proverbs-1:20-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:23

Turn you at my reproof. A call is here made to repentance. The meaning seems to be "return to my reproof," i.e. place yourselves under my reproof (as Gejerus, Delitzsch), the לְ Being represented by ad, as in the Vulgate: convertimini ad correptionem meam . It is susceptible, however, of a different reading, i.e. "in consequence of, or because of ( propter ) , my reproof," the prefix לְ being found in Numbers 16:34 , "They fled at the cry," i.e. because of the cry. ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:24

Because I have called, and ye refused. A pause may be imagined, and seems to be implied, between this and the preceding verses (22 and 23), when the address passes into a new phase—from that of invitation and promise to that of judgment and stern denunciation ( Proverbs 1:24-27 ). In the subsection the antecedent clauses are Proverbs 1:24 , Proverbs 1:25 , introduced by the conjunction "because" ( יַעַן , yaan ; quia, Vulgate), which expresses the reason or cause for the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:24-30

Left to their doom Broad and encouraging as are the promises of Divine grace, if we forget the darker facts of life we shall be deluded into a false security; for nothing could be more unreasonable than to suppose that the mercy of God takes no account of moral considerations. Legally our sovereign is vested with an unfettered right of pardoning every criminal, but principles of justice and public order put great restraints upon the exercise of such a right. Bald representations of prayer... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:24-33

The Divine ultimatum There is something which is fearful and appalling in these verses. We are ready to tremble as we read them. We are ready to exclaim, "How far may human perversity, and Divine retribution gel" With hushed voice, with subdued spirit, as those before whose eyes the lightnings of heaven are flashing, we consider the significance of the words. But first we see— I. THAT GOD MAKES MANY APPEALS TO THE HUMAN SOUL . He calls, and we refuse; he stretches out... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:25

Ye have set at nought; rather, rejected (Umbreit, Ewald, et alii ) . The Authorized Version rendering here is equivocal, inasmuch as it is capable of meaning "despised," whereas פְרַע ( para ) signifies "to let loose," "to let go" (cf. the German fahren lassen ) , and hence "to overlook, or reject." Its force is fairly represented in the LXX ; ἀκύρους ἐποιεῖτε ἐμὰς βουλὰς , "Ye rendered my counsel of no effect." Counsel ( עֵצָה , etsah ); i.e. advice, in... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; or, more accurately, in the time of your calamity ; as in the Vulgate, in interitu vestro ridebo. The preposition prefixed to the substantive b ' eyd ' chem ( בְּאֵידְכֵם ) refers to the time, or state, or condition. In the time of their calamity wisdom will exult or rejoice. The LXX ; τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι , however, favours the rendering of the Authorized Version. Calamity ( אֵיד , eyd ) is heavy... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:27

When your fear cometh as desolation. The imagery in this verse is borrowed from nature—from the tempest and whirlwind, which, in their impetuous fury, involve all in irretrievable ruin. The two leading ideas here in the writer's mind are calamity and fear. These—their fear, that which causes their fear; and their destruction, i.e. calamity—both representing Wisdom's, and so God's, judgment, will come on sinners as a wasting tempest and sweeping hurricane. The terror and devastation caused... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:28

The phase which the address now enters upon continues to the thirty-first verse. The change in this verse from the second to the third person is striking. It implies that Wisdom thinks fools no longer worthy of being addressed personally—" Quasi stultos indignos censunt ulteriori alloquio " (Gejerus and Michaelis). The declaration is the embodiment of the laughter and scorn of Proverbs 1:26 . The three verbs, "they shall call," "they shall seek," "they shall find," occur in uncommon and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:29-30

Belong to Proverbs 1:28 , and are not the antecedent clauses to Proverbs 1:31 , as Zochler remarks. They recapitulate the charges already made against the sinners in Proverbs 1:22 and Proverbs 1:25 , and now set them forth as the ground or reason why Wisdom, on her part, turns a deaf ear to their entreatries. Wisdom will disregard the n because they have previously disregatded her. The connection is denoted in the LXX . by γὰρ , for the Hebrew takbath ki, equivalent to " ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they shall eat, etc. A further enlargement of the declaration of Wisdom, showing that their calamity is the result of their own ways. The futures are resumed in the original from Proverbs 1:28 . The word "therefore" does not occur, but it is met with in the LXX ; τοιγαροῦν ; in the Vulgate, igitur ; and in the Syriac, ideo. The truth here expressed is accordant with the tenor of the teaching of the Scripture (comp. Proverbs 14:14 ; Proverbs 22:8 ; Job 4:8 ; ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:24-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:24-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:29-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:31

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