Proverbs 2:5-17 KJV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:13

Who leave the paths of uprightness ,.... Or "righteousness", or the "right and plain ways" F21 ארחות ישר "semitas rectas", Mercerus; "itinera recta", Piscator; "itinera planissima", Schultens. ; which the light of nature and the law of God, and especially the Gospel of Christ, direct to; and in which they have been trained up, having had a religious education; for it supposes them to have been externally in these ways, since they are said to leave them; for though persons do not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:14

Who rejoice to do evil ,.... At the doing of it, or when they have done it; they are glad of an opportunity of doing mischief, and glory when they have done it; it is a sport and pastime to them, Proverbs 10:2 ; they take pleasure in the act of sin, and have no remorse of conscience afterwards; they speak of it in an exulting manner, and boast of it, and glory in their shame; and delight in the frowardness of the wicked : of the wicked man, as Aben Ezra and Gersom supply it; in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:15

Whose ways are crooked ,.... Which swerve from and are not agreeably to the rule of the divine word, either the law of God or the Gospel of Christ; sin is an aberration, a straying from the rule of God's word, a transgression of his law; and a walk in it is unbecoming the Gospel of Christ; it has many serpentine windings and turnings in it; full of distortions and excursions, and many retrograde actions; see Psalm 125:5 ; and they froward in their paths ; declining here and there,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee from the strange woman ,.... As the Gospel of Christ and its doctrines, or the instructions of wisdom, are a means of delivering persons from the evil man, his company, ways, and works; so from a naughty woman, an adulteress, called a "strange" woman; not because of another nation, or unknown, but because she belongs to another person, and not to him whom she entices into her embraces. Gersom interprets this of the sensitive appetite, and Jarchi of idolatry; as others do also... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:17

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth ,.... Not God, the God of her life, and who had provided for her from her youth up; nor her parent that had taken care of her in her infancy, and had been the guardian of her virgin state; but her husband, to whom she was married in her youth, and to whom she gave up herself to be guided and directed, ruled and governed, by: and as it is an aggravation of evil in a man to deal treacherously against the wife of his youth, and the wife of his covenant, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:7

He layeth up sound wisdom - תושיה tushiyah . We have met with this word in Job; see Job 5:12 ; Job 6:13 ; Job 11:6 ; Job 12:16 . See especially the note on Job 11:6 ; (note), where the different acceptations of the word are given. Coverdale translates, "He preserveth the welfare of the righteous." It is difficult to find, in any language, a term proper to express the original meaning of the word; its seems to mean generally the essence or substance of a thing, The thing... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 2:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:7

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

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