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Proverbs 21:1-31 open_in_new
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11).
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Proverbs 21:4 open_in_new
There is no connexion between the two halves of the v. RM 'The tillage of the wicked is sin,' i.e. the result of his labour is sin.
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Proverbs 21:5 open_in_new
One who is in a hurry to be rich hastens to want.
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Proverbs 21:6 open_in_new
By a very slight alteration of the Hebrew text we get the greatly improved rendering of RM, 'Is a vapour driven to and fro; they are snares of death.'
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Proverbs 21:9 open_in_new
A small room is often built on the flat roof of an Oriental house (1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 4:10; Psalms 102:7). 'A needle's eye is wide enough for two friends; the whole world is too narrow for two foes.'
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Proverbs 21:12 open_in_new
Read, 'The righteous considereth the house of the wicked; he overturneth the wicked to ruin.' Perhaps the righteous means God.
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Proverbs 21:14 open_in_new
Bribes are carried ready for use in a fold of the robe.
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Proverbs 21:16 open_in_new
He will come prematurely to his final resting-place amongst' the Shades' (Proverbs 2:18).
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Proverbs 21:17 open_in_new
The oil is that used at banquets for anointing (Proverbs 27:9; Deuteronomy 14:26; Nehemiah 8:12; Amos 6:6).
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Proverbs 21:22 open_in_new
Strength of the confidence thereof] the stronghold in which it trusted.
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Proverbs 21:25 open_in_new
He desires ease and self-indulgence.
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Proverbs 21:27 open_in_new
Read, 'When he bringeth it to atone for wickedness' (RM): cp. Leviticus 19:20-22.
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Proverbs 21:28 open_in_new
The man who actually heard what he swears to, will speak constantly or 'for ever'; his testimony will never be shaken.
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Proverbs 21:29 open_in_new
A wicked man boldly maintains whatever suits him; a wise man 'considereth his way' (RM).