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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
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- Primary Witness Text: My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. The LORD by wisdom hath founded th...
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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
Proverbs 8's personified Wisdom — present at creation, delighting before God — is cited by early Church Fathers as a window into the eternal Son. The book's practical ethics (sexual integrity, speech, work, generosity) embody a worldview in which creation's design is the source of moral instruction.
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Proverbs 3:1
Hebrew
בְּנִי תּוֹרָתִי אַל־תִּשְׁכָּח וּמִצְוֺתַי יִצֹּר לִבֶּֽךָ׃veniy-tvoratiy-'al-tishekhach-vmitzevtay-yitzor-livekha
KJV: My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
AKJV: My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:
ASV: My son, forget not my law;
YLT: My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
Exposition: Proverbs 3:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:2
Hebrew
כִּי אֹרֶךְ יָמִים וּשְׁנוֹת חַיִּים וְשָׁלוֹם יוֹסִיפוּ לָֽךְ׃khiy-'orekhe-yamiym-vshenvot-chayiym-veshalvom-yvosiyfv-lakhe
KJV: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
AKJV: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you.
ASV: For length of days, and years of life,
YLT: For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
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Verse 2 For length of days - Three eminent blessings are promised here: 1. ארך ימים orech yamim, long days; 2. שנות חיים shenoth chaiyim, years of lives; 3. שלום shalom, prosperity; i.e. health, long life, and abundance.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:3
Hebrew
חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַֽל־יַעַזְבֻךָ קָשְׁרֵם עַל־גַּרְגְּרוֹתֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃chesed-ve'emet-'al-ya'azevukha-qasherem-'al-garegervoteykha-khatevem-'al-lvcha-livekha
KJV: Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
AKJV: Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table of your heart:
ASV: Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:
YLT: Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
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Verse 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee - Let these be thy constant companions through life. Bind them about thy neck - Keep them constantly in view. Write them upon the table of thine heart - let them be thy moving principles; feel them as well as see them.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:4
Hebrew
וּמְצָא־חֵן וְשֵֽׂכֶל־טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהִים וְאָדָֽם׃vmetza'-chen-veshekhel-tvov-ve'eyney-'elohiym-ve'adam
KJV: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
AKJV: So shall you find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. ¶
ASV: So shalt thou find favor and good understanding
YLT: And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
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Verse 4 So shalt thou find favor - Thou shalt be acceptable to God, and thou shalt enjoy a sense of his approbation. And good understanding - Men shall weigh thy character and conduct; and by this appreciate thy motives, and give thee credit for sincerity and uprightness. Though religion is frequently persecuted, and religious people suffer at first where they are not fully known; yet a truly religious and benevolent character will in general be prized wherever it is well known. The envy of men is a proof of the excellence of that which they envy.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:5
Hebrew
בְּטַח אֶל־יְהוָה בְּכָל־לִבֶּךָ וְאֶל־בִּֽינָתְךָ אַל־תִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃vetach-'el-yehvah-vekhal-livekha-ve'el-viynatekha-'al-tisha'en
KJV: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
AKJV: Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding.
ASV: Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,
YLT: Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
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Verse 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart - This is a most important precept: 1. God is the Fountain of all good. 2. He has made his intelligent creatures dependent upon himself. 3. He requires them to be conscious of that dependence. 4. He has promised to communicate what they need. 5. He commands them to believe his promise, and look for its fulfillment. 6. And to do this without doubt, fear, or distrust; "with their whole heart." Lean not unto thine own understanding - אל תשען al tishshaen, do not prop thyself. It is on God, not on thyself, that thou art commanded to depend. He who trusts in his own heart is a fool.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:6
Hebrew
בְּכָל־דְּרָכֶיךָ דָעֵהוּ וְהוּא יְיַשֵּׁר אֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃vekhal-derakheykha-da'ehv-vehv'-yeyasher-'orechoteykha
KJV: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
AKJV: In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. ¶
ASV: In all thy ways acknowledge him,
YLT: In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
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Verse 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him - Begin, continue, and end every work, purpose, and device, with God. Earnestly pray for his direction at the commencement; look for his continual support in the progress; and so begin and continue that all may terminate in his glory: and then it will certainly be to thy good; for we never honor God, without serving ourselves. This passage is well rendered in my old MS. Bible: Have trost in the Lord of all thin herte and ne lene thou to thi prudence: in all thi weys think hym, and he shal right rulen thi goyuges; ne be thou wiis anentis thiself. Self-suf ficiency and self-dependence have been the ruin of mankind ever since the fall of Adam. The grand sin of the human race is their continual endeavor to live independently of God, i.e., to be without God in the world. True religion consists in considering God the fountain of all good, and expecting all good from him.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:7
Hebrew
אַל־תְּהִי חָכָם בְּעֵינֶיךָ יְרָא אֶת־יְהוָה וְסוּר מֵרָֽע׃'al-tehiy-chakham-ve'eyneykha-yera'-'et-yehvah-vesvr-mera'
KJV: Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
AKJV: Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
ASV: Be not wise in thine own eyes;
YLT: Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
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Proverbs 3:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:8
Hebrew
רִפְאוּת תְּהִי לְשָׁרֶּךָ וְשִׁקּוּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃rife'vt-tehiy-lesharekha-veshiqvy-le'atzemvoteykha
KJV: It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
AKJV: It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones.
ASV: It will be health to thy navel,
YLT: Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
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Verse 8 It shall be health to thy navel - We need not puzzle ourselves to find out what we may suppose to be a more delicate meaning for the original word שר shor than navel; for I am satisfied a more proper cannot be found. It is well known that it is by the umbilical cord that the fetus receives its nourishment all the time it is in the womb of the mother. It receives nothing by the mouth, nor by any other means: by this alone all nourishment is received, and the circulation of the blood kept up. When, therefore, the wise man says, that "trusting in the Lord with the whole heart, and acknowledging him in all a man's ways, etc., shall be health to the navel, and marrow to the bones;" he in effect says, that this is as essential to the life of God in the soul of man, and to the continual growth in grace, as the umbilical cord is to the life and growth of the fetus in the womb. Without the latter, no human being could ever exist or be born; without the former, no true religion can ever be found. Trust or faith in God is as necessary to derive grace from him to nourish the soul, and cause it to grow up unto eternal life, as the navel string or umbilical cord is to the human being in the first stage of its existence. I need not push this illustration farther: the good sense of the reader will supply what he knows. I might add much on the subject. And marrow to thy bones - This metaphor is not less proper than the preceding. All the larger bones of the body have either a large cavity, or they are spongious, and full of little cells: in both the one and the other the oleaginous substance, called marrow, is contained in proper vesicles, like the fat. In the larger bones, the fine oil, by the gentle heat of the body, is exhaled through the pores of its small vesicles, and enters some narrow passages which lead to certain fine canals excavated in the substance of the bone, that the marrow may supply the fibres of the bones, and render them less liable to break. Blood-vessels also penetrate the bones to supply this marrow and this blood; and consequently the marrow is supplied in the infant by means of the umbilical cord. From the marrow diffused, as mentioned above, through the bones, they derive their solidity and strength. A simple experiment will cast considerable light on the use of the marrow to the bones: - Calcine a bone, so as to destroy all the marrow from the cells, you will find it exceedingly brittle. Immerse the same bone in oil so that the cells may be all replenished, which will be done in a few minutes; and the bone reacquires a considerable measure of its solidity and strength; and would acquire the whole, if the marrow could be extracted without otherwise injuring the texture of the bone. After the calcination, the bone may be reduced to powder by the hand; after the impregnation with the oil, it becomes hard, compact, and strong. What the marrow is to the support and strength of the bones, and the bones to the support and strength of the body; that, faith in God, is to the support, strength, energy, and salvation of the soul. Behold, then, the force and elegance of the wise man's metaphor. Some have rendered the last clause, a lotion for the bones. What is this? How are the bones washed? What a pitiful destruction of a most beautiful metaphor!
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:9
Hebrew
כַּבֵּד אֶת־יְהוָה מֵהוֹנֶךָ וּמֵרֵאשִׁית כָּל־תְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ׃khaved-'et-yehvah-mehvonekha-vmere'shiyt-khal-tevv'atekha
KJV: Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
AKJV: Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the first fruits of all your increase:
ASV: Honor Jehovah with thy substance,
YLT: Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
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Verse 9 Honor the Lord with thy substance - The מנחה Minchah or gratitude-offering to God, commanded under the law, is of endless obligation. It would be well to give a portion of the produce of every article by which we get our support to God, or to the poor, the representatives of Christ. This might be done either in kind, or by the worth in money. Whatever God sends us in the way of secular prosperity, there is a portion of it always for the poor, and for God's cause. When that portion is thus disposed of, the rest is sanctified; when it is withheld, God's curse is upon the whole. Give to the poor, and God will give to thee.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:10
Hebrew
וְיִמָּלְאוּ אֲסָמֶיךָ שָׂבָע וְתִירוֹשׁ יְקָבֶיךָ יִפְרֹֽצוּ׃veyimale'v-'asameykha-shava'-vetiyrvosh-yeqaveykha-yiferotzv
KJV: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
AKJV: So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine. ¶
ASV: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
YLT: And filled are thy barns with plenty, And with new wine thy presses break forth.
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Proverbs 3:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:11
Hebrew
מוּסַר יְהוָה בְּנִי אַל־תִּמְאָס וְאַל־תָּקֹץ בְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ׃mvsar-yehvah-veniy-'al-time'as-ve'al-taqotz-vetvokhachetvo
KJV: My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
AKJV: My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
ASV: My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah;
YLT: Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
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Verse 11 Despise not the chastening of the Lord - The word מוסר musar signifies correction, discipline, and instruction. Teaching is essentially necessary to show the man the way in which he is to go; discipline is necessary to render that teaching effectual; and, often, correction is requisite in order to bring the mind into submission, without which it cannot acquire knowledge. Do not therefore reject this procedure of God; humble thyself under his mighty hand, and open thy eyes to thy own interest; and then thou wilt learn specially and effectually. It is of no use to rebel; if thou do, thou kickest against the pricks, and every act of rebellion against him is a wound to thine own soul. God will either end thee or mend thee; wilt thou then kick on?
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:12
Hebrew
כִּי אֶת אֲשֶׁר יֶאֱהַב יְהוָה יוֹכִיחַ וּכְאָב אֶת־בֵּן יִרְצֶֽה׃khiy-'et-'asher-ye'ehav-yehvah-yvokhiycha-vkhe'av-'et-ven-yiretzeh
KJV: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
AKJV: For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights. ¶
ASV: For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,
YLT: For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
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Verse 12 Whom the Lord loveth - To encourage thee to bear correction, know that it is a proof of God's love to thee; and thereby he shows that he treats thee as a father does his son, even that one to whom he bears the fondest affection. The last clause the Septuagint translate μαστιγοι δε παντα υἱον ὁν παραδεχεται, "and chasteneth every son whom he receiveth;" and the apostle, Heb 12:6, quotes this literatim. Both clauses certainly amount to the same sense. Every son whom he receiveth, and the son in whom he delighteth, have very little difference of meaning.
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- Heb 12:6
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- Septuagint
Exposition: Proverbs 3:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:13
Hebrew
אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מָצָא חָכְמָה וְאָדָם יָפִיק תְּבוּנָֽה׃'asherey-'adam-matza'-chakhemah-ve'adam-yafiyq-tevvnah
KJV: Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
AKJV: Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.
ASV: Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
YLT: O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.
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Verse 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom - This refers to the advice given in Pro 2:4 (note); where see the note.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:14
Hebrew
כִּי טוֹב סַחְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּסֶף וּמֵחָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃khiy-tvov-sacherah-misechar-khasef-vmecharvtz-tevv'atah
KJV: For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
AKJV: For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
ASV: For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
YLT: For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold--her increase.
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Verse 14 For the merchandise - סחר sachar, the traffic, the trade that is carried on by going through countries and provinces with such articles as they could carry on the backs of camels, etc.; from סחר sachar, to go about, traverse. Chaffarynge; Old MS. Bible. And the gain thereof - תבואתה tebuathah, its produce; what is gained by the articles after all expenses are paid. The slaves, as we have already seen, got their liberty if they were so lucky as to find a diamond of so many carats' weight; he who finds wisdom - the knowledge and salvation of God - gets a greater prize; for he obtains the liberty of the Gospel, is adopted into the family of God, and made an heir according to the hope of an eternal life.
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- Chaffarynge
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:15
Hebrew
יְקָרָה הִיא מפניים מִפְּנִינִים וְכָל־חֲפָצֶיךָ לֹא יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃yeqarah-hiy'-mfnyym-mifeniyniym-vekhal-chafatzeykha-lo'-yishevv-vah
KJV: She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
AKJV: She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her.
ASV: She is more precious than rubies:
YLT: Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
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Verse 15 She is more precious than rubies - מפנינים mippeninim. The word principally means pearls, but may be taken for precious stones in general. The root is פנה panah, he looked, beheld; and as it gives the idea of the eye always being turned towards the observer, Mr. Parkhurst thinks that it means the loadstone; see the note on Job 28:18 (note), where this subject is considered at large. If the oriental ruby, or any other precious stone, be intended here, the word may refer to their being cut and polished, so that they present different faces, and reflect the light to you in whatever direction you may look at them. All the things thou canst desire - Superior to every thing that can be an object of desire here below. But who believes this?
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- Job 28:18
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- Mr
Exposition: Proverbs 3:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:16
Hebrew
אֹרֶךְ יָמִים בִּֽימִינָהּ בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ עֹשֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃'orekhe-yamiym-viymiynah-vishemo'vlah-'osher-vekhavvod
KJV: Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
AKJV: Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.
ASV: Length of days is in her right hand;
YLT: Length of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour.
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Verse 16 Length of days is in her right hand - A wicked man shortens his days by excesses; a righteous man prolongs his by temperance. In her left hand riches and honor - That is, her hands are full of the choicest benefits. There is nothing to be understood here by the right hand in preference to the left.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:17
Hebrew
דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹעַם וְֽכָל־נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלֽוֹם׃derakheyha-darekhey-no'am-vekhal-netiyvvoteyha-shalvom
KJV: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
AKJV: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
ASV: Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
YLT: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
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Verse 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness - These blessings of true religion require little comment. They are well expressed by the poet in the following elegant verses: - "Wisdom Divine! Who tells the price Of Wisdom's costly merchandise? Wisdom to silver we prefer, And gold is dross compared to her. Her hands are fill'd with length of days, True riches, and immortal praise; Riches of Christ, on all bestow'd, And honor that descends from God. To purest joys she all invites, Chaste, holy, spiritual delights; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her flowery paths are peace. Happy the man that finds the grace, The blessing of God's chosen race; The wisdom coming from above, The faith that sweetly works by love!" Wesley.
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- Christ
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:18
Hebrew
עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְֽתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃'etz-chayiym-hiy'-lamachaziyqiym-vah-vetomekheyha-me'ushar
KJV: She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
AKJV: She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and happy is every one that retains her.
ASV: She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
YLT: A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.
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Verse 18 She is a tree of life - עץ חיים ets chaiyim, "the tree of lives," alluding most manifestly to the tree so called which God in the beginning planted in the garden of Paradise, by eating the fruit of which all the wastes of nature might have been continually repaired, so as to prevent death for ever. This is an opinion which appears probable enough. The blessings which wisdom - true religion - gives to men, preserve them in life, comfort them through life, cause them to triumph in death, and ensure them a glorious immortality.
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- Paradise
Exposition: Proverbs 3:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:19
Hebrew
יְֽהוָה בְּחָכְמָה יָֽסַד־אָרֶץ כּוֹנֵן שָׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָֽה׃yehvah-vechakhemah-yasad-'aretz-khvonen-shamayim-vitevvnah
KJV: The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
AKJV: The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens.
ASV: Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth;
YLT: Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
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Verse 19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth - Here wisdom is taken in its proper acceptation, for that infinite knowledge and skill which God has manifested in the creation and composition of the earth, and in the structure and economy of the heavens. He has established the order as well as the essence of all things; so that though they vary in their positions, etc., yet they never change either their places, or their properties. Composition and analysis are not essential changes; the original particles, their forms and properties, remain the same.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:20
Hebrew
בְּדַעְתּוֹ תְּהוֹמוֹת נִבְקָעוּ וּשְׁחָקִים יִרְעֲפוּ־טָֽל׃veda'etvo-tehvomvot-niveqa'v-vshechaqiym-yire'afv-tal
KJV: By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
AKJV: By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. ¶
ASV: By his knowledge the depths were broken up,
YLT: By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
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Verse 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up - He determined in his wisdom how to break up the fountains of the great deep, so as to bring a flood of waters upon the earth; and by his knowledge those fissures in the earth through which springs of water arise have been appointed and determined; and it is by his skill and influence that vapours are exhaled, suspended in the atmosphere, and afterwards precipitated on the earth in rain, dews, etc. Thus the wisest of men attributes those effects which we suppose to spring from natural causes to the Supreme Being himself.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:21
Hebrew
בְּנִי אַל־יָלֻזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ נְצֹר תֻּשִׁיָּה וּמְזִמָּֽה׃veniy-'al-yaluzv-me'eyneykha-netzor-tushiyah-vmezimah
KJV: My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
AKJV: My son, let not them depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
ASV: My son, let them not depart from thine eyes;
YLT: My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
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Verse 21 Let not them depart from thine eyes - Never forget that God, who is the author of nature, directs and governs it in all things; for it is no self-determining agent. Keep sound wisdom and discretion - תושיה ומזמה tushiyah umezimmah. We have met with both these words before. Tushiyah is the essence or substance of a thing; mezimmah is the resolution or purpose formed in reference to something good or excellent. To acknowledge God as the author of all good, is the tushiyah, the essence, of a godly man's creed; to resolve to act according to the directions of his wisdom, is the mezimmah, the religious purpose, that will bring good to ourselves and glory to God. These bring life to the soul, and are ornamental to the man who acts in this way, Pro 3:22.
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:22
Hebrew
וְיִֽהְיוּ חַיִּים לְנַפְשֶׁךָ וְחֵן לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃veyiheyv-chayiym-lenafeshekha-vechen-legaregeroteykha
KJV: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
AKJV: So shall they be life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
ASV: So shall they be life unto thy soul,
YLT: And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
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Proverbs 3:22
Proverbs 3:22 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 3:22
Exposition: Proverbs 3:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:23
Hebrew
אָז תֵּלֵךְ לָבֶטַח דַּרְכֶּךָ וְרַגְלְךָ לֹא תִגּֽוֹף׃'az-telekhe-lavetach-darekhekha-veragelekha-lo'-tigvof
KJV: Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
AKJV: Then shall you walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.
ASV: Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely,
YLT: Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
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Proverbs 3:23
Proverbs 3:23 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 3:23
Exposition: Proverbs 3:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:24
Hebrew
אִם־תִּשְׁכַּב לֹֽא־תִפְחָד וְשָׁכַבְתָּ וְֽעָרְבָה שְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃'im-tishekhav-lo'-tifechad-veshakhaveta-ve'arevah-shenatekha
KJV: When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
AKJV: When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.
ASV: When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:
YLT: If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
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Proverbs 3:24
Verse 24 When thou liest down - In these verses (Pro 3:23-26) the wise man describes the confidence, security, and safety, which proceed from a consciousness of innocence. Most people are afraid of sleep, lest they should never awake, because they feel they are not prepared to appear before God. They are neither innocent nor pardoned. True believers know that God is their keeper night and day; they have strong confidence in him that he will be their director and not suffer them to take any false step in life, Pro 3:23. They go to rest in perfect confidence that God will watch over them; hence their sleep, being undisturbed with foreboding and evil dreams, is sweet and refreshing, Pro 3:24. They are not apprehensive of any sudden destruction, because they know that all things are under the control of God; and they are satisfied that if sudden destruction should fall upon their wicked neighbor, yet God knows well how to preserve them, Pro 3:25. And all this naturally flows from the Lord being their confidence, Pro 3:26.
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Proverbs 3:24
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:25
Hebrew
אַל־תִּירָא מִפַּחַד פִּתְאֹם וּמִשֹּׁאַת רְשָׁעִים כִּי תָבֹֽא׃'al-tiyra'-mifachad-fite'om-vmisho'at-resha'iym-khiy-tavo'
KJV: Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
AKJV: Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes.
ASV: Be not afraid of sudden fear,
YLT: Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 3:25Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 3:25
Proverbs 3:25 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 3:25
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- Proverbs 3:25
Exposition: Proverbs 3:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:26
Hebrew
כִּֽי־יְהוָה יִהְיֶה בְכִסְלֶךָ וְשָׁמַר רַגְלְךָ מִלָּֽכֶד׃khiy-yehvah-yiheyeh-vekhiselekha-veshamar-ragelekha-milakhed
KJV: For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
AKJV: For the LORD shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being taken. ¶
ASV: For Jehovah will be thy confidence,
YLT: For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 3:26Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 3:26
Proverbs 3:26 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Proverbs 3:26
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- Proverbs 3:26
Exposition: Proverbs 3:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:27
Hebrew
אַל־תִּמְנַע־טוֹב מִבְּעָלָיו בִּהְיוֹת לְאֵל ידיך יָדְךָ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃'al-timena'-tvov-mive'alayv-viheyvot-le'el-ydykh-yadekha-la'ashvot
KJV: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
AKJV: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
ASV: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
YLT: Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it .
Commentary WitnessProverbs 3:27Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 3:27
Verse 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due - מבעליו mibbealaiv, from the lords of it. But who are they? The poor. And what art thou, O rich man? Why, thou art a steward, to whom God has given substance that thou mayest divide with the poor. They are the right owners of every farthing thou hast to spare from thy own support, and that of thy family; and God has given the surplus for their sakes. Dost thou, by hoarding up this treasure, deprive the right owners of their property? If this were a civil case, the law would take thee by the throat, and lay thee up in prison; but it is a case in which God alone judges. And what will he do to thee? Hear! "He shall have judgment without mercy, who hath showed no mercy;" Jam 2:13. Read, feel, tremble, and act justly.
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Canonical locus
Proverbs 3:27
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Why
- Read
Exposition: Proverbs 3:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:28
Hebrew
אַל־תֹּאמַר לרעיך לְרֵֽעֲךָ ׀ לֵךְ וָשׁוּב וּמָחָר אֶתֵּן וְיֵשׁ אִתָּֽךְ׃'al-to'mar-lr'ykh-lere'akha- -lekhe-vashvv-vmachar-'eten-veyesh-'itakhe
KJV: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
AKJV: Say not to your neighbor, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when you have it by you.
ASV: Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,
YLT: Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 3:28Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 3:28
Verse 28 Say not unto thy neighbor - Do not refuse a kindness when it is in thy power to perform it. If thou have the means by thee, and thy neighbor's necessities be pressing, do not put him off till the morrow. Death may take either him or thee before that time.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Proverbs 3:28
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:29
Hebrew
אַל־תַּחֲרֹשׁ עַל־רֵעֲךָ רָעָה וְהֽוּא־יוֹשֵׁב לָבֶטַח אִתָּֽךְ׃'al-tacharosh-'al-re'akha-ra'ah-vehv'-yvoshev-lavetach-'itakhe
KJV: Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
AKJV: Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you. ¶
ASV: Devise not evil against thy neighbor,
YLT: Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 3:29Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Proverbs 3:29
Proverbs 3:29 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Proverbs 3:29
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Proverbs 3:29
Exposition: Proverbs 3:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:30
Hebrew
אַל־תרוב תָּרִיב עִם־אָדָם חִנָּם אִם־לֹא גְמָלְךָ רָעָֽה׃'al-trvv-tariyv-'im-'adam-chinam-'im-lo'-gemalekha-ra'ah
KJV: Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
AKJV: Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done you no harm. ¶
ASV: Strive not with a man without cause,
YLT: Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 3:30Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 3:30
Verse 30 Strive not with a man - Do not be of a litigious, quarrelsome spirit. Be not under the influence of too nice a sense of honor. If thou must appeal to judicial authority to bring him that wrongs thee to reason, avoid all enmity, and do nothing in a spirit of revenge. But, if he have done thee no harm, why contend with him? May not others in the same way contend with and injure thee!
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 3:30
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- But
Exposition: Proverbs 3:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:31
Hebrew
אַל־תְּקַנֵּא בְּאִישׁ חָמָס וְאַל־תִּבְחַר בְּכָל־דְּרָכָֽיו׃'al-teqane'-ve'iysh-chamas-ve'al-tivechar-vekhal-derakhayv
KJV: Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
AKJV: Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
ASV: Envy thou not the man of violence,
YLT: Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 3:31Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 3:31
Verse 31 Envy thou not the oppressor - O how bewitching is power! Every man desires it; and yet all hate tyrants. But query, if all had power, would not the major part be tyrants?
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Canonical locus
Proverbs 3:31
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:32
Hebrew
כִּי תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה נָלוֹז וְֽאֶת־יְשָׁרִים סוֹדֽוֹ׃khiy-tvo'avat-yehvah-nalvoz-ve'et-yeshariym-svodvo
KJV: For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
AKJV: For the fraudulent is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. ¶
ASV: For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah;
YLT: For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 3:32Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Proverbs 3:32
Proverbs 3:32 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 3:32
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Proverbs 3:32
Exposition: Proverbs 3:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:33
Hebrew
מְאֵרַת יְהוָה בְּבֵית רָשָׁע וּנְוֵה צַדִּיקִים יְבָרֵֽךְ׃me'erat-yehvah-veveyt-rasha'-vneveh-tzadiyqiym-yevarekhe
KJV: The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
AKJV: The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just.
ASV: The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked;
YLT: The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 3:33Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 3:33
Verse 33 The curse of the Lord - No godly people meet in such a house; nor is God ever an inmate there. But he blesseth the habitation of the just - He considers it as his own temple. There he is worshipped in spirit and in truth; and hence God makes it his dwelling-place.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 3:33
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:34
Hebrew
אִם־לַלֵּצִים הֽוּא־יָלִיץ ולעניים וְלַעֲנָוִים יִתֶּן־חֵֽן׃'im-laletziym-hv'-yaliytz-vl'nyym-vela'anaviym-yiten-chen
KJV: Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
AKJV: Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the lowly.
ASV: Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers;
YLT: If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 3:34Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 3:34
Verse 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly - The Septuagint has Κυριος ὑπερηφανοις αντιτασσεται, ταπεινοις δε διδωσι χαριν. The Lord resisteth the proud; but giveth grace to the humble. These words are quoted by St. Peter, 1Pet 5:5, and by St. James, Jam 4:6, just as they stand in the Septuagint, with the change of ὁ Θεος, God, for Κυριος, the Lord.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 3:34
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- 1Pet 5:5
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- St
- Peter
- James
- Lord
Exposition: Proverbs 3:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 3:35
Hebrew
כָּבוֹד חֲכָמִים יִנְחָלוּ וּכְסִילִים מֵרִים קָלֽוֹן׃khavvod-chakhamiym-yinechalv-vkhesiyliym-meriym-qalvon
KJV: The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
AKJV: The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
ASV: The wise shall inherit glory;
YLT: Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
Commentary WitnessProverbs 3:35Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 3:35
Verse 35 The wise - The person who follows the dictates of wisdom, as mentioned above, shall inherit glory; because, being one of the heavenly family, a child of God, he has thereby heaven for his inheritance; but fools, such as those mentioned chapters 1 and 2, shall have ignominy for their exaltation. Many such fools as Solomon speaks of are exalted to the gibbet and gallows. The way to prevent this and the like evils, is to attend to the voice of wisdom. Verse 1 My son - The preceptor continues to deliver his lessons. Forget not my law - Remember what thou hast heard, and practice what thou dost remember; and let all obedience be from the heart: "Let thy heart keep my commandments."
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 3:35
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Exposition: Proverbs 3:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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This chapter now surfaces commentary as quoted witness material with an explicit citation trail. The index below gathers the canonical references and named authorities detected inside the commentary layer for faster academic review.
Direct commentary witnesses
27
Generated editorial witnesses
8
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Proverbs 3:1
- Proverbs 3:2
- Proverbs 3:3
- Proverbs 3:4
- Proverbs 3:5
- Proverbs 3:6
- Proverbs 3:7
- Proverbs 3:8
- Proverbs 3:9
- Proverbs 3:10
- Proverbs 3:11
- Heb 12:6
- Proverbs 3:12
- Proverbs 3:13
- Proverbs 3:14
- Job 28:18
- Proverbs 3:15
- Proverbs 3:16
- Proverbs 3:17
- Proverbs 3:18
- Proverbs 3:19
- Proverbs 3:20
- Proverbs 3:21
- Proverbs 3:22
- Proverbs 3:23
- Proverbs 3:24
- Proverbs 3:25
- Proverbs 3:26
- Proverbs 3:27
- Proverbs 3:28
- Proverbs 3:29
- Proverbs 3:30
- Proverbs 3:31
- Proverbs 3:32
- Proverbs 3:33
- 1Pet 5:5
- Proverbs 3:34
- Proverbs 3:35
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Ovid
- Ray
- Begin
- Bible
- Adam
- When
- Behold
- Christ
- Septuagint
- Chaffarynge
- Gospel
- Mr
- Chaste
- Wesley
- Paradise
- Why
- Read
- But
- St
- Peter
- James
- Lord
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Rendered chapters 1–4 are mapped to the public reader path for Ruth. Use this card to open chapter 1 and move directly into the study surface.
1 Samuel
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2 Samuel
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1 Kings
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2 Kings
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1 Chronicles
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2 Chronicles
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Ezra
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Nehemiah
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Esther
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Job
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Psalms
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Proverbs
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Ecclesiastes
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Song of Solomon
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Isaiah
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Jeremiah
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Lamentations
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Ezekiel
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Daniel
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Hosea
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Joel
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Amos
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Obadiah
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Jonah
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Micah
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Nahum
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Habakkuk
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Zephaniah
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Haggai
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Zechariah
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Malachi
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Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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Acts
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Romans
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1 Corinthians
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2 Corinthians
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Galatians
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Ephesians
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Philippians
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Colossians
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1 Thessalonians
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2 Thessalonians
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1 Timothy
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2 Timothy
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Titus
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Philemon
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Hebrews
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James
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1 Peter
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2 Peter
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1 John
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2 John
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3 John
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Jude
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Revelation
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Commentary Witness
Proverbs 3:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 3:1
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