“ I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; ”
Compare the marginal reference. The scorn and derision with which men look on pride and malice, baffled and put to shame, has something that answers to it in the Divine Judgment. It is, however, si...
I also will (t) laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; (t) This is spoken according to our capacity signifying that the wicked, who mock and jest at God's word, will have the jus...
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...
I: i.e. I, Wisdom. fear . what you fear. "Fear" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) App-6, for the calamity which produced the fear. Note the Introversion in Hebrew of "fear", "desolati...
DISCOURSE: 753 THE NEED OF ATTENDING TO GOD’S GRACIOUS INVITATIONS Proverbs 1:20-31 . Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in...
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; I also will laugh at your calamity. Retribution in kind ( Psalms 2:4 ). God will at last laugh in derision at those who...
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...
I also will laugh... I will mock. — For expressions like this, comp. Psalms 2:4 ; Psalms 37:13 ; Psalms 59:8 , where the same actions are attributed to God. They are not to be taken literally, o...
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 Call of Wisdom Proverbs 1:20-33 The word Wisdom and the description of her standing atthe head of the noisy streets- see Proverbs 1:21 , r.v., margin-remind us of our Lord, who, as the...
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;...
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple...
I also will laugh at your calamity ,.... By way of retaliation, measuring measure for measure; even as they scorned him, and delighted in their scorning, now he in his turn will "laugh" at them and...
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; Ver. 26. I also will laugh. ] Quod Deus loquitur cum risu, tu legas cum fletu. a If God laugh, thou hast good cause to cr...
Because I have called , &c. By my ministers, my judgments, the motions of my Spirit, and your own consciences; and ye refused To obey my call; I have stretched out my hand Offering mercy and...
Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21...
As you have scoffed at me and my ways, I also will laugh at your calamity, i.e. destroy you without pity, and take pleasure therein. Compare Revelation 18:20 . Your fear; the misery which you...
Discourse 1. Addressed To ‘My Son'. Those Who Seek To Walk In The Fear Of YHWH Will Listen To The Instruction Of Godly Authority, And Will Avoid The Enticements Of Sinners Motivated By Greed. Wisdom...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:20 . The word wisdom is in the plural form in the Hebrew. Proverbs 1:27 . Desolation , or “tempest.” Proverbs 1:28 . To seek early denotes “earnestly.” See...
Proverbs 1:24-28 . The words of the text are awful, but not hopeless; they pronounce God's judgment on the finally impenitent; the penitent they but awaken, that they may "hear the voice of the Son...
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,...
Because I have called, and ye refused. The rejected call of Wisdom I. The manner in which it has called upon you--in which the appeals of Wisdom and of religion have been made. In the manner, t...
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...
The Invitation of Wisdom
Judges 10:14 ; Luke 14:24 ; Psalms 2:4 ; Psalms 37:13
Wisdom's Call Proverbs 1:20-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Where the voice of Wisdom is heard. Wisdom doth not speak alone among the wise. She doth not sound forth her voice alone in cloistered circ...
Your fear — The misery you do or should fear.