“ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. ”
The ever-recurring image of the straight road on which no one ever loses his way represents here as elsewhere the onward course through life of the man who seeks and finds wisdom.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left - Avoid all crooked ways. Be an upright, downright, and straight-forward man. Avoid t...
Turn not, &c.— The LXX and Arabic read, "Do not decline to the right, nor to the left; remove thy foot from the evil way. For God knoweth the ways to the right, but those to the left are perver...
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left - ( Proverbs 4:25 .) The image is from the king's highway ( Numbers 20:17 ;...
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...
Turn not aside ... — Comp. the direction of Joshua 1:7 , and the praise accorded to David ( 1 Kings 15:5 ).
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...
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to a...
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left ,.... Either into the road of immorality and profaneness, or into that of error, superstition, and false worship; but attend to the way of holiness and tru...
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Ver. 27. Turn not to the right. ] Keep the king's highway; keep within God's precincts, and ye keep under his protection. The...
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from...
Fly all extremes, and neither add to God's commands, nor take from them.
A General Appeal To Hear His Words And Sayings, And Instructions With Regard To His Heart, Mouth, Eyes And Feet ( Proverbs 4:20-27 ). Solomon urges those who hear him and read his words to take th...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:22 . Health , or “healing.” Proverbs 4:23 . “Above all other watching, keep thy heart,” some read: “Keep thy heart with all (kinds of) keeping.” Issues —“currents...
Proverbs 4:24-27 First the fountain, then the streams; first the heart and then the life-course. The issues of life are manifold: three of their main channels are mapped out here the "lips," the "...
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...
Put away from thee a froward mouth. Laws of life A law for the tongue, a law for the eye, a law for the mind, a law for the life. I. A demand for pure language. Speech is one of the grand pe...
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
Deuteronomy 12:32 ; Deuteronomy 28:14 ; Deuteronomy 5:32 ; Isaiah 1:16 ; Joshua 1:7 ; Proverbs 16:17 ; Romans 12:9
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...