne temere litem cum quoquam suscipias, quominus superior factus, malum tibi retribuat; others, sim mendax, nisi rependat tibi malum. How Cardinal Wolsey, when he... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:22

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:23

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:26

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:27

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:28

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:29

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:30

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