Proverbs 1:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: ”

Proverbs 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

i. e., “We will be as all-devouring as Sheol. The destruction of those we attack shall be as sudden as that of those who go down quickly into the pit.” Some render the latter clause, and upright me...
Proverbs 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let us swallow them up alive as the (l) grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: (l) As the grave is never satisfied, so the malice of the wicked and their cruelty has no end.
Proverbs 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1-9. First Section. The Praise of Wisdom. Proverbs 1:1 . Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for proverb, mâ shâ l, has a wide significance...
Proverbs 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the grave. Hebrew. sheol. App-35. pit. Hebrew. bor, . hole bored or dug. Hence. dry pit or grave. Compare Genesis 37:20 .
Proverbs 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: Let us swallow them up alive - Give them as hasty a death as if the earth were suddenly to swallow them up. T...
Proverbs 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit - so as to l...
Proverbs 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6 . Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledg...
Proverbs 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Alive. — Comp. the death of Dathan and Abiram ( Numbers 16:30 ).
Proverbs 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is und...
Proverbs 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Beginning of Knowledge” Proverbs 1:1-19 Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse. Wisdom as used in this book...
Proverbs 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
Proverbs 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. My son, if sinners entice thee, con...
Proverbs 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave ,.... The innocent person, and those that are with him, his servants; our gang is so numerous that we can very easily dispatch him and all his attendants, a...
Proverbs 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: Ver. 12. Let us swallow them up alive. ] As the devil doth. 1 Peter 5:8 2Ti 2:26 Homo homini demon. Th...
Proverbs 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My son, if sinners Sinners of any description; entice thee To sin, to commit any known iniquity, or to omit any known duty; consent thou not Yield not in any degree to their advice, persuasion...
Proverbs 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay w...
Proverbs 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As the grave; which speedily covers and consumes dead bodies. See Psalms 55:15 , Psalms 124:3 . We shall do our work quickly, easily, and without fear of discovery. Into the pit; into some de...
Proverbs 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Prologue To The Book ( Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18 ). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings'...
Proverbs 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:10 . Entice thee , “lay thee open.” Miller here reads “if sinners would make a door of thy simplicity, afford thou no entrance.” Proverbs 1:17 . Some interpret thi...
Proverbs 1:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

grave Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Proverbs 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs, apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use,...
Proverbs 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

My son, if sinners entice thee. Reasons for resisting the enticements of sinners By sinners is meant all persons who are not true Christians. Three reasons why we should not consent when sinner...
Proverbs 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 1:1-20 Part I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION . The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short...
Proverbs 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Fundamental Trait of Wisdom is the Avoidance Of Wickedness
Proverbs 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 51:34 ; Lamentations 2:16 ; Lamentations 2:5 ; Micah 3:2 ; Micah 3:3 ; Numbers 16:30-33 ; Numbers 26:10 ; Psalms 124:3 ; Psalms 143:7 ; Psalms 28:1 ; Psalms 35:25 ; Psalms 5:9 ;...
Proverbs 1:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Proverbs of Solomon Proverbs 1:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall...

Proverbs 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 1:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

Proverbs 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 1:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary