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Proverbs Chapter 24

Proverbs 24:1

pro 24:1

(Pro. 24:1-34)

(Compare Pro 23:3, Pro 23:17; Psa 37:1).

Proverbs 24:2

pro 24:2

studieth--meditateth.

talk . . . mischief--Their expressed purposes are to do evil.

Proverbs 24:3

pro 24:3

(Compare Pro 14:1; Isa 54:14).

house--including the family.

Proverbs 24:4

pro 24:4

by knowledge . . . riches-- (Pro 8:18; Pro 21:20).

Proverbs 24:5

pro 24:5

The general statement (Ecc 9:16, Ecc 9:18) is specially illustrated (compare Pro 21:22; Psa 144:1).

Proverbs 24:7

pro 24:7

(Compare Pro 14:16).

in the gate--(Compare Pro 22:22).

Proverbs 24:8

pro 24:8

So called even if he fails to do evil.

Proverbs 24:9

pro 24:9

Same thought varied.

Proverbs 24:10

pro 24:10

Literally, "If thou fail in the day of straits (adversity), strait (or, small) is thy strength," which is then truly tested.

Proverbs 24:11

pro 24:11

Neglect of known duty is sin (Jam 4:17).

ready--literally, "bowing down"

to be slain--that is, unjustly. God's retributive justice cannot be avoided by professed ignorance.

Proverbs 24:13

pro 24:13

As delicious food whets the appetite, so should the rewards of wisdom excite us to seek it.

Proverbs 24:14

pro 24:14

reward--literally, "after part," the proper result (compare Pro 23:18; Psa 37:37-38).

Proverbs 24:15

pro 24:15

The plots of the wicked against the good, though partially, shall not be fully successful (Psa 37:24); while the wicked, falling under penal evil, find no help.

Proverbs 24:16

pro 24:16

seven times--often, or many (Pro 6:16, Pro 6:31; Pro 9:1).

Proverbs 24:17

pro 24:17

Yet let none rejoice over the fate of evildoers, lest God punish their wrong spirit by relieving the sufferer (compare Pro 17:5; Job 31:29).

Proverbs 24:19

pro 24:19

(Psa 37:1, Psa 37:38; Psa 18:28).

Proverbs 24:20

pro 24:20

candle--or, "prosperity"; it shall come to an end (Pro 13:9; Pro 20:20).

Proverbs 24:21

pro 24:21

A warning against impiety and resistance to lawful rule (Rom 13:1-7; Pe1 2:17).

meddle . . . change--(Compare Margin), literally, "mingle not yourself," avoid the society of restless persons.

Proverbs 24:22

pro 24:22

their calamity, &c.--either what God and the king inflict, or what changers and their company suffer; better the first.

Proverbs 24:23

pro 24:23

These . . . wise--literally, "are of the wise," as authors (compare "Psalms of David," Hebrew). "These" refers to the verses following, Pro 24:24-34.

to have respect--literally, "to discern faces," show partiality,

Proverbs 24:24

pro 24:24

of which an example is justifying the wicked, to which is opposed, rebuking him, which has a blessing.

Proverbs 24:26

pro 24:26

kiss his lips--love and obey, do homage (Psa 2:12; Sol 8:1).

right answer--literally, "plain words" (compare Pro 8:9), opposed to deceptive, or obscure.

Proverbs 24:27

pro 24:27

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.

Proverbs 24:28

pro 24:28

Do not speak even truth needlessly against any, and never falsehood.

Proverbs 24:29

pro 24:29

Especially avoid retaliation (Mat 5:43-45; Rom 12:17).

Proverbs 24:30

pro 24:30

A striking picture of the effects of sloth.

Proverbs 24:32

pro 24:32

From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pro 6:10-11).


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