“ And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. ”
And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for (o) their [own] lives. (o) He shows that there is no reason to move these wicked to spoil the innocent, aside from their malice and cru...
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...
lives . souls. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. They lay wait for their own blood - I believe it is the innocent who are spoken of here, for whose blood and lives th...
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. And they lay wait for their (own) blood; they lurk privily for their (own) lives. While they fancy that they are,...
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...
And they lay wait. — Yet they cannot see that in truth they are laying wait, not for the innocent, but for themselves, as God will deliver him, and bring the mischief they designed for him upon the...
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...
And they lay wait for their [own] blood ,.... While they lie in wait for the blood of others, they lie in wait for their own; and when they shed the blood of innocent persons, it in the issue comes...
And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives. Ver. 18. And they lay wait. ] Their sin will surely find them out. "No doubt this man is a murderer," said those b...
And they lay wait , &c. Assure thyself, such men are working their own ruin, and, as it were, lying in wait for themselves, when they lie in wait to take away the lives of others; for, in the en...
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay w...
And, or but , or yet , or so ; for all these ways this particle is used; which is more fully expressed in the next verse. They lay wait for their own blood; the destruction which they design t...
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
Esther 7:10 ; Matthew 27:4 ; Matthew 27:5 ; Proverbs 28:17 ; Proverbs 5:22 ; Proverbs 5:23 ; Proverbs 9:17 ; Proverbs 9:18 ; Psalms 55:23 ; Psalms 7:14-16 ; Psalms 9:16
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...
Their own blood — The destruction which they design to others, fall upon themselves.