2 Peter 2:14; Isaiah 57:20; John 18:28; Luke 22:66; Micah 2:1; Proverbs 1:16; Psalms 36:4
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 ;...
For they (f) sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall. (f) Meaning that to do evil...
For. Hebrew. im l'o . because; i.e. the reason why they sleep not is because they mean mischief, and because they intend an occasion of stumbling....
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. Except they have done mischief -...
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they sleep not, except...
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 t...
For they sleep not ... — The practice of evil has become as it were a second nature to them, they cannot live without it.
CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said u...
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 j...
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 fide...
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 pa...
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief ,.... Or they cannot sleep, as Jarchi and Gersom interpret it. Oftentimes they cannot sleep on th...
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall. Ver. 16. For they sleep not....
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 tho...
Cautions against Bad Company. 14 Enter not into the path of the wicke...
They sleep not; they cannot compose themselves to sleep with quietness and satisfaction to their own minds. To fall into their own snares, either i...
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 W...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:14 . Go not . The Heb. is literally “to go straightforward;” also, “to pronounce happy.” Proverbs 4:15 . Avoid , “...
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...
Their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. The proselytism of error It is of the wicked that Solomon here speaks. What a restle...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 4:1-20 7. Seventh admonitory discourse. We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated...
Warning against Wickedness
For they, the wicked, sleep not except they have done mischief, the fact that they have not committed some trespass keeps the sleep from their eyes...
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 a...
For — They cannot sleep with quietness.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.