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Proverbs Capitolo 24
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Pr 24:1-34.
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2. studieth--meditateth.
talk . . . mischief--Their expressed purposes are to do evil.
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3, 4. (Compare
Pr 14:1; Isa 54:14).
house--including the family.
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4. by knowledge . . . riches--
(Pr 8:18; 21:20).
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5, 6. The general statement
(Ec 9:16, 18)
is specially illustrated (compare
Pr 21:22; Ps 144:1).
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7. (Compare
Pr 14:16).
in the gate--(Compare
Pr 22:22).
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8. So called even if he fails to do evil.
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9. Same thought varied.
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10. Literally, "If thou fail in the day of straits (adversity), strait (or, small) is thy strength," which is then truly tested.
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11, 12. Neglect of known duty is sin
(Jas 4:17).
ready--literally, "bowing down"
to be slain--that is, unjustly. God's retributive justice cannot be avoided by professed ignorance.
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13, 14. As delicious food whets the appetite, so should the rewards of wisdom excite us to seek it.
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14. reward--literally, "after part," the proper result (compare
Pr 23:18; Ps 37:37, 38).
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15, 16. The plots of the wicked against the good, though partially, shall not be fully successful
(Ps 37:24);
while the wicked, falling under penal evil, find no help.
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16. seven times--often, or many
(Pr 6:16, 31; 9:1).
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17, 18. Yet let none rejoice over the fate of evildoers, lest God punish their wrong spirit by relieving the sufferer (compare
Pr 17:5; Job 31:29).
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19, 20.
(Ps 37:1, 38; 18:28).
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20. candle--or, "prosperity"; it shall come to an end
(Pr 13:9; 20:20).
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21, 22. A warning against impiety and resistance to lawful rule
(Ro 13:1-7; 1Pe 2:17).
meddle . . . change--(Compare Margin), literally, "mingle not yourself," avoid the society of restless persons.
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22. their calamity, &c.--either what God and the king inflict, or what changers and their company suffer; better the first.
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23. These . . . wise--literally, "are of the wise," as authors (compare "Psalms of David," Hebrew). "These" refers to the verses following,
Pr 24:24-34.
to have respect--literally, "to discern faces," show partiality,
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24, 25. of which an example is justifying the wicked, to which is opposed, rebuking him, which has a blessing.
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26. kiss his lips--love and obey, do homage
(Ps 2:12; So 8:1).
right answer--literally, "plain words" (compare
Pr 8:9),
opposed to deceptive, or obscure.
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27. Prepare . . . in the field--Secure, by diligence, a proper support, and then build; provide necessaries, then comforts, to which a house rather pertained, in a mild climate, permitting the use of tents.
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28. Do not speak even truth needlessly against any, and never falsehood.
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29. Especially avoid retaliation
(Mt 5:43-45; Ro 12:17).
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30, 31. A striking picture of the effects of sloth.
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32-34. From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom
(Pr 6:10, 11).
Pr 24:1-34.
1, 2. (Compare
Pr 23:3, 17; Ps 37:1).