“ It shall be healthc to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. ”
Navel - The central region of the body is taken as the representative of all the vital organs. For “health” we should read healing, or, as in the marg. There is probably a reference to the local...
It shall be health to thy (e) navel, and marrow to thy bones. (e) By this part he comprehends the whole body, as by health he means all the benefits promised in the law both corporal and spiritual.
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...
health . healing. Occurs only here. navel. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for the whole body (App-6). But Septuagint and Syriac, following. different spelling, read "body". marr...
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. It shall be health to thy navel - We need not puzzle ourselves to find out what we may suppose to be a more delicate meaning for the original...
Health to thy navel— Many expositors, after the LXX, render this, It shall be health to thy flesh, or to thy body, instead of thy navel: but the learned Schultens has shewn that the word is p...
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones - "it," namely, the obedient "fear of the Lord" just described ( Proverbs 3:...
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...
Navel. — As being the centre, and so the most important part of the body. (Comp. the epithet applied to Delphi, “navel of the earth.”) Marrow. — Literally, watering: i.e., refreshing. (Comp....
CHAPTER 4 THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM Proverbs 3:1-10 THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the "ways of Wisdom are pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." We...
the Results of Trusting Jehovah Proverbs 3:1-12 How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this paragraph! The young of both sexes are invited to be merciful in their judgm...
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),...
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine...
It shall be health to thy navel ,.... That part of the body which is the knot of the intestines; and may be put for the bowels and inward parts, which being sound, the body is in health; and these m...
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Ver. 8. It shall be health to thy navel. ] That is, Thou shalt be in good plight both for the outward and inward man: Thy bones full of ma...
Be not wise in thine own eyes Be not puffed up with a vain conceit of thine own wisdom, as if that were sufficient for the conduct of all thine affairs, without direction and assistance from God, o...
Consecration to God. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the L ORD , and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to...
To thy navel, i.e. to thy body, which is signified by the navel, which is a noble and useful part of the body, by which the infant receives nourishment in the womb, and which is the ligament or bon...
Introductory Exhortation Followed By The Requirement To Trust In YHWH, To Fear YHWH And To Honour YHWH ( Proverbs 3:1-10 ). Solomon here speaks of wisdom and understanding in terms of ‘my torah --...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 3:8 . Navel , “body” or “muscles.” Marrow , literally “refreshing,” “moistening,” in contrast to the condition described in Psalms 32:3-4 . Proverbs 3:11 . Despite...
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Obedience, Faith, and Liberality Urged
Ezekiel 16:4 ; Ezekiel 16:5 ; Isaiah 1:6 ; Jeremiah 30:12 ; Jeremiah 30:13 ; Job 21:24 ; Proverbs 16:24 ; Proverbs 4:22 ; Psalms 147:3
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Navel — To thy body, which is signified by one part of it. Marrow — Which is the nourishment and strength of the bones.