Proverbs 2:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. ”

Proverbs 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words describe more than the fatal persistency of the sinful habit when once formed. A resurrection from that world of the dead to “the paths of life” is all but impossible.
Proverbs 2:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 2:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

return again. Compare "rooted out", Proverbs 2:22 , with Isaiah 26:19 . take... hold . attain to.
Proverbs 2:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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...
Proverbs 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. None that go unto her return again - There are very few instances of prostitutes ever returning to the paths of sobrie...
Proverbs 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. Never do they, except in the...
Proverbs 2:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.'
Proverbs 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(16-19) Besides the literal sense of this passage, as given above, commentators have very generally found in it a spiritual meaning, a warning against idolatry and apostasy. The union of Israel to Go...
Proverbs 2:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Proverbs 2:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 2:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Proverbs 2:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

None that go unto her return again ,.... That is, those that commit whoredom with her return not again by repentance, and to a sober and chaste way of living, at least but very few; hence some of th...
Proverbs 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. Ver. 19. None that go unto her return again. ] Some of the ancients have herehence concluded that adultery is an un...
Proverbs 2:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For her house inclineth unto death Conversation with her (which was most usual in her own house) is the certain way to death, which it brings many ways, and undoubtedly, without repentance, to God'...
Proverbs 2:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; ...
Proverbs 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

None; few or none; an hyperbolical expression, used Isaiah 64:7 . That go unto her; that go to her house, or that lie with her, as this phrase is used, Genesis 16:4 , Genesis 30:4 Joshua...
Proverbs 2:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deliverance From The Temptations Of Women ( Proverbs 2:16-20 ). Solomon was very conscious of the fact that one of a man's greatest dangers in walking in the way of wisdom was the allurement and a...
Proverbs 2:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 2:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 2:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Proverbs 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wisdom Preserves from Folly
Proverbs 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7:26 ; Hebrews 6:18 ; Hosea 4:14 ; Jeremiah 13:23 ; Matthew 19:24-26 ; Proverbs 4:18 ; Psalms 81:12

Proverbs 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 2:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 2:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 2:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 2:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 2:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 2:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 2:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge