“ Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. ”
Strictly speaking, this is the first proverb (i. e., similitude) in the book; a proverb which has received a variety of interpretations. The true meaning seems to be as follows: “For in vain, to no...
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...
in vain, &c. . it avails not. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6. The sight of the net does not deter the birds. They (emphatic) still go on to their capture and death. The next verse requires t...
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird - This is a proverb of which the wise man here makes a particular use; and the mea...
Surely in vain, &c.— The Syriac, which omits Proverbs 1:16 ., connects this with the 15th verse in this manner; And they fraudulently stretch and cast their net upon the bird. It reads, For...
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. (Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird) - Hebrew, 'any master of a wing,' (cf. margin.) In vain those sinners la...
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...
Surely in vain ... — The second reason: their folly in so doing, for God will bring punishment upon them; in the “same net which they hid privily will their foot be taken “( Psalms 9:15 ). Even bird...
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...
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Or "without cause" y, as the word is rendered in Proverbs 1:11 ; and so the words are an illustration of the preceding; showing that the...
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Ver. 17. Surely in vain the net. ] Which is to say, Silly birds pick up the meat, but see not the net, and so become a prey to the fowler...
Surely in vain the net is spread , &c. Even the silly birds will not suffer themselves to be taken if the net be spread in their sight; therefore, be at least as wise as they, and shun that whic...
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay w...
The design of these words is to set forth the folly of these men by the similitude of a bird, which yet is very variously applied and understood by divers interpreters. But I shall not confound the r...
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
Isaiah 1:3 ; Jeremiah 8:7 ; Job 35:11 ; Proverbs 7:23
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...
In vain — The fowler who spreads, his net in the sight of the bird looseth his labour. But these, are more foolish than the silly birds, and though they are not ignorant of the mischief which these...