“ If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.a ”
[If] thou (b) faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small. (b) Man has no trial of his strength till he is in trouble.
Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9 . though...
If thou faint, &c. Adversity is sent to try our strength; and, if we fail, it is proved to be weakness. Illustrations: Jacob ( Genesis 42:36 ); David ( 1 Samuel 27:1 ); Elijah ( 1 Kings 19:3 ;...
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. If thou faint - If thou give way to discouragement and despair in the day of adversity - time of trial or temptation. Thy strength i...
If thou faint, &c.— The plain meaning is, "Thou art not a man of courage, if thou canst not bear adversity with an equal mind." Some, however, paraphrase it, "If adversity deject thee, and brea...
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. (If) thou faint in the day of adversity (narrowness), thy strength (is) small - Hebrew, narrow; the same root as "adversity." Tho...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
If thou faint in the day of adversity. — And prove unable to help thyself or others; an exhortation to courage (comp. Hebrews 12:12 ). A “more excellent way” is shown in the following verse.
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to...
Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor t...
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. If I pause over this single verse, it is but to desire the Reader to make the subject of it personal to himself, and to beg of him to en...
[If] thou faint in the day of adversity ,.... When under bodily afflictions, stripping providences, reduced to great straits and wants; or under the violent persecutions of men, which is sometimes t...
Proverbs 24:10 [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small. Ver. 10. If thou faint in the day of adversity. ] Afflictions try what sap we have, as hard weather tries what he...
If thou faint in the day of adversity If thou art impatient and unable to bear sufferings; if thy resolution flag, and thou give way to despondency or dejection of mind; thy strength is small Heb...
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Note, 1. In the day of adversity we are apt to faint, to droop and be discouraged, to desist from our work, a...
If thou faint; if thou art impatient, and unable to bear sufferings; if thy resolution flag, and thou givest way to despondency or dejection of mind. Is small , Heb. is narrow ; it lives in a lit...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:10 . If thou faint , etc., rather “ If thou hast been straitened in the day of straitness, strait is thy strength .” “The principle,” says Dr. Aitken, “is familiar eno...
Proverbs 24:10 I. The special object of all the training and discipline through which we pass in life is the increase of strength. II. Every life has its day of adversity. It is in the day of adv...
Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wicked? We are all going to lie in the common dust; t...
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small The Christian failing in business There are such failures. Christianity does not secure its disciples against misfortune and calam...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23:17 , where a similar warning is given, and comp...
v. 10. If thou faint in the day of adversity, in times when anxiety and distress seem to obstruct progress, thy strength is small, for it is necessary to keep up courage, to develop moral courage...
1 Samuel 27:1 ; 2 Corinthians 4:1 ; Ephesians 3:13 ; Hebrews 12:3-5 ; Isaiah 40:28-31 ; Job 4:5 ; John 4:8 ; Revelation 2:13 ; Revelation 2:3