“ Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: ”
The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Proverbs 1:10-16 , but all who leave the straight path and the open day for crooked ways, perverse counsels, deeds of darkness. “To delig...
Third Discourse. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the k...
DISCOURSE: 756 BENEFITS OF TRUE WISDOM Proverbs 2:10-22 . When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep...
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Whose ways, &c.— Or, who are perverse in their ways, and froward in their paths.
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: Whose ways are crooked, and (they) froward in their paths. Rather, as the noun is feminine and the adjective masculine, 'Who are crook...
The Search for Wisdom 1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'
CHAPTER 3 WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT "To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12-16 WISDOM is concerned, as we have seen, with the...
Wisdom Guards from Evil Proverbs 2:1-22 Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. Understanding, Proverbs 2:2-3 ; Proverbs 2:5 ; Proverbs 2:9 ; Prover...
From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels. These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of wisdom, and make many practical applications. The first...
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To...
Whose ways [are] crooked ,.... Which swerve from and are not agreeably to the rule of the divine word, either the law of God or the Gospel of Christ; sin is an aberration, a straying from the rule o...
Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths: Ver. 15. Whose ways are crooked. ] How justly may God say to such, as the crab in the fable did to the serpent, when he had given him h...
When wisdom entereth into thy heart When thou dost truly love it, and hide its precepts in thy heart; Discretion shall preserve thee From wicked courses, and the mischiefs which attend upon them;...
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; ...
Whose ways are crooked, or, who make their ways crooked , i.e. whose course of life swerves from the right and straight way of God's law.
Deliverance From Sinful Men ( Proverbs 2:12-15 ). The giving of wisdom, knowledge and understanding will deliver the young man from the way of evil. This is necessary for the second voice that spe...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 2:12 . Deliver , “snatch,” as a brand out of the fire. Evil man , rather “an evil way.” Proverbs 2:13 . “Level” paths. Proverbs 2:16 . Strange , “unknown,” “ want...
Proverbs 2:1 . Hide my commandments with thee, as a treasure is secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the ark in the holy place. The words of the law must be retained in...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 2:1-20 3. Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. This discourse divides itself...
Wisdom Preserves from Folly
Deuteronomy 32:5 ; Isaiah 30:8-13 ; Isaiah 59:8 ; Philippians 2:15 ; Psalms 125:5
Crooked — Who swerve from the straight way of God's law, and have windings and turnings, to escape conviction.