“ Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: ”
The second form of temptation (see Proverbs 1:10 note) appeals to the main attraction of the robber-life, its wild communism, the sense of equal hazards and equal hopes.
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one (m) purse: (m) He shows how the wicked are allured to join together, because they have everyone part of the spoil of the innocent.
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...
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: Cast in thy lot - Be a frater conjuratus, a sworn brother, and thou shalt have an equal share of all the spoil. Common sense must teach us that t...
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse. You shall have your share in the equal division of the booty by lot. We all shall hav...
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...
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...
“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...
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;...
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...
Cast in thy lot among us ,.... Or "thou shall cause thy lot to fall among us" u; though just entered, as soon as any booty is taken thou shalt cast lots with us, and have thy full share with those t...
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: Ver. 14. Let us all have one purse. ] How much better were a wallet to beg from door to door, than such a cursed hoard of evil gotten goods!
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...
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay w...
Cast in thy lot among us, i.e. put in thy money into our stock. Or rather, thou shalt cast thy lot amongst us, i.e. thou shalt have a share with us, and that equally and by lot, although thou art...
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'...
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 1:1 . 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,...
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...
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...
A Fundamental Trait of Wisdom is the Avoidance Of Wickedness
Deuteronomy 25:13 ; Genesis 19:1 ; Leviticus 16:8 ; Leviticus 16:9 ; Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 16:33 ; Proverbs 18:18 ; Proverbs 23:31 ; Proverbs 1:11
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...