Provérbios

Provérbios 3:1

Ver. 1. My son. God speaks, or the master instructs his disciple. v. 21. C. --- We must remember and love instruction, and reduce it to practice. W.

Provérbios 3:2

Ver. 2. Peace. These prefigured more substantial blessings. C.

Provérbios 3:3

Ver. 3. Truth. Be kind and faithful to all. Gen. xxiv. 27. Ps. xxiv. 10.

Provérbios 3:4

Ver. 4. Good. Sept. "forecast good before the Lord and men." S. Paul seems to allude to this version, Rom. xii. 17. and 2 Cor. viii. 22. H.

Provérbios 3:5

Ver. 5. All. God will have nothing by halves. --- Lean not. By pride. 2 Cor. xii. 13.

All must be referred to God. C. --- In him we may safely trust. W.

Provérbios 3:8

Ver. 8. Bones. Thou shalt enjoy perfect health.

Provérbios 3:9

Ver. 9. Fruits. Sept. add, "of justice;" to intimate that no presents will be acceptable, which have been unjustly acquired.

Provérbios 3:11

Ver. 11. Him. Correction is rather a proof of love than of anger. Ps. iii. 19. C. ---

God thus shews that he approves of his servants; and therefore his other promises, which seem of a temporal nature, must be understood with reference to the next life. W.

Provérbios 3:12

Ver. 12. And as. Sept. "but he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth," as S.

Paul quotes this passage. Heb. xii. 6. The verb is now wanting in Heb. or ceab;

"as a father" may signify

" scourgeth, in piel, (M.) with i prefixed. C.

Provérbios 3:15

Ver. 15. Riches. Heb. peninim, (H.) "pearls." Job xxviii. 18. C.

Provérbios 3:16

Ver. 16. Glory. Her hands are full, and she grants favours with profusion, (H.) as with both hands, promising eternal life. W.

Provérbios 3:18

Ver. 18. Life. Like that planted in paradise. Gen. ii. 9.

Provérbios 3:19

Ver. 19. Wisdom. Hitherto he had spoken of that virtue. Now he treats of the uncreated wisdom, (C.) which is God the Son. M. Jans. S. Greg. Mor. xii. 4.

Provérbios 3:20

Ver. 20. Out. The higher and lower waters being divided, (C.) or the channels formed to receive the waters. Piscat. --- It may also speak of the deluge. Ven.

Bede.--- With. Heb. "have distilled dew." This is so copious, as to resemble rain in Palestine. Judg. vi. 37. and 2 K. xvii. 12.

Provérbios 3:22

Ver. 22. Mouth. There have been wise and virtuous men afflicted, v. 11. But they have borne all with patience, and have merited a more glorious reward than what this earth could afford. C.

Provérbios 3:27

Ver. 27. Able. Prot. "withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it." Relieve the distressed. H. --- They have a title to that wealth, since those who possess it are bound to relieve the indigent. C. --- Sept. "refrain not from doing good," &c.

H.

Provérbios 3:28

Ver. 28. Present. Alms in season are doubly valuable. W. --- Antigonus acquired the title of Doson, "about to give," as he never gave, (Plutarch) but only promised.

Provérbios 3:30

Ver. 30. Cause. We may defend ourselves; but herein great discretion is necessary. C. --- Cum pari contendere anceps est: cum superiore furiosum; cum inferiore sordidum. Senec. Prov.

Provérbios 3:31

Ver. 31. Ways. Of injustice. Seek not to attain his prosperity by the same means. C.

Provérbios 3:33

Ver. 33. Want. Heb. "a curse." --- Shall be. Heb. "he blesseth." H.

Provérbios 3:34

Ver. 34. Scorners. Lit. "he will delude the scorners." H. --- He will treat them as they would treat others. Ps. xvii. 27. C. --- Sept. "the Lord resisteth the proud,"

&c. So the apostles quote this passage. 1 Pet. v. 5. Jam. iv. 6. H.

Provérbios 3:35

Ver. 35. Disgrace. They are seen by more, and their fall is more dangerous. C.

--- "A fool extols what is ignominious." Pagn. H.