Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 16:8; Jeremiah 3:4; Malachi 2:14-16; Proverbs 5:18
The guide of her youth - Better, the familiar friend (compare Proverbs 16:28 ; Proverbs 17:9 ). The “friend” is, of course, the husband, or the...
Which forsaketh the (k) guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. (k) That is, her husband, who is her head and guide to govern he...
Third Discourse. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fun...
DISCOURSE: 756 BENEFITS OF TRUE WISDOM Proverbs 2:10-22 . When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, discre...
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth - Leaves her father's house an...
Which forsaketh the guide, &c.— This circumstance aggravates her infidelity and shame. The first inclinations are always the most sincere and c...
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the co...
The Search for Wisdom 1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'
The 'friend of her youth' (RV) is her husband ( Jeremiah 3:2-5 ). The covenant of her God ] Though there was perhaps no religious ceremony, the marr...
(16-19) Besides the literal sense of this passage, as given above, commentators have very generally found in it a spiritual meaning, a warning agains...
The guide of her youth. — Or rather, friend with whom she has lived in intimacy : that is, the husband of her youth; in other words, her first lov...
CHAPTER 3 WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT "To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12-1...
Wisdom Guards from Evil Proverbs 2:1-22 Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. Understanding, Prover...
From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels. These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of wisdom,...
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways...
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth ,.... Not God, the God of her life, and who had provided for her from her youth up; nor her parent that had t...
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. Ver. 17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth. ] That is, Her hu...
To deliver thee from the strange woman From the adulteress, or whore; called strange , partly because such persons were commonly heathen, or are s...
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine...
The guide of her youth, to wit, her husband, whom she took to be her guide and governor, and that in her youth: which circumstance is added to aggr...
Deliverance From The Temptations Of Women ( Proverbs 2:16-20 ). Solomon was very conscious of the fact that one of a man's greatest dangers in wal...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 2:12 . Deliver , “snatch,” as a brand out of the fire. Evil man , rather “an evil way.” Proverbs 2:13 . “Level” path...
Proverbs 2:17 I. There is a season when youth becomes independent and intolerant of control, when gentle guidance is mistaken for love of interfer...
Proverbs 2:1 . Hide my commandments with thee, as a treasure is secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the ark in the ho...
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth. The peril of taking life into our own control We all shrink with horror from that lowest depth of human...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 2:1-20 3. Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering s...
Wisdom Preserves from Folly
which forsaketh the guide of her youth, her lawful husband, and forgetteth the covenant of her God, which demands purity and chastity from every wo...
Forsaketh — Her husband whom she took to be her guide and governor, in her youth. The covenant — The marriage covenant: so called because God is th...
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.