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Proverbs 2:1 open_in_new
My son. Note this guide to the Structure on p. 864.
words. sayings. Hebrew. 'imrah. App-73.
hide. lay up. More than listening. hide as in. treasury. Illustrations: Deuteronomy 6:6; Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:11.Matthew 13:44.Luke 2:19; Luke 2:51; Luke 9:44.
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Proverbs 2:2 open_in_new
incline thine ear. hearken. Hebrew prick up or point thine ear. Not the same word as in Proverbs 2:18.
wisdom. Hebrew. chokma. See note on Proverbs 1:2.
And apply. [then] thou shalt incline or bend thy heart, &c. This is the first step, as Proverbs 2:5 is the result.
understanding. discernment. Hebrew. binah. Note on "wisdom" (Proverbs 1:2), No. 2.
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Proverbs 2:3 open_in_new
Yea. For if. (Hebrew. ki'im). If thou goest further and criest and seekest, &c. Then the result is shown in Proverbs 2:5.
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Proverbs 2:4 open_in_new
as silver: or money. Probably the reference is to Job 28.
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Proverbs 2:5 open_in_new
Then. In that case. See notes above.
the fear, &c. That is only "the beginning of wisdom", not the end. See note on Proverbs 1:7.
find. What He has hidden (Proverbs 2:7).
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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Proverbs 2:6 open_in_new
giveth. The cry of Proverbs 2:3 implies. Giver. Illustrations: Joseph (Genesis 41:38; Genesis 41:39); Moses (Exodus 4:12); Solomon (1 Kings 3:12; 1 Kings 4:29); Daniel (Proverbs 1:17. Pro 2:23); Stephen (Acts 6:5; Acts 6:10); Lydia (Acts 16:14); Paul's prayer (Ephesians 1:17; Colossians 1:9); John (1 John 5:20).
Out of His mouth.. phrase common in the prophets, but only here in Proverbs.
cometh. Supply Ellipsis from preceding clause "He giveth".
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Proverbs 2:7 open_in_new
He layeth up. Same word as "hide" in Proverbs 2:1. The wicked cannot find. The righteous must dig. It is in safety from the enemy.
sound wisdom. something stable. Hebrew. tushiyah = that which is, or stability. May be so rendered in all its twelve occurrences. Compare Job 5:12 (enterprise. anything stable); Proverbs 6:13 (wisdom. stability); Proverbs 11:6; Proverbs 12:16 (wisdom. stability); Proverbs 26:3; Proverbs 30:22 (substance). Proverbs 2:7; Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 8:14 (sound wisdom); Proverbs 18:1 (wisdom. all that is). Isaiah 28:29 (workings everything that is). Micah 6:9 (the man of wisdom. every one who is or exists). See App-74.
buckler. Compare Psalms 3:3; Psalms 7:10; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:30; Psalms 18:35; Psalms 28:7; Psalms 33:20. Applied to God, as here.
uprightly. blamelessly.
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Proverbs 2:8 open_in_new
He keepeth. for preserving. See note on Proverbs 4:23.
the paths of judgment. righteous paths.
preserveth, &c. Illustrations: David (1 Samuel 25:32-34; 1 Samuel 27:1. Compare 2 Samuel 22:1); Paul (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).
saints. favoured ones. Hebrew. chasidim. The first occurrence in Proverbs of this word which marks. later Jewish sect called chasidim or holy ones.
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Proverbs 2:9 open_in_new
Then, &c. Another conclusion, as in Proverbs 2:2 and Proverbs 2:5.
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Proverbs 2:10 open_in_new
When, &c.: or because. Commencing the particular instructions as to the practical power of wisdom, to keep from evil men (verses: Proverbs 2:10-15) and the foreign woman (verses: 16-19); and in the way of good men (verses: Proverbs 2:20-22). See App-74.
thy soul. thee. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Proverbs 2:12 open_in_new
deliver. pluck, or rescue. evil. evil [man]. Hebrew. ra'a'.
froward. perverse. Hebrew occurs nine times in Proverbs (verses: Proverbs 2:12; Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 10:31; Proverbs 10:32; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 16:30; Proverbs 21:8); elsewhere only in Deuteronomy 32:20.
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Proverbs 2:13 open_in_new
darkness. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for the evil which leads thither. Compare Romans 13:12.Ephesians 5:11.
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Proverbs 2:14 open_in_new
wicked. Same word as "evil", Proverbs 2:12.
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Proverbs 2:16 open_in_new
strange woman. Hebrew. zur. apostate to. false religion, of which prostitution formed part.
stranger. foreigner. Hebrew. nakar. foreign woman. Not of Abraham's seed (Genesis 17:12): ever. snare to Israel.
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Proverbs 2:18 open_in_new
house. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for household.
the dead. Hebrew Rephaim, who have no resurrection. Compare Isaiah 26:14 ("deceased"), Isaiah 26:19 ("the dead"); and see App-25. This shows that. Canaanite woman is referred to here.
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Proverbs 2:19 open_in_new
return again. Compare "rooted out", Proverbs 2:22, with Isaiah 26:19.
take... hold. attain to.
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Proverbs 2:21 open_in_new
dwell in the land. Not be "cast out", as in Proverbs 2:22.
perfect: or blameless.
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Proverbs 2:22 open_in_new
wicked. lawless. Not the same word as in Proverbs 2:14. Hebrew. rasha'.
transgressors. traitors, treacherous or faithless ones. Hebrew. bagad.