“ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. ”
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:17 ; Psalms 15:1-5 ; Psalms 24:1-10 ; Psalms 37 ....
For they eat the bread of (g) wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. (g) Gotten my wicked means and cruel oppression.
bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for food in general. of . obtained. Genitive of Origin. App-17 (2). wickedness . lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. wine. Hebrew. y...
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. For they eat the bread of wickedness - By privately stealing. And drink the wine of violence - By highway robbery.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence - ( Job 15:16 ; Job 34:7 .) Not merely wickedness i...
Ancestral Wisdom. The Two Paths In Proverbs 4:1-9 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought valuable save that which was h...
The bread of wickedness. — i.e. , acquired by wickedness, as ( Proverbs 10:2 ) “treasures of wickedness.”
CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4 THIS chapter begins...
Guide-Posts on the Way of Life Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the just, etc ., Proverbs 4:18 . We may compare this b...
In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his ow...
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be strai...
For they eat the bread of wickedness ,.... Either that is gotten by wicked and unlawful means, or wickedness itself is bread unto them; it is that to their minds as bread is to their bodies; they fe...
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. Ver. 17. For they eat the bread of wickedness. ] As Tartarians feed upon dead carcasses of horses, asses, cats, dogs, yea, whe...
Enter not into the path of the wicked Avoid their practices and company; and go not in the way of evil men Do not proceed further therein. If thou hast unadvisedly entered into it, do not persist...
Cautions against Bad Company. 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid...
They eat the bread of wickedness: the sense is either, 1. Wickedness is as necessary and as pleasant to them as their bread; which suits well with the former verse. Or, 2. They live wholly upon...
God's Wisdom Teaches Men The Way In Which They Should Go, A Way In Which They Will Not Stumble And Which Leads To Life, They Are Thus To Avoid The Way Of The Wicked In Which Men Stumble And Where De...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:14 . Go not . The Heb. is literally “to go straightforward;” also, “to pronounce happy.” Proverbs 4:15 . Avoid , “Let it go,” reject it.” Turn from it , i.e. , ev...
Proverbs 4:1 . Hear, ye children, a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 4:1-20 7. Seventh admonitory discourse. We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my children," and which...
Warning against Wickedness
Amos 8:4-6 ; Ezekiel 22:25-29 ; James 5:4 ; James 5:5 ; Jeremiah 5:26-28 ; Job 24:5 ; Job 24:6 ; Micah 3:5 ; Micah 6:12 ; Matthew 23:14 ; Proverbs 20:17 ; Proverbs 9:17 ; Psalms 14:4 ;...
Sacred Exhortations Proverbs 4:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to t...
For — Wickedness is as pleasant to them as their bread.