“ To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.b ”
This verse points out the two classes for which the book will be useful: (1) the “simple,” literally the “open,” the open-hearted, the minds ready to receive impressions for good or evil Proverb...
To give subtilty to the (e) simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. (e) To such as have no discretion to rule themselves.
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...
subtilty . prudence. Same root as Genesis 3:1 . Compare Matthew 10:16 ; 1 Samuel 23:22 . Not the same word as Genesis 27:35 . simple . artless, guileless, unsuspecting. Compare verses: Prover...
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. To give subtilty to the simple - The word simple, from simplex, compounded of sine, without, and plica, a fold, properly sig...
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. "Subtilty," shrewdness, not in the sense...
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...
Subtilty (‘ Ormah ). — Used in a bad sense ( Exodus 21:14 ) for “guile.” For the meaning here, comp. Matthew 10:16 : “Be ye wise as serpents;” comp. also the reproof of Luke 16:8 , that “the chi...
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;...
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowl...
To give subtlety to the simple ,.... Men of mean abilities, weak capacities, shallow understandings, incautious, credulous, and easily imposed upon: these, by attending to what is herein contained,...
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. Ver. 4. To give subtilty. ] Serpentine subtilty, Gen 3:1 sacred sagacity, a sharp wit, a deep reach, a Spirit that "searc...
To know wisdom Written to help men to know, thoroughly and practically, both human wisdom, to conduct their affairs properly in this life, and especially divine wisdom, showing them their duty to G...
The Design of the Proverbs. 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruct...
Subtilty; or rather, prudence, as this word is used, Proverbs 3:21 , Proverbs 5:2 8:5,12 , which elsewhere is taken in an evil sense for craft or subtilty . The simple; such as want wisd...
Introduction To The Prologue ( Proverbs 1:1-7 ). The book commences with an introduction which explains its purpose in some depth. Its aim is to pass on ‘the sayings of Solomon, the son of David,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs . See Introduction. Proverbs 1:2 . Instruction , properly “chastisement,” signifying moral training, admonition, then good habits, the practical side o...
Proverbs 1:1-4 It might seem at first as if no precepts of this kind, drawn from the experience of a social state most unlike our own, could be of much service to us. But much that is true of man...
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,...
The proverbs of Solomon. The Book of Proverbs 1. The book does not consist of proverbs entirely. Much of it is the language of pious exhortation and spiritual precept. 2. The book contains m...
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 Title and the Introduction
2 Timothy 2:22 ; Ecclesiastes 11:10 ; Ecclesiastes 11:9 ; Ecclesiastes 12:1 ; Isaiah 35:8 ; Proverbs 7:7-24 ; Proverbs 8:17 ; Proverbs 8:32 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 1:23 ; Proverbs 8:5 ;...
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...
Simple — Such as want wisdom. Young man — Who wants both experience and self — government.