Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
The words express the wonder with which the Hebrew observer looked on the phenomena of insect life. “Guide,” better captain, as in Joshua 10:24 ....
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1-5 against suretyship, Pro...
DISCOURSE: 767 THE SLUGGARD REPROVED Proverbs 6:6-10 . Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider her ways and be wise: which having no guide, overs...
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler - i:e., no leader of any kind; whereas bees and cranes h...
Dissuasives from Hurtful things Proverbs 6:1-19 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sl...
Ants really have an elaborately organised society: in some species there is a king and queen; others keep slaves.
(j) . Tenth Discourse: — Against Sloth ( Proverbs 6:6-11 ) (7) Guide. — Properly, judge (the Arabic cadi ) , then leader, prince.
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1 ; Prove...
Avoid Suretyship and Sloth Proverbs 6:1-19 A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to bec...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things w...
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gather...
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler. None to guide and direct her what to do; nor any to overlook her, to see that she does aright, or to obl...
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Ver. 7. Which having no guide, overseer, &c. ] How much more then should man, who hath all these, a...
Go to the ant , &c. “Nor are industry and diligence requisite in this alone, but in all thy affairs; to which, therefore, if thou art slothful,...
Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her w...
Which might direct them in or quicken them to the work, as the bees have their kings, and many other creatures have their leaders. This heightens the...
A Warning To The Lazy ( Proverbs 6:6-11 ). The urgency required of the surety in dealing with his problem in Proverbs 6:1-5 , and the possibility...
CRITICAL NOTES, — Proverbs 6:11 . One that travelleth, “a highwayman,” “a footpad.” Armed man , literally, “a man of the shield. MAIN HOMILETI...
Proverbs 6:1 . If thou be surety for thy friend. If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a...
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler. Overseers needed When I began to employ workmen in this country (Palestine), nothing annoyed me more...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 6:1-20 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (...
Warning Against Foolish Suretyship, Idleness, and Malice
which, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, none of the officials who were and are required in Oriental countries to oversee the average workman,
Job 38:39-41 ; Job 39:1-12 ; Job 39:26-30 ; Job 41:4-34
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,