“ My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: ”
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their (n) path: (n) That is, have nothing at all to do with them.
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...
path. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syr, and Vulgate, read "paths" (plural)
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path. "Refrain thy foot" expresses the na...
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...
My son, walk not thou in the way with them ,.... In the same way as they do, which is the broad way that leads unto destruction; set not one foot in it; make no trial of it, whether it will be pleas...
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: Ver. 15. Walk not thou in the way with them. ] "God will not take the wicked by the hand." Job 8:20 Why then should we...
Walk not thou in the way with them Avoid their courses, their conversation, and company. Refrain thy foot from their path If thou shouldst have any thought, inclination, or temptation to hearken...
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay w...
Walk not thou in the way with them; avoid their courses and their conversation, and company. Refrain thy foot from their path; when thou hast any thought, or inclination, or temptation to follow...
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
2 Corinthians 6:17 ; Jeremiah 14:10 ; Proverbs 13:20 ; Proverbs 4:14 ; Proverbs 4:15 ; Proverbs 4:27 ; Proverbs 5:8 ; Proverbs 9:6 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 119:101 ; Psalms 26:4 ; Psalms 26:...
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...