“ By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. ”
Compare Genesis 1:7 ; Genesis 7:11 ; Job 38 . Looking upon the face of Nature, men see two storehouses of the living water, without which it would be waste and barren. From the “depths” rush for...
Fourth Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction ( torah), and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting...
clouds, &c. . skies. dew . night mist. See note on Psalms 133:3 . "Dew" falls only when there are no clouds.
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. By his knowledge the depths are broken up - He determined in his wisdom how to break up the fountains of the great deep, s...
The Lord by wisdom, &c.— See Job 38:4 ; Job 38:41 . The effects which we call natural are the productions of the Creator's sovereign wisdom. Some understand by the depths broken up, the wat...
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. By his knowledge the depths are broken up - into rivers and streams for the refreshment of man ( Genesis 1:9-10 ;...
The Blessings of Obedience and of Chastisement The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the pro...
Are broken up. — Or, burst forth: the word used in Genesis 7:11 of the breaking forth of the waters from the interior of the earth at the flood. (Comp. Job 38:8 .) Drop down the dew. — Of g...
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1-18 , Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Proverbs 4:1-27 AFTER the lengthened contrast between the vi...
Wisdom's Ways of Pleasantness Proverbs 3:13-26 Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a mine that needs to be worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18 . It is...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. There is another confirmatio...
By his knowledge the depths are broken up ,.... From whence fountains and rivers flow, and whereby that great cavity was made which holds that large confluence of waters called the sea, Genesis 1:9...
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Ver. 20. The depths are broken up, ] viz., Those great channels and hollow places made in the earth, to hold the wate...
The Lord by wisdom , &c. From human wisdom, or wisdom attainable by man, of which Solomon had hitherto treated, he now digresses to divine; thereby insinuating that it ought not to seem strange...
The Excellency of Wisdom; Happiness of Those Who Find Wisdom. 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man...
The depths are broken up; that great abyss or depth of waters, which was mixed with and contained in the bowels of the earth, did break forth into fountains and rivers for the use of men and beasts...
YHWH As Chastening Father And Wise Creator Inculcates Wisdom And Understanding As A Tree Of Life To Those Whom He Loves ( Proverbs 3:11-20 ). The reference to ‘my son' in Proverbs 3:11 (although...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 3:20 . Depths, & c., “were the floods divided” into rivers and streams for the blessing of man. Dew, or “gentle rain,” or else the clouds signify the lower regions...
Proverbs 3:2 . Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling...
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments. Useful precepts and inspiring motives I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book ( Proverbs 3:1-2...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 3:1-20 4. Fourth admonitory discourse. The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these ( Proverbs 3:1-20 ) forms the fourth admonitor...
The Happiness of Possessing True Wisdom
Deuteronomy 33:28 ; Genesis 1:9 ; Genesis 27:28 ; Genesis 27:37-39 ; Genesis 7:11 ; Jeremiah 14:22 ; Job 36:27 ; Job 36:28 ; Job 38:26-28 ; Job 38:8-11 ; Joel 2:23 ; Psalms 104:8 ; Psalm...
Seeking after Wisdom Proverbs 3:13-35 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon...
The depths — That great abyss contained in the bowels of the earth, breaks forth into fountains and rivers.