Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:10
10. Shall be many Better, shall increase to thee the years of life. Miller says, “They [the instructions of wisdom] shall grow greater to thee through years of life.” read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:12
12. Straitened Restrained, confined, embarrassed. When Rather, if. Thou runnest In the greatest activity these teachings shall keep thee from stumbling. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:13
13. Let her not go Rather, do not let go, relax not thy grasp. The pronoun her is not in this sentence, though it is in the next. Herein is trouble; for musar, instruction or discipline, is masculine. Umbreit solves it by saying that Solomon forgot, and thought he had written hhokmah, wisdom, which is feminine. The true solution, probably, is, that the chief subject, hhokmah, was in the mind of the writer, though other terms, some of which were masculine, were occasionally,... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:14
14. Enter not… wicked Here begins a dissuasive from evil association, that fruitful source of mischief to all classes, especially to the young, who are the more imitative, and their habits not yet fixed. Evil men Primarily such as were noted in chap. 1 men of violence and blood. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:15
15. Pass not by it Do not go over upon it. These various phrases say in the strongest terms, Have nothing whatever to do with it; get to the utmost remove from it. Pass away That is, pass on by some other route. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:16
16. They sleep not A strong mode of saying they are restless to do evil. They love it more than they do their necessary sleep. Mischief Hardly strong enough; wickedness. Comp. Malachi 2:8. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:17
17. Eat… bread of wickedness The same sentiment in another form. They have as strong an appetite for wickedness and violence as for food and intoxicating drink. Bishop Patrick’s paraphrase is: “They live by robbery and spoil, having no other meat and drink but what is the fruit of rapine and violence, and not of their honest labours.” read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:18
18. The path of the just… shining light It becomes brighter and brighter, till it ends in the established day. “It is like the light of dawn, that groweth in brightness to the perfect, or noon day.” Zockler. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:19
19. As darkness Thick or dense darkness, the opposite of the shining of the righteous. See Proverbs 4:18; also John 11:9-10; John 12:35. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:9
9. A crown of glory Among the Orientals the headdress was the most ornamental part, and the most esteemed. It was the ornament, par excellence. So this true wisdom, founded on piety, is the noblest ornament of man. Comp. Proverbs 1:9. read more