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1. soft--tender or gentle.
2. useth . . . aright--commends knowledge by its proper use.
3. beholding--watching (compare Pr 5:21; Ps 66:7).
4. A wholesome tongue--(Compare Margin), pacifying and soothing
language.
5. (Compare
Pr 4:1; 10:17; 13:1-18).
6. treasure--implying utility.
7. (Compare
Pr 10:20, 21).
8, 9. The sacrifice [and] prayer--are acts of worship.
10. (Compare
Pr 10:17).
11. Hell--
(Ps 16:10).
12. (Compare
Pr 9:8).
13. maketh . . . countenance--or, "benefits the countenance."
14. (Compare Pr 10:21, 22). The wise grow wiser, the fools more foolish (Pr 9:9).
15. The state of the heart governs the outward condition.
16. trouble--agitation, implying the anxieties and perplexities attending wealth held by worldlings (Pr 16:18; 1Ti 6:6).
17. dinner--or, "allowance"
(2Ki 25:30)
--
18. (Compare Pr 14:29; 16:32).
19. The difficulties of the slothful result from want of energy;
the righteous find a
20. (Compare Pr 10:1). 21. walketh uprightly--and so finds his joy (Pr 3:6; 10:23). 22. Without counsel--or, "deliberation," implying a wise deference to the opinions of the wise and good, contrasted with rashness. 23. Good advice blesses the giver and receiver. 24. (Compare Col 3:2). Holy purposes prevent sinning, and so its evils.
25. The most desolate who have God's aid have more permanent good than
the self-reliant sinner
(Pr 2:22; 12:7).
26. are pleasant words--that is, pleasing to God (Pr 8:8, 9).
27. (Compare
Pr 11:17).
Avarice brings trouble to him and his.
28. (Compare Pr 15:14; 10:11). Caution is the fruit of wisdom; rashness of folly. 29. far . . . wicked--in His love and favor (Ps 22:11; 119:155).
30. light of the eyes--
(Pr 13:9).
What gives light rejoiceth the heart, by relieving from anxiety as to
our course; so
31, 32. (Compare
Pr 10:17).
32. refuseth--or, "neglects," "passes by"
(Pr 1:25; 4:15).
33. The fear . . . wisdom--Wisdom instructs in true piety.
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