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Proverbs 24:1 open_in_new
Be not thou envious. Do not get excited. Compare Proverbs 23:17.
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Proverbs 24:2 open_in_new
mischief. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:8 and Proverbs 24:16.
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Proverbs 24:3 open_in_new
wisdom. Hebrew. chakmah. See note on Proverbs 1:2.
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Proverbs 24:4 open_in_new
chambers. inner chambers.
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Proverbs 24:5 open_in_new
A wise man, &c.. A strong man [if wise] is strong indeed. Aramaean, Syriac, and Septuagint read "[Better]. wise man than. mighty".
man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.
increaseth strength. Aram, and Syriac read "than one who is strong".
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Proverbs 24:6 open_in_new
multitude, &c. But they must all be "counsellors". Compare Proverbs 11:10 with Proverbs 15:22.
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Proverbs 24:7 open_in_new
Wisdom. Hebrew, plural. true wisdom. See notes on Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 9:1. and Compare Proverbs 14:1.
is too high. seems to be, or is regarded as coral: i.e. as an ornament costly, and, to him, unattainable. Occurs three times (here, Job 28:18, and Ezekiel 27:16).
fool. Hebrew. 'evil. See note on Proverbs 1:7.
openeth not his mouth in the gate: i.e. where the judges sit.. fool is not appointed as. judge.
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Proverbs 24:8 open_in_new
mischievous person. a genius at plots. Hebrew. zimmah. plots. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:2 and Proverbs 24:16.
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Proverbs 24:9 open_in_new
thought, &c. Compare Proverbs 4:23.Job 1:5.Jeremiah 4:14.Matthew 9:3; Matthew 9:4; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 15:20.
foolishness. the foolish. Hebrew. 'evil (Proverbs 24:7).
sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
scorner. scoffer.
men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14. Same word as in verses: Proverbs 24:12; Proverbs 24:30.
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Proverbs 24:10 open_in_new
If thou faint, &c. Adversity is sent to try our strength; and, if we fail, it is proved to be weakness. Illustrations: Jacob (Genesis 42:36); David (1 Samuel 27:1); Elijah (1 Kings 19:3; 1 Kings 19:4); Jonah (Jonah 4:8).
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Proverbs 24:11 open_in_new
If thou forbear. This is counsel for. ruler or judge, and is FOR Solomon. See the Structure (p. 891). Illustrations: Doeg (1 Samuel 22:18); Pilate (Luke 23:22-24).
deliver. snatch, or rescue.
drawn, &c.. being taken to execution.
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Proverbs 24:12 open_in_new
knew it not. we knew not of it.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Proverbs 24:13 open_in_new
My son. Confirming the Structure (p. 891).
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Proverbs 24:14 open_in_new
cut off. Compare Proverbs 24:20 with Proverbs 23:18.
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Proverbs 24:15 open_in_new
wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. (singular), Proverbs 24:16 (plural)
the righteous. a just one.
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Proverbs 24:16 open_in_new
just. righteous.
the wicked. lawless ones.
mischief. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:2 and Proverbs 24:8.
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Proverbs 24:17 open_in_new
Rejoice not. Illustrations: Tyre (Ezekiel 26:2-6); Ammon (Ezekiel 25:6); David (2 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 1:12). Compare Psalms 35:13; Psalms 35:14); Jeremiah (Jeremiah 9:1); Edom (Obadiah 1:11-14).
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Proverbs 24:18 open_in_new
from him. Supply Ellipsis, "from him [to thee]".
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Proverbs 24:19 open_in_new
Fret not. Chafe not thyself. Compare Psalms 37:1; Psalms 37:7; Psalms 37:8.
evil men. evil-doers. Compare Psalms 37:1; Psalms 37:7; Psalms 37:8. Same word as in Proverbs 24:8.
envious. excited.
the wicked. lawless ones.
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Proverbs 24:20 open_in_new
reward. posterity, or future.
candle. lamp. The idiom is used for having no posterity.
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Proverbs 24:21 open_in_new
meddle not. mingle not, i.e. have nothing to do with.
them that are given to change. with them that make. difference [between. wicked king and. wicked common man].
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Proverbs 24:22 open_in_new
their: i.e. the king and. common man.
calamity. overthrow.
ruin. catastrophe.
both: i.e. the two who are the subjects of this counsel.
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Proverbs 24:23 open_in_new
belong to. are [the words of] the wise (plural) See the Structure, p. 891, and note on Proverbs 22:17.
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Proverbs 24:24 open_in_new
the wicked. Unto. wicked [king]: i.e. as well as to an ordinary man.
wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
people. peoples.
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Proverbs 24:25 open_in_new
rebuke him: i.e. rebuke. wicked king.
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Proverbs 24:26 open_in_new
kiss his lips. do homage with his lips to him.
right. straightforward.
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Proverbs 24:28 open_in_new
deceive. Hebrew. pathah. See note on Proverbs 11:18.
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Proverbs 24:29 open_in_new
as. according as.
understanding. Hebrew "heart": put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the discernment coming from it. See note on Proverbs 1:2.
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Proverbs 24:32 open_in_new
saw. gazed.
considered it well. set my heart upon it.
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Proverbs 24:34 open_in_new
poverty. need. Hebrew. rush. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
an armed man. a man with. shield.